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Nine-year-old
climber enters record books
Manchester Evening News 23/11/06
Jordan Ross is the youngest climber to conquer all 214 "Wainwright
Fells" in the Lake District.
Wainwright’s
Ewood tribute
Blackburn Citizen 10/11/06
... His friend and television presenter Eric Robson recalled how important
a role Blackburn played during Wainwright's early years. ...
Enduring
lure of Wainwright
Lancashire Telegraph 01/09/06
ALTHOUGH the centenary of his birth is not far away, the clamour for
anything associated with Blackburn-born Alfred Wainwright continues to
grow.
Call
to make film on Wainwright
North West Evening Mail 26/08/06
FURNESS walking enthusiasts are backing the idea of a Hollywood film
about legendary Cumbrian author and fell-walker Alfred Wainwright.
British
walks on wild or mild side
San Francisco Chronicle 20/08/06
Coast to Coast: Alfred Wainwright, who conceived of this path in 1973,
was careful to call it a coast-to-coast walk, not the coast-to-coast
walk.
They
filmed Beatrix. Why not Wainwright?
The Guardian 21/08/06
Wainwright wrote and drew the Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells,
which are little works of art, just as much as Peter Rabbit or Squirrel
Nutkin.
New Wainwrights
Wear Colour Jackets
Frances Lincoln 12/08/06
Frances Lincoln are delighted to announce the first ever full colour book jackets
for the Wainwright Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells.
The Great Cat Expedition Departs Again With Book Reprint
Mountainmere Research 10/08/06
"When Molly asked her old pen-friend A. Wainwright to illustrate Scratch
and Co. he was all enthusiasm, until he met the mongoose ...".
Financial Times 20/05/06
"Our guide was the inestimable A. Wainwright, a man variously described
as gruff, rude, quirky, retiring and generous."
Stackyard 02/05/06
New provisions regarding the use of rights of way by motorised vehicles come
into effect on Tuesday, 2 May.
Girl honoured for climbing feat
BBC News 12/04/06
A nine-year-old Cumbrian girl has been honoured after becoming one of the youngest
people to climb all 214 of Wainwright's Lakeland fells.
The
fan - Hunter Davies confesses a soft spot
New Statesman 13/03/06
Wainwright was cheering Blackburn on from the fells last Sunday, writes Hunter
Davies.
Giant
wind farm plan thrown out
BBC News 02/03/06
Plans to create England's largest wind farm at Winash in Cumbria have been rejected
by the government.
Stepping
out of Wainwright's shadow
Yorkshire Post 22/12/05
Derry Brabbs was a photographer with a fear of heights when
he accepted a commission to clamber about the Lakeland fells, chasing
illustrations for books by the legendary fell-walker Alfred Wainwright.
Landscape
photographer gives his views
Yorkshire Post 16/12/05
Derry Brabbs was one of three speakers at the Yorkshire Post's
Literary Lunch in Harrogate.
Stackyard 28/11/05
Land managers in Scotland will shortly benefit from additional funding that has
been granted by Scottish Natural Heritage to the Paths for All Partnership.
Stackyard 28/10/05
Monday, 31 October marks the day when the opening of 'access land',
which was previously off limits, is completed across England.
Stackyard 15/09/05
As the annual "Welcome to Walking Week" celebration approaches it has been revealed that more and more routes across the North East are being opened up to walkers with the support of Defra's agri-environment schemes.
Walkers Celebrate Permanent Right To Access Forestry Estates
Stackyard 17/08/05
Walkers in England celebrate the permanent right to access 165,000 hectares of forest and woodland.
With help from satellite technology and 1m squares of graph paper, famed
fells guides join the 21st century
The Guardian 13/06/05
In a labour of love which almost matches the original epic charting of
the mountains by Alfred Wainwright, the great man's steps are being followed
by a disciple who has already made 3,000 hand-drawn changes to the first
of the seven famous volumes.
Celebrations As Historic Right Of Access Begins In Northern England
Stackyard 27/05/05
Walkers will be able to enjoy more than half a million hectares of the most spectacular
landscapes in England when the right of open access is launched in northern England
this weekend (May 28).
Farmers Open Doors To Give Youngsters A Real Taste Of The Countryside
Stackyard 27/05/05
Inner city youngsters are getting their first taste of the countryside through
a pioneering education scheme funded by Defra's Countryside Stewardship Scheme
(CSS) and run by the Rural Development Service (RDS) in the North West.
Celebrities
Following In Alfred Wainwright's Famous Footsteps
Cumbria online 20/05/05
CELEBRITIES and climbers will finish the Great Lakeland Challenge
tomorrow – after
scaling 270 fells in celebration of Alfred Wainwright.
In the footsteps of the master
Daily Telegraph 23/04/05
Meticulous and enigmatic, Alfred Wainwright produced our finest walkers' guides.
Christopher Somerville revisits the great man's routes
How Wilf did his Way at 70
The Huddersfield Daily Examiner 28/01/05
The Countryside Agency has appealed
for memories of the Pennine Way which celebrates its 40th anniversary
this year. Former probation officer WILF BATTYE, 80 last week, was
prompted to recall how he marked his 70th birthday by tackling the
268 miles.
Coast walk tops trek to Everest
BBC News 23/11/04
The Coast to Coast walk has been named among the world's best walks ahead
of world-famous hikes to the Inca Trail, Everest and Mont Blanc.
A
solitary man
A Harry Griffin, The Guardian 26/02/04
"Alf finished his first guide in 1954 and
it was published, to widespread acclaim, in May 1955. Undoubtedly,
Alf, who wrote 50 other books, was a genius".
Wainwright
guides saved
BBC News 14/02/03
Alfred Wainwright's famous illustrated guides to the Lake District
are to be reprinted in his home town.
Wainwright
guides are shelved
BBC News 14/01/03
Wainwright guides have been in the pockets of fell walkers in Cumbria
for generations.
Writer's
steps re-traced
BBC News 28/10/2002
Hundreds of walkers are lining up to follow in the footsteps of
legendary Lake District guide book writer Alfred Wainwright. |
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