Wainwright Family Walks Vol 1 by Alfred Wainwright
Wainwright Family Walks brings together for the first time twenty of the easiest and best walks in the southern Lake District from Alfred Wainwright's classic collection of guides. Ideal for those with children and those just starting on their Lake District walking adventures alike, it is a perfect, accessible introduction to Wainwright. With the emphasis on the lower peaks and manageable climbs, here is a selection of wonderful fell walks for all abilities. Sketches and notes from Wainwright's timeless guides are reproduced in their entirety for each of the walks so you can enjoy his peerless commentary on the Lakeland fells, while detailed and up-to-date directions guide you along some of Wainwright's recommended routes. There is also plenty of practical advice for getting to the start of each walk and family-friendly facilities nearby, plus map and GPS references. With starting points across the southern Lake District and walks ranging from simple strolls to more challenging climbs, all that is left to do is lace up your family's boots and walk! A second volume of Wainwright Family Walks, covering fells in the northern half of the Lake District, will be available soon.Makes the fells more accessible to families and unsuspecting 'off-comers' who may be unaware of the delights that lie ahead of them - just as Wainwright himself once was
When your children are small it is damn near impossible to get a good ramble in but with this neat and beautiful collection of do-able 20 fell walks complete with info on refreshments and loos and parking and where the kids can play along the way, there is no excuse for sitting in the car complaining.
With walks ranging from simple strolls to more challenging climbs, all that is left is to put down the lap top, lace up the family boots and get going.
A selection of hikes for all abilities with an emphasis on manageable climbs and starting points in popular villages where families like to stay. The all-important views -to-effort ratio was a key consideration in the choices - a case of a lot more panorama for a lot less puff.
With walks ranging from simple strolls to more challenging climbs, all that is left is to put down the lap top, lace up the family boots and get going.
An ideal book for people with children and those just starting out on their Lake District adventures.
Ideal for those with children and for those just starting on their Lake District walking adventures alike, it is a perfect, accessible introduction to Wainwright.
Ideas for fine Lake District ascents for inexperienced walkers or those with young families
ideal for young families or novice ramblers
When your children are small it is damn near impossible to get a good ramble in but with this neat and beautiful collection of do-able 20 fell walks complete with info on refreshments and loos and parking and where the kids can play along the way, there is no excuse for sitting in the car complaining.
Makes the fells more accessible to families and unsuspecting 'off-comers' who may be unaware of the delights that lie ahead of them - just as Wainwright himself once was.
"I suppose it might be said, to add impressiveness to the whole thing, that this book has been twenty years in the making, for it is so long, and more, since I first came from a smoky mill-town (forgive me, Blackburn!) and beheld, from Orrest Head, a scene of great beauty, a fascinating paradise, Lakeland's mountains and trees and water. That was the first time I had looked upon beauty, or imagined it, even.
Afterwards I went often, whenever I could, and always my eyes were lifted to the hills. I was to find then, and it has been so ever since, a spiritual and physical satisfaction in climbing mountains – and a tranquil mind upon reaching their summits, as though I had escaped from the disappointments and unkindnesses of life and emerged above them into a new world, a better world.
In due course I came to live within sight of the hills, and I was well content. If I could not be climbing, I was happy to sit idly and dream of them, serenely. Then came a restlessness and the feeling that it was not enough to take their gifts and do nothing in return. I must dedicate something of myself, the best part of me, to them. I started to write about them, and to draw pictures of them. Doing these things, I found they were still giving and I still receiving, for a great pleasure filled me when I was so engaged – I had found a new way of escape to them and from all else less worth while.
Thus it comes about that I have written this book. Not for material gain, welcome though that would be (you see I have not escaped entirely!); not for the benefit of my contemporaries, though if it brings them also to the hills I shall be well pleased; certainly not for posterity, about which I can work up no enthusiasm at all. No, this book has been written, carefully and with infinite patience, for my own pleasure and because it has seemed to bring the hills to my own fireside. If it has merit, it is because the hills have merit."
A. Wainwright died in 1991 at the age of 84.
Tom Holman is a freelance writer living in Lindale in the southern Lake District. He has walked extensively in the Lakes, having been carried up his first fell at the age of 18 months. Before going freelance, Tom worked for The Bookseller, the weekly magazine for the books business.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780711233621 |
| ISBN 10 | 0711233624 |
| Title | Wainwright Family Walks Vol 1 |
| Author | Alfred Wainwright |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2012-07-05 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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