VIII. 



ASCENT OF HIGH STEEET. 



High Street may, as we have seen, be ascended 

 from Mardale Green; but it may also be climbed 



from Troutbeck, and from Hartsop. 

 *™m1™ . In going from Mardale Green care 



must be taken to make a sufficiently 

 wide circuit of Blea Water. Its rocky boundaries 

 are very steep, and more than one unfortunate 

 tourist has been "crag fast," and rescued with 

 difficulty, in consequence of having attempted to 

 descend too near the tarn. Observing this caution, 

 the traveller may ascend either by the northern or 

 southern ridge. The former is generally recom- 

 mended by dwellers in the dale. The top of High 

 Street is, as has been said, immediately above 

 Blea Water. 



The ascent from Troutbeck was mentioned at 

 p. 48. If the traveller starts from Hartsop, he 



will first visit Hays Water (see p. 150.) 



From the north end of this tarn he 

 will find a zigzag path in an easterly direction. 

 This will lead him to the ridge ; and he will then 

 be guided by a series of posts, past the top of 

 Kidsty Pike, to the Roman Road. The road is 

 grown over with grass, like the other parts of the 

 ridge, but is clearly defined. After following it for 

 about a mile the traveller catches sight of Winder- 

 mere, and then he must turn eastwards. A few 



