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Parking is by way of a pay and display in the Great Wood. This is owned by the National Trust. As always, the earlier you arrive, the better chance have of finding a spot, as spaces can certainly fill up fast.
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==Legends and traditions==
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The tragedy here, that of her pleading to the King for her husband's life, was for nought. He was found guilty and executed for his crimes of treason on 24 February 1716. Whilst this is actually true of James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater, some elements of the Lady's Rake legend remain doubtful. The 3rd Earl, whilst having succeeded the family estates upon his father's death in 1705, didn't actually live in Cumberland, instead favouring his estates in Northumberland. He visited in 1710, probably staying at the Queen's Head hotel.<ref name="collingwood-272"/><ref>Crosthwaite, p.17.</ref> James' involvement in the 1715 Jacobite rebellion had nothing to do with Keswick,<ref>Thompson, p.322</ref> nor the mansion on Lord's Island, which by that time had probably been in ruins by 1709,<ref name="collingwood-272"/><ref>Whaley, p.220</ref> making the Countess' flight up Lady's Rake when the legend states, a fiction more than it could be fact. There is so much more to this legend and the history that surrounds it. Before the 3rd Early, the family was a prominent figure in the area. The history of the Radclyffs and the Earls of Derwentwater alone covers several centuries, and could be the subject of many articles. Whilst some legends may be the precursor to actual historical events, many are simply enjoyable folk tales, which are just as much a part of the landscape as the lakes, tarns, and fells in which they romanticise.
<div class="res-img-1200">[[File:Walla Crag Trail and Derwentwater (6171).jpg]]{{c|{{smaller|The Walla Crag Train footpath along the plateau with views of [[Derwentwater]] and beyond}}}}
==Etymology==
The 1st element, ''walla'', appears to be problematic, according to Whaley, as it could be a dialectal adjective of ''wallow''. In
The 2nd element ''[[:wiktionary:crag|crag]]'' (rocky outcrop, rocky height, rugged steep cliff, rock) comes from Middle English ''crag'', or the alternative spelling, ''cragge'', which itself probably comes from Middle Irish ''[[:wiktionary:crec|crec]]'', or Scottish Gaelic ''[[:wiktionary:creag#Scottish Gaelic|creag]]'', brought over by the Scandinavians in the 10th century.<ref>Whaley, p.395</ref>
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