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far as Stonethwaite Gill, and then follow the eastern side of 

 the stream down to Stonethwaite Farm, which is about two 

 miles. Here a path will be found conducting into the turn- 

 pike road at a point three miles from Keswick (page 75.) 



ASCENT OF DALE HEAD. 



{By the Honister Road. — I2i miles of road and path ; 2\ miles of hill- 

 work. By Grange. — 12 miles of road and path, and 3^ of hill-work. 



Dale Head is a mountain between the southern end of 

 Borrowdale and the Buttermere Valley. It is of consider- 

 able height (2473 feet), and consequently commands good 

 prospects east, west, and north, the great heights hemming 

 it in southward. We recommend the walk very strongly as 

 embracing every variety of scenery. 



There are two or three ways of ascending it, the easiest 

 being by the Honister Pass road (page 245). On attaining 

 the very summit of that road, just before descending to 

 Honister Crag, the carriages or ponies must be dismissed, 

 and the fell on the left ascended. It is little more than a 

 mile from this point, steering due northwards, and the 

 gradients are easy to the top of ©ale |^eab» 



The other way to get up is to take a cart-road at Grange 

 village, by the western side of the Derwent. This must be 

 followed for nearly two miles, when it terminates near Rigg- 

 head Slate Quarries. The course of the streamlet must still 

 be followed, and the top of the hill aimed for, which is 

 directly before us and due westward. When about a-third 

 of a mile has been traversed in that direction we arrive at a 

 ridge, running at right angles ; at this point it is desirable to 

 veer a little to the south and round the crags in front, which 



