Kirkstone Pass, from Cumbria In Verse – Lakes To Fells In Poetry An illustrated image of a dramatic single-lane mountain road climbing a steep one-in-four gradient through the Lake District fells, Kirkstone Pass, Cumbria. The gradient tightens to a one-in-four strain where the road binds the volcanic flank. Gravity drags the scree in a slow descent toward the valley floor, scoured by ice. At the saddle, the world contracts to a line. Dry-stone walls brace against the heavy fe

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