Category: Rydal
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Rydal’s Rainy Reflections
Not a day fit for photography, thanks to the never-ending rain. I managed to grab this photo while perched on Lanty Scar, the northeastern ridge of Loughrigg Fell. Across Rydal Water, cars on the A591 sport their headlights. Rydal is supposed to be a contraction of Rothay-dale, and is actually placed in a narrow gorge,…
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Rydal Water
Today would have been the 250th birthday of William Wordsworth, arguably one of the greatest poets of the English language. Born in Cockermouth in 1770, both his own parents had died by the time he was 13. He was educated at the grammar school in Hawkshead and went to St. John’s College, Cambridge University in…
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The Grot and The Waterfall
The best part of this game is when I discover something new and unexpected. I have never seen Rydal Hall before hidden away in its wooded grounds. I new it existed of course. It says so on the map. I didn’t even know there was a campsite in Rydal. Hidden away in its grounds, on…