Walks In Limestone Country
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The success of the Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells inspired Alfred Wainwright to write a guidebook to another of his favourite landscapes: the limestone area of the Yorkshire Dales.
In his introduction to the book, he wrote: ‘Unlike the Lake District, where beauty is lavishly displayed all around and needs no seeking, the delights of this limestone countryside are not obviously in view. The delights are there, in full measure and in amazing variety, but they have to be sought on foot. It is a land of surprises. For the explorer there are places of fascinating interest, of strange beauty, of thrilling adventure, such as are not to be found elsewhere. This is a region unique, without a counterpart, but its charms are shyly hidden.’
The book remained in print for over 30 years, but like his other guidebooks was in need of revision. In 2003, Chris Jesty began a comprehensive review of all of Wainwright’s guidebooks, walking the routes and updating the maps and written descriptions, where necessary. For the Lakeland Guides and long-distance walks, he enlarged each page and made the corrections on tracing paper, which were sent to the publisher to make the amendments to the book pages. However, for Walks in Limestone Country, Chris made the amendments himself on the digital files of the book. The Second Edition was published in 2014.
This book is a reprint of Chris Jesty’s Second Edition and no changes have been made to the walks, route descriptions or maps.
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