These rock formations that are located 2000ft above sea level, on the north rake of Pavey Ark, show where small volcanic ballistic projectiles had fallen and settled in an ancient ocean where an arc of volcanic islands once existed.
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“Jacko, I’m off up to look for that plaque!” From that moment a quest to locate a stone carving on Eagle Crag began, and yet again I found myself researching a forgotten tale of the Lakeland Fells.
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A sad story about two German au pair girls on a walking holiday in the Lake District, and the search for an elusive oak cross below the crags of Dale Head in Gatesgarth Dale.
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From the moment I retrieved a boot from its mossy grave, it’s been a journey of intrigue, emotion and education. Whether it being about the manufacturer, or the person who wore it, each side step took me on a road of discovery.
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On the evening of Friday 10th July 1874, cousins, Robert Noble Wilkinson aged 15, and George Ashworth aged 18, were tragically drowned while bathing at Low Water at the north-east end of the valley of Mardale and Hawes Water.
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