Alfred Wainwright

Alfred Wainwright (19071991) was best known for his seven Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells. These handwritten and hand-drawn works of art have given inspiration and guidance to fellwalkers for the last forty years. Most of his books of drawings were originally published by The Westmorland Gazette, in Kendal. Michael Joseph subsequently published his books for many years. When they ceased publication in 2003 [1] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2657249.stm), publishers Frances Lincoln took over the publishing of the Pictorial Guides [2] (http://www.wainwright.org.uk/article/030214_franceslincoln.html).

In the Pictorial Guides, Wainwright described 214 fells in the Lake District. They are often known as Wainwrights and reaching the top of all of them is a popular activity among many Lakeland fell-walkers. (See List of Wainwrights and Peak bagging). Wainwright's favourite peak in the Lake District was Haystacks, above Buttermere, and this is where his ashes were scattered after his death.

He wrote Pennine Way Companion in 1968 – this was for many years a leading guide to the Pennine Way (rivalling the official guide book by Tom Stephenson). Unusually, Wainwright's book starts at the back and you have to read backwards (because it's a south-to-north walk). The guide was prepared with the aid of four helpers (Harry Appleyard, Len Chadwick, Cyril Moore and Lawrence Smith) and its preparation was affected by the major outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in 1966 & 1967, which closed access to many of the moors. Wainwright was a not great fan of the Pennine moorland terrain, especially in the wet and mist, and his book concludes characteristically:

"well I hope you enjoy it, I really do...The walk will do you good.
"You won't find me anywhere along the Pennine Way.
"I've had enough of it."

He wrote several other books including Fellwanderer (1967), Walks in Limestone Country (1970), Walks on the Howgill Fells (1972), The Outlying Fells of Lakeland (1973), Westmorland Heritage (1974), Lakeland Sketchbooks (1975), Kendal in the 19th Century (1977), Walks from Ratty (1978), Three Westmorland Rivers (1979), Fellwalking with Wainwright (with Derry Brabbs, 1984), Wainwright on the Pennine Way (with Derry Brabbs, 1985), Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk (with Derry Brabbs, 1987), Wainwright in the Lakeland Mountain Passes (with Derry Brabbs, 1989), Wainwright in the Limestone Dales (with Ed Gelgard, 1991), Wainwright's Favourite Lakeland Mountains (with Derry Brabbs, 1991), and Wainwright in the Valleys of Lakeland (with Derry Brabbs, 1992).

In 1972 Wainwright designed the Coast to Coast Walk, which traversed what he described as "the grandest territory in the north of England". The walk starts at St Bees, travelling through Cleator, Ennerdale, Rosthwaite, Patterdale, Shap, Kirkby Stephen, then leaving Cumbria and wandering through the Westmorland Plateau and Vale of Mowbray, Keld, Reeth, Richmond, Ingleby Cross to the North York Moors National Park. Clay Bank, Glaisdale. The C2C, as it is abbreviated, reaches its end at Robin Hood's Bay on the east coast of England. The walk is 190 miles in length.

The Wainwright Society was inaugurated in 2002, with the aim of keeping alive the things he promoted through his books.

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