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SC AND ALE OR RED SCREES. 



i'; : (Six miles of hill-work). 



, Very few tourists ascend the Scandale or Red Screes, and 

 yet it is an expedition well worth a great deal more exertion 

 than is necessary to accomplish it. The traveller must pursue 

 the road up the Kirkstone Pass till he has left the row of 

 houses on the right, which are the last dwellings on the 

 Ambleside side. Not long after, he sees a gate (the third on 

 his left) through which he must pass. He immediately be- 

 gins to ascend a steep, winding, grassy road, between stone 

 walls. He gets fine views of Rydal and Grasmere as he 

 proceeds, and more and more of the landscape opens around 

 him. His road is clear enough. He has only to keep be- 

 tween the walls so long as they run parallel : where they end 

 he finds a stile which he must climb. He then keeps a wall 

 on his left for some distance, and crosses a steep and rocky 

 piece of ground, at the end of which he comes to what was 

 formerly a gate, but which has been built up, and is now 

 covered with stones on both sides. The wall must be climbed 

 at this point. This built-up gate is in a line south-west of 

 the cairn near the top, and it is important not to miss it, or 

 the traveller may get entangled in walls. Once over the wall 

 his way lies across the open fells to the ridge, in a direct line 

 before him. From this point the way is easy, for the ground 

 is smooth and gently sloping, and the top is in full view. 

 There is a fine view from every part of the ridge, but it is 

 from the summit (marked by a pile of stones) that the whole 

 panorama opens before him. Below, lies Brothers' Water, 

 with ridge after ridge branching off in all directions. Further 

 off, Ullswater comes into view : while, by turning round, the 

 stranger sees various peaks he has left behind, with patches 

 of lake and sea visible between them. The view in this 



