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IT’S UNCANNY. This remarkable rocky outcrop, high on the flanks of Great Gable, forms the Sphinx-like outline of a human head. Not just faintly or tenuously, but distinctively. It’s easy to see: strong chin, prominent nose, closed mouth, gentle eyes, sloping forehead and traditional headwear befitting of a chieftain. I can almost sense character in the face too. I see wisdom, poise and resolve, the eyes angled over the landscape with pride, like a benevolent yet fearsome guardian of Gable. Far below, Wast Water stretches sumptuously towards the coast, framed left and right by the heathery slopes of Illgill Head and Yewbarrow. To my left is the faint
