The Southern Fells

Author:
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
ISBN: 0711240051
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
The Southern Fells include the highest, roughest, grandest fells in Lakeland including the highest mountain in England, Scafell Pike. Wainwright – a fell-walking legend in his own lifetime – knew the terrain and conveyed its grandeur and beauty like nobody else. In this unique Pictorial Guide, he 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'. The Pictorial Guides by A. Wainwright, written half a century ago, have been treasured by generations of walkers. This edition of The Southern Fells is freshly reproduced from Wainwright's original hand-drawn pages.

Wainwright Book Seven

Author: Alfred Wainwright
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Limited
ISBN: 9780711222335
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description

The Western Fells

Author: Alfred Wainwright
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
ISBN: 0711258236
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 347

Book Description
One name above all others has become associated with walking in the Lake District: A. Wainwright, whose seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, first published in 1955–66, has become the definitive guidebook. Wainwright’s meticulously hand-drawn maps, diagrams and drawings take you up the 214 principal hills and mountains of the Lake District, describing the main routes of ascent from different starting points, as well as lesser-known variants, showing the summit viewpoint panoramas and the ridge routes that can be made to create longer walks. The Western Fells, Book Seven of Wainwright’s Walking Guide, covers Great Gable and the High Stile and Pillar ranges, overlooking the Ennerdale, Cocker and Wasdale valleys.

Wainwright Pictorial Guides

Author: A. Wainwright
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
ISBN: 9780711222816
Category : Lake District (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Reproductions of the author's original artworks.

The Outlying Fells of Lakeland

Author: Alfred Wainwright
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
ISBN: 9780711231757
Category : Lake District (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
This is the legendary A. Wainwright's guide to his selection of 56 'foothills' in Lakeland, brilliantly revised and updated by Chris Jesty. The outings described here with typical eloquence and humour were chosen by Wainwright with a particular readership in mind: 'those walkers who, because of age or infirmity, must be content with milder expeditions on lesser fells.' This guide is packed with gems of outstanding beauty which you don't have to be super-fit to enjoy: Orrest Head, where Wainwright's love affair with the Lake District began; Scout Scar, 'a pleasure every step of the way'; Beacon Fell, 'the epitome of that appeals to fellwalkers'; and many, many others. All the walks fall within the boundaries of the National Park. In the second edition, the main routes are picked out in red for greater visibility, and parking information is given where possible.

Walking the Wainwrights

Author: Graham Uney
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781906095789
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description

Lake District

Author: Ian Francis
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 0719840120
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 435

Book Description
From Scafell's towering volcanic crags to the deep lake-filled glacial valleys of Wasdale and Buttermere, the Lake District possesses an extraordinary variety of scenery in a relatively small area. This dramatic landscape has inspired writers, climbers, painters, and all who seek the solitude and beauty of the high fells – and wish to understand the forces that have shaped this unique place. With over 230 illustrations including maps and superb photographs with unique aerial views and panoramas, it includes: easy-to-understand explanations of how the rocks formed; how the geology affects the landscape and an exploration of the long human story of Lakeland landscapes. There are guided excursions to seven easily accessible geological locations and a dedicated website, with a Google Earth photographic guide to all the main localities mentioned in the book: lakedistrictgeology.co.uk This book will enable you to 'read' the landscape, understand how the region's rocks were formed, how glaciers and rivers sculpted the fells and valleys, and how human interaction with geology and climate has helped to create the Lake District today.

Walking in the Alps

Author: Kev Reynolds
Publisher: Cicerone Press Limited
ISBN: 1849654387
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 516

Book Description
The second edition of this classic guidebook by Kev Reynolds on walking and trekking in the Alps. This book is a definitive guide to the many thousands of possible routes, with a geographical span that ranges from the Maritime Alps of southern France to the Julians of Slovenia, from Italy's Gran Paradiso to the little-known Türnitzer Alps of eastern Austria, and from the ice-bound giants of the Bernese Oberland to the green rolling Kitzbüheler Alps and the bizarre towers of the Dolomites of South Tirol, showing the amazing diversity of this wonderful mountain chain. There are walks to suit every taste: gentle and undemanding, long and tough, and everything in between. Written by Britain's most respected authority on the Alps, this is a fully updated edition of this important book.

Walking More Ridges of Lakeland

Author: Bob Allen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780718139308
Category : Mountaineering
Languages : en
Pages : 191

Book Description
This is the 2nd of 2 volumes inspired by Wainwright's Pictorial Guides. It covers some of the most exciting ridge-walking in the Lake District and contains all the qualities for which the first book has been so rightly praised.

The Complete Pictorial Guides

Author: Alfred Wainwright
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
ISBN: 9780711229532
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2128

Book Description
This sumptuous boxed set contains all ten of the Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells by the fell walking legend, A. Wainwright. For this Reader's Edition the books are 10% enlarged from the original editions, and bound in cloth. Maps and text are as Wainwright wrote them.