CiRC, 167. 



HOTEL ARRANGEMENTS, ROUTES, MEETINGS, &c.— 



The object of the Meeting is to make as complete an investigation as possible 

 of the slopes of Baugh Fell, and the gills running up into it, and it is requested 

 that members on this occasion confine their attention to the mountain itself, and its 

 immediately encircling valleys, Rawtheydale and Garsdale. Owing to the inac- 

 cessibility of Sedbergh, and the distance from it of the ground to be covered, it 

 will be necessary for those attending to spend the week-end in the district. 



Headquarters will be at the White Hart Hotel, Sedbergh, R. S.O. (Mr. J. 

 W. Domoney). Terms : — bed, breakfast, sandwiches for luncheon, and dinner, 7/6 

 a day. Members requiring accommodation must communicate direct with 

 the Proprietor, not later than July 26th. Besides this, other accommodation 

 is available for those who cannot arrange to stay at the White Hart. 



Saturday, August 2nd. 9.30 a.m. — Start from White Hart Hotel, drive to 

 Rawthey Bridge, walk up Rawthey Valley to Uldale Waterfall, strike over 

 North shoulder of Baugh Fell to Taith's Gill, down Gill to meet conveyances 

 at Cautley Road. Walking distance about 6 miles. Carriages provided free 

 both ways. 

 7.0 p.m. — Dinner. 



8.30 p.m. — Social IMeeting in Boys' Dining Hall at Rev. J. H. Mackie's 

 house, when objects of interest are welcomed. 



Mr. C. E. Taylor, Akay, has a fine collection of eggs of local birds, and will be- 

 pleased to show it to those interested, on the Saturday evening. 



Monday, August 4th. 9.30 a.m. — Start from White Hart Hotel, drive to 

 Hebblethwaite Hall, walk across the line of the Dent Fault, return by 

 Douker (Dovecote) Gill, inspect the Cave, over Danny Bridge, near which 

 the conveyances will be in waiting. Walking distance about four miles. 

 Carriages provided free both ways. 

 7.0 p.m. — Dinner. 8.30 p.m. — Sectional and General Meeting. 



Members arriving later will be able to overtake the party, and those desirous of 

 leaving by the afiernoon trains on Monday will be able to arrange accordingly. 



The leaders will be Rev. J. H. Mackie, M.A., Mr. John Handley, Mr. W. Robin- 

 son, and probably Mr. Hugh Richardson, M.A. 



THE DISTRICT.— Mr. W. Robinson writes that Baugh Fell (should be 

 Barfell) is, next after Ingleborough and Penyghent, perhaps the most conspicuous 

 of the great Pennine chain of hills of which it is a distinguished outlier. It 

 forms a striking feature in the landscape as one approaches Sedbergh by railway, 

 and gains much in grandeur by contrast with the distinctly different scenery of the 

 adjoining older domed-shaped hills of Silurian age from which, however, it is 

 severed by a great fracture in the earth's crust, which runs along its lower slopes 

 roughly parallel with Cautley road. The drainage waters of Barfell are collected 

 by two rivers — Rawthey and Clough — which together encircle the hill. After 

 joining near Sedbergh, their combined waters flow into the Lune, and thence to 

 Morecambe Bay, which they are helping to fill up with the debris of the mountain. 

 Both rivers flow over rocks which have been subject to greater elevation, and which 

 are immensely older and of harder texture than those in which they originate. 

 There are finely striated 'roches moutonnees ' on the summit. The Clough in one 

 place in Gardale flowed originally several hundred yards west of its present position, 

 the old channel having been blocked with boulder clay. A local violent easterly wind, 

 known as the 'Helm Wind,' sometimes rushes down from the top of the mountain, 

 usually during the spring months; in much the same way as does the Helm Wind of 

 Cross Fell, respecting which so much has been written. When the helm is on 

 — usually on a clear fine day — the top of the mountain is covered with a dense 

 mass of cloud and, at about the same elevation but some distance in advance, there 

 is seen a long spindle shaped cloud — The Bar — which appears to be in apparent 

 suspension. The cyclonic character of this wind is supposed to arise from the 

 sudden and rapid pouring down, over the warm and sunny side of the steep 

 escarpment, of air of high density, chilled and saturated with moisture, into an 

 area of ascending air of higher temperature. The heavier air, owing to its superior 



