Book of Shap

Comprising list of excursions undertaken (page 1); signed list of those in attendance (page 2); section diagram of area covered during first excursion to Thornship Gill (page 3); sketch of geologists ascending and descending a fell (page 4); section diagram across River Lowther near Shap Abbey (page 6); a sketch of Shap Abbey by William Carter (page 7); a sketch of an ancient sign of Greyhound Inn, carved in low relief (page 8); a sketch of a 'Beware of the Bull' warning copied from a gate near Shap Abbey (page 9); second expedition section diagrams of Clifton, Askham, Arthurs Pike, High Raise, Marsdale and Swindale (page 11); list of local dialect words and meaning (page 12); brief list of deer and birds seen (page 13); section diagrams from Knipe Scar to Crossfell (pages 15, 17); fifth excursion section diagram of Shap summit, Orton Scar and Crosby Ravensworth (page 20); a sketch of McKenny Hughes at Crosby Ravensworth (page 21); newspaper cuttings about a concert (2) (page 22); sketch of a china cock (page 25); Shap summit cutting (page 26); sixth excursion section diagram of Wasdale Crag and Shap Wells (page 28); seventh excursion section diagram of Tebay, Birkbeck Fell and Shap Fells (page 31).

The group stayed at the Greyhound Hotel, Shap. Joseph Richardson was named as the proprietor of this establishment. Participants included: Thomas McKenny Hughes; Robert Davies Roberts; William Lower Carter; G. Pagau; Evan William Small; and James Richard Davis.

A list of expeditions is given in the front of the scrapbook:

• Friday June 30th: Rendezvous.
• Saturday July 1st: Thonship Gill, Great Ladstones.
• Sunday July 2nd: Shap Church, Shap Abbey.
• Monday July 3rd: Clifton, Askham, Arthurs Pike, High Raise, Marsdale, Swindale.
• Tuesday July 4th: Shap Granite Works.
• Wednesday July 5th: Shap summit, Orton Scar, Crosby Ravensworth.
• Thursday July 6th: Wasdale Crag, Shap Wells.
• Friday July 7th: Tebay, Brethendale, Birkeck Fells.

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