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A. Wainwright - The fell walker's companion

PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS - And as u can see from the length of all the headers, it might take me a little while.

A.W. 1907 - 1991


The fleeting hour of life of those who love the hills is quickly spent,
but the hills are eternal.
Always there will be the lonely ridge, the dancing beck, the silent forest;
Always there will be the exhilaration of the summits.
These are for the seeking,
and those who seek and find, while there is yet time will be blessed in both mind and body.

INTRODUCTION

A brief introduction into the life and works of one of England's most famous, yet reclusive, fellwalkers. Author of undisputedly the definitive guide books of the English Lake District

THE MAN

Born on the 17th January 1907 in Blackburn Lancashire, Alfred Wainwright was the son of a stonemason. Born into a poor family, the youngest of four children, he left school at the age of thirteen years old to start work as an office boy in Blackburn Councils Engineering department....

THE BOOKS

A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells - Book 1. The Eastern Fells

1955

A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells - Book 2. The Far Eastern Fells

1957

A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells - Book 3. The Central Fells

1958

A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells - Book 4. The Southern Fells

1960

A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells - Book 5. The Northern Fells

1962

A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells - Book 6. The North Western Fells

1964

A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells - Book 7. The Western Fells

1966

Fell Wanderer - The Story behind the Guidebooks

1966

Pennine Way Companion

1968

Walks in Limestone Country

1970

Lakeland Sketchbooks 1 - 5

1969 - 1973

Walks on the Howgill Fells

1972

A Coast to Coast Walk

1973

The Outlying Fells of Lakeland

1974

Scottish Mountain Drawings Vol. 1 - 6

1974 - 1978

A Dales Sketchbook Vol. 1 - 2

1976 - 1978

Kendal in the Nineteenth Century

1977

Furness Sketchbook Vol. 1 - 2

1978 - 1979

Walks from Ratty

1978

Three Westmorland Rivers

1979

A Lune Sketchbook

1980

A Ribble Sketchbook

1980

An Eden Sketchbook

1980

Lakeland Mountain Drawings Vol. 1 - 5

1980 - 1984

Welsh Mountain Drawings

1981

Bowland Sketchbook

1981

North Wales Sketchbook

1982

A Wyre Sketchbook

1982

A South Wales Sketchbook

1983

Wainwright in Lakeland

1983 Published as a limited edition of 100 leather bound, signed and numbered and 1000 cloth bound signed copies Republished in 1985

A Peak District Sketchbook

1984

Old Roads of Eastern Lakeland

1985

Ex-Fellwanderer

1987 AW S 80th Birthday publication

Fellwalking with a Camera

1988

PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS


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Date: 16   August   2001


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