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Alfred Wainwright

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What is Whitbarrow? Explain Whitbarrow, Define Whitbarrow, Meaning of Whitbarrow

 

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Wainwright on Haystacks

 

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Alfred Wainwright at Honister Slate Mine

 

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Richard Else on Alfred Wainwright

 

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An Interview with Chris Butterfield about Alfred Wainwright's Pennine Journey

Alfred Wainwright ("A.W.") MBE was a British fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator. His seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, published between 1955 and 1966 and consisting entirely of reproductions of his manuscript, has become the standard reference work to 214 of the fells of the English Lake District. Among his 40-odd other books is the first guide to the Coast to Coast Walk, a 192-mile long-distance footpath devised by Wainwright which remains popular today.