Wainwright

All the 17 walks shown on the popular Granada and BBC TV series, plus a bonus from the Outlying Fells, are covered in full in this handy book, bringing together more than 250 pages from the Pictorial Guides. Wainwright's old friend Eric Robson sets the scene for each walk with stories from the days he spent filming with the great fell-walker, adding his own personal impressions of the fell and the chosen ascent. Practical sections give the length of each route, the ascent in feet, the best O.S. map to take along, how to get to the start of the walk, and suggestions for the best route down. Here is all you need to get out and enjoy the Lakeland landscape -- and who better to take along as your guide than the one and only Alfred Wainwright -- much-loved British character and fell-walking legend.

ISBN: 9780711228061

Wainwright's biographer selects twenty of his and Wainwright's favorite mountains and eloquently and entertainingly introduces them to the reader, with an account of how they came to be chosen.

ISBN: 9780711224636

Originally compiled in the 1950s and early 1960s, the Wainwright walking guides are perhaps the most distinctive and unusual such guides ever devised. The result of painstaking and lengthy research by their namesake and author over a period of thirteen years, the guides have retained their original format and design to this day. The books contain intricate hand drawn sketches by the author, detailing routes of ascent, and gradients of the hills in and around the Lake District and outlying regions. The seven guides covering the Fells district, as well as the Outlying Fells of Lakeland will be reissued by Frances Lincoln in April.

ISBN: 9780711226142

Originally compiled in the 1950s early 1960s, the Wainwright walking guides are perhaps the most distinctive and unusual such guides ever devised. The result of research by their namesake and author over a period of 13 years, the guides have retained their original format and design to this day. The books contain intricate hand drawn sketches by the author, detailing routes of ascent, and gradients of the hills in and around the Lake District and outlying regions. "A Coast to Coast Walk" was devised by Wainwright himself and stretches across 190 miles from St Bees Head on the East coast to Robin Hood's Bay on the West, passing through the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors.

ISBN: 9780711222366

The Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells are the work of A. Wainwright, the legendary fellwalker, artist and author. Originally compiled in the 1950s and early 1960s, the Wainwright walking guides are counted as the most original guides of the region.

ISBN: 9780711224650

A. Wainwright's legendary "Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells" have been best-sellers for the past fifty years. Now, for the first time, a thorough programme of revision and updating, authorised by the Wainwright Estate, has begun. Each volume of the "Pictorial Guides" will be reissued with maps and text revised to take account of the many changes to footpaths and terrain since Wainwright himself walked the fells. Key features include: all maps and ascent diagrams are checked and updated, paths and route indicators are picked out in red for greater clarity, instructions on ascents and ridge routes are revised and updated, and drawings and page layouts remain faithful, wherever possible, to Wainwright's originals.

ISBN: 9780711224667

More than 20 years after the first of these larger guides, Fellwalking with Wainwright, was originally published, Derry Brabbs has revisited the Lakeland fells and taken spectacular new photos to illustrate Wainwright's well-loved text. The format of this new edition has been increased to do them justice.

ISBN: 9780711226579

The Northern Fells include the rolling Caldbeck and Uldale Fells -- 'serene and restful, a perfect sanctuary for birds and animals and fell-walkers who prefer to be away from the crowds'; Skiddaw -- 'an affable, friendly giant'; majestic Blencathra -- 'the mountaineer's mountain'; Latrigg -- the favourite of visitors to Keswick -- and many more. They offer the walker excellent tramping and exhilarating freedom to wander at will. This second edition of The Northern Fells has been brilliantly revised by Chris Jesty, a trained cartographer who worked with Wainwright on some of the maps in his later large-format guides. All footpaths have been rewalked, all routes checked, all maps and text updated. Paths and routes have been picked out in red to make them easier to follow, and parking information has been added. This new edition of the classic walking guide is Wainwright for the 21st century.

ISBN: 9780711226678

A. Wainwright's legendary "Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells" have been best-sellers for the past fifty years. Now at last, they are being thoroughly revised and updated, with the blessing of the Wainwright Estate. Revised editions of each volume of the "Pictorial Guides" will appear over the next three years: all maps and ascent diagrams updated; paths and route indicators picked out in red for greater clarity; instructions on ascents and ridge routes revised; and, drawings and page layouts with the charm and originality of Wainwright's originals. "The Southern Fells" includes the highest, roughest, grandest fells in Lakeland. Wainwright writes of the 'glorious curves' and 'simple grandeur' of Great Langdale; of Wasdale, 'an emerald amongst sombre hills'; of 'enchanting Borrowdale; of the 'sparkling radiance' of the Duddon; and of the most delectable valley of all - Eskdale, 'sanctuary of peace and solitude'.

ISBN: 9780711226586

Alfred Wainwright was a legend in his own lifetime. A man of few words, elusive to the point of being downright unsociable, he dedicated years of his life to exploring the Lakeland mountains he loved, and creating the awe-inspiring hand-drawn pages of his "Pictorial Guides" to the Lakeland Fells. Wainwright knew the fells like nobody else, and in the "Personal Notes in Conclusion at the end of The Western Fells" - the last in the seven-volume series - he revealed what were, for him, finest mountains of all. High, craggy, commanding fine views, these fells are simply Lakeland's best. Available for the first time in the centenary year of Wainwright's birth, this collection brings together in one rugged, pocket-sized volume twelve chapters from five different "Pictorial Guides" - more than 200 pages of vintage Wainwright - at a bargain price. The book features the following fells: Blencathra; Bowfell; Carrock; Crinkle Crags; Great Gable; Harrison Stickle; Haystacks; Pike o' Stickle; Pillar; Place Fell; Scafell; and Scafell Pike.

ISBN: 9780711228207

This anniversary edition of the best-selling Wainwright Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells turns back the clock fifty years to show his work as it must have looked when it was first penned. Until now, every edition of the guides has been based on images from metal plates. As the plates became worn through years of reprinting, the images lost sharpness and subtlety. Here for the first time the pages have been re-originated from the author's artwork and can be seen in their full glory once more. The paper used in the guides, and the bindings of each book, have also been matched as closely as possible to the first edition. In November 2004 Frances Lincoln will be issuing a special boxed set of the seven Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells. This will be contained in a card slipcase, illustrated in the style of the Wainwright books and shrinkwrapped. The books contained are: Book One: Eastern Fells; Book Two: Far Eastern Fells; Book Three: Central Fells; Book Four: Southern Fells; Book Five: Northern Fells; Book Six: North Western Fells; Book Seven: Western Fells

ISBN: 9780711224612

Alfred Wainwright's unique hand-drawn and hand-written PICTORIAL GUIDES TO THE LAKELAND FELLS have been an inspiration to walkers for over forty years. Yet despite many bestselling books and three television series, Wainwright remained an intensely private person. With full access to Alfred Wainwright's private letters and unpublished material, Hunter Davies reveals a man more passionate, witty and generous than readers of his guides have come to expect. His biography throws a new and surprising light on a man who has been an enigmatic and misunderstood person.

ISBN: 9780752848525

This book accompanies the successful BBC TV series of the same title. It tells the story of Alfred Wainwright whose handwritten, minutely illustrated Pictorial Guides to the Lake District are a modern classic. The
book describes his tortured personal life and ultimate happiness. It includes an overview of one of the UK's most beautiful national parks and detailed guides to ten of Wainwright's favourite walks. Lavishly illustrated with Colour photographs, many of them aerial, and Wainwright's own drawings and text.

ISBN: 9781846072949