Park, Waterfall sights in Europe

1. Gowbarrow Park & Aira Force

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   This rolling park stretches out across the lakeshore halfway between Pooley Bridge and Glenridding. Well-marked paths lead up to the impressive waterfall of Aira Force, a 66ft casacde that tumbles down a wooded ravine. Another waterfall, High Force, can be seen further up the hillside. Apart from the charge for the car park, the park is free to visit.

   A little south of Gowbarrow Park is the inlet of Glencoyne Bay, where the prodigious springtime displays of daffodils inspired Wordsworth to pen the immortal lines: 'I wandered lonely as a cloud/That floats on high over hills and dales/When all at once I saw a crowd/A host, of golden daffodils…'

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