WAINWRIGHT’S LOST TOUR
NEW DUNGEON GHYLL HOTEL The New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel and the Sticklebarn Tavern have become popular meeting places for climbers and ramblers needing refreshment. Opposite page: DUNGEON GHYLL FORCE A few minutes walk from the New Hotel, in a deep rift between Thorn Crag and Harrison Stickle, is the waterfall from which it takes its name. Dungeon Ghyll, hidden from general view, should not be confused with the stream that issues from Stickle Tarn and plunges down the fellside in a series of cataracts to Langdale Beck. This is Mill Ghyll (Stickle Gill), passed on the ascent to Pavey Ark. According to Wordsworth, Dungeon Ghyll Force ‘is most beautiful when it forms a silver thread.’ 162