A Fifth Lakeland Sketchbook

• Drawing 401: In conclusion

  There is no drawing 401, of course. Instead, Wainwright switched his attention to the Scottish Highlands, with 450 sketches spread over six volumes of “Scottish

• Drawing 400: Wray Castle

  Direction of view: E Notes: The birch tree is no longer there, and there is modern paraphernalia in the form of traffic signs etc.  This

• Drawing 399: Hindscarth and Scope End

  Direction of view: SW Notes: From the minor road between Little Town and Newlands Church (there is a car park a couple of hundred yards

• Drawing 398: Coniston Water

  Direction of view: N Notes: The location of the viewpoint is clearly shown on page 94 of The Outlying Fells.  The cairn there is now

• Drawing 397: Borrowdale from Great End

  Direction of view: N Notes: The foreground can clearly be identified as the top of South East Gully, just east of the summit.  However, getting

• Drawing 396: Hart Crag

  Direction of view: SSW Notes:  The foreground is on the Deepdale slope of the east ridge of St Sunday Crag.  There are many rocks there

• Drawing 395: Innominate Tarn, Haystacks

  Direction of view: SE Notes: I had always assumed that the viewpoint for this sketch is on the shore of the tarn, but in fact

• Drawing 394: Clough Head and Great Dodd

  Direction of view: ESE Notes: See sketch 327.  Oddly, Wainwright has included an extra stone to the left; this now doesn’t exist on the ground.

• Drawing 393: Gouther Crag, Swindale

  Direction of view: ESE Notes: The viewpoint is on the Swindale road, about one mile beyond the point where cars should be parked, as there

• Drawing 392: Great Slab, Bowfell

  Direction of view: E Notes: This picture is taken from close by the path from Bowfell summit to Three Tarns.  Late afternoon sunlight is best.