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The Lakeland 214 Challenge was marked on Saturday 16th May when members of The Wainwright Society met at Braithwaite with representatives from SARDA Lakes and SARDA England for an enjoyable walk meet led by Lindsay Shaw. [report]

THE WAINWRIGHT LETTERS
Our Society Patron, Hunter Davies, is looking for hand-written replies received from AW by people who wrote to him ...[details]

JULIA GOES COAST TO COAST
Following two successful series of Wainwright Walks, Skyworks Production Company are have produced a BBC series, again fronted by Julia Bradbury, about AW’s classic walk of the Coast to Coast from St Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay. [more]

ANNUAL MEMORIAL LECTURE 2009
This year’s memorial lecture takes place on Saturday 10th October at Rheged, with Ian Tyler, mining historian and curator of the Keswick Mining Museum. [more]

THE SIXTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
of the Wainwright Society was held on Saturday 21st March 2009 at Staveley Village Hall, Cumbria. [more]

MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ALFRED & BETTY WAINWRIGHT
On Saturday 28th February 2009, St James’ Church at Buttermere was full to capacity with Wainwright Society Members, plus friends and relatives of Alfred and Betty Wainwright. [report]

PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
The 2008 Photographic Competition attracted 78 entries, 3 of which were for the ‘film’ section and 75 for the ‘digital’ format. Derry Brabbs, once again, agreed to adjudicate and select winners. .. [more]

ANNUAL MEMORIAL LECTURE 2008
This year’s memorial lecture took place on Saturday 11th October at Rheged, when Derry Brabbs presented a most entertaining slide show and talk. [more]

ANNUAL AUTUMN DINNER 2008
31 members of the Society met at the Castle Green Hotel on Saturday 13 September for a three course meal in the company of guest speaker Martin Wainwright. [more]

ANIMAL RESCUE CUMBRIA OPEN DAY
Animal Rescue Cumbria, the charity long associated with Alfred and Betty Wainwright held an open day on Sunday 3rd August 2008. [more]

WAINWRIGHT 214 COMPLETERS REGISTER
The Society is now compiling a register of Society members who have climbed all 214 fells described in the seven volumes of A. Wainwright's "A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells". [more]

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