A First Lakeland Sketchbook

• Drawing 80: Great Gable, from Great End

  Direction of view: NW Notes: The foreground is problematical; the best approximation to it seems to be a knoll which is some distance down the

• Drawing 79: The path to Scafell Pike, from Esk Hause

  Direction of view: WSW Notes: The scene is still much as illustrated by AW.  The shot is tricky for lighting; morning would be best, but

• Drawing 78: Ullswater from St. Sunday Crag

  Direction of view: NNE Notes: The foreground rocks are still in place, and quite identifiable.  Approaching from the summit of St. Sunday Crag, the view

• Drawing 77: Slater’s Bridge, Little Langdale

  Direction of view: NW Notes: The viewpoint is on the south side of the river.  The tree by the bridge has grown up, obscuring some

• Drawing 76: Shap Abbey

  Direction of view: W Notes: Still looks exactly as drawn by AW.  Light will be best late morning. This scene also appears on page 380

• Drawing 75: The Swirls Forest Trail, Thirlmere

  Direction of view: Option 1: SSE    Option 2: N Notes: Commercial forestry plantations are changing environments, and I believe that there is no scene that

• Drawing 74: Matterdale Church

  Direction of view: NNE      Notes: The church sits beside the A5091 between Dockray and Matterdale End.  The tree at centre right in the sketch, still

• Drawing 73: Dove Crag

  Direction of view: WSW Notes: The viewpoint is not on the public right of way through Dovedale, as shown on the O.S. map, but is

• Drawing 72: Hill Top, Sawrey

  Direction of view: W Notes: Hill Top is owned by the National Trust (it was, of course, the home of Beatrix Potter), and entry is

• Drawing 71: Fairfield and Seat Sandal, from Steel Fell

  Direction of view: E Notes: From the summit of Steel Fell, follow the fence north for c.600 yards, until it turns east.  The trees are