Skiddaw

To this are appended, among other pieces, fair copies of "Skiddaw," and

The Life of John Ruskin 1893

But from an insulated mountain, or one upon the outer ring of the hilly tract, such as Skiddaw, in Cumberland, the first effect is to translate the landscape from a _picture_ into a _map_; and the total result, as a celebrated author once said, is the _infinity of littleness_.

Autobiographical Sketches Thomas De Quincey 1822

As for the great mass of Skiddaw looming above, over what shepherds call The Wickets, how verdant it is now starting to look after ice lay packed on it in December like some groundsman's special compound.

Country diary: Lake District 2011

Over Great End, Skiddaw and Blencathra it hurtled, sending cat's-paws racing across the lakes of Bassenthwaite, Derwentwater, Windermere, Coniston Water and fjord-like Ullswater.

Country diary: Lake District 2011

A doctor from Cambridge, the pilot had flown from Skiddaw across the valley to the Helvellyn range, traversed this, then sailed out over the Howgills to Kirkby Lonsdale and was making his return when rain blobs on the Perspex canopy forced him low, so making for his precipitate landing because of reduced visibility.

Country diary: Grasmere, Lake District 2011

Skiddaw House is not only the highest hostel in Britain (it's 470m up, fact fans), it's three miles along the Cumbria Way to the nearest road and only accessible on foot or (at a pinch) bicycle.

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In his excitement he produced a swathe of paintings, full of energy and life, including the sunset view of Skiddaw so grand that it was known as "the Etna of the North" despite having no volcanic traces, showing a laden stagecoach with passengers teetering on the roof, struggling up the mountain road in a swirl of dust.

A passion for painting in the Lake District 2011

There are great views of the surrounding fells such as Skiddaw and Latrigg.

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Skiddaw and Glaramara upon the other, could attract his attention in the manner in which it was usually fixed by beautiful scenery, and especially that which had in it something new as well as striking.

Redgauntlet 2008

Up hill and down hill, and twisting to the right, and twisting to the left, and with old Skiddaw (who has vaunted himself a great deal more than his merits deserve; but that is rather the way of the Lake country), dodging the apprentices in a picturesque and pleasant manner.

The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices 2007