Huge congratulations to Derek Cockell whose book “A Newt in Hard Tarn” was Runner-Up in the People and Business Category of the Lakeland Book of the Year Awards 2024. The category was sponsored by Bookends
In July we had the pleasure of handing over the Society’s cheque for £12,750 to the LDSAMRA at the Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team’s Gosforth base
Our ever-popular calendar is now available to buy on the Society’s website. It includes beautiful images of the Lake District and other areas associated with Alfred Wainwright contributed by Society members
Our speaker for the 2024 Lecture will be Graham Uney, author of Walking the Wainwrights - 64 Walks to Climb the 214 Wainwrights of Lakeland. Graham fell in love with the mountains at a young age. He completed the Wainwrights just before his 18th birthday, and in 1998 he became the first
David Johnson reported in the Winter 2022/3 issue of Footsteps on his research to update Wainwright’s Walks from Ratty. Linked to this, there is to be a small exhibition on walking
Excellent news that “A Newt in Hard Tarn”, written by Derek Cockell and published by the Society, has made the Shortlist for Lakeland Book of the Year 2024. Derek’s book is a personal appreciation
