Product Description

For this spectacular new edition of the fell walking classic, virtually all the photographs have been retaken by Wainwright's original Lakeland photographer, Derry Brabbs.

After completing his Pictorial Guides, A. Wainwright was persuaded to write a narrative, descriptive account of his eighteen favourite Lake District walks. Described by a man who was both a master fell walker and a lover of the hills with a rare facility for writing about them, the result is a book of unique quality.

The text has been updated to take account of minor changes in the terrain and the result is not merely the most beautiful but also the most authoritative and useful book on the much loved Lakeland hills

. For this new edition of the fell walking classic, virtually all the photographs have been retaken by the legendary lakeland photographer, Derry Brabbs. The result is the transformation of an already fine book into something spectacular.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #22034 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Review
With Mr Wainwright's style so perfectly matched by Derry Brabbs' lingeringly evocative camera, the outcome for all those who truly love hills is a treasure and a minor classic. If the only place it was on sale were on top of Scafell, in a blizzard, on the shortest day in winter, I would still urge all aficionados to put on their boots and get up there while stocks lasted. Sunday Telegraph

Scots Magazine, September 2006
A classic collection of distinctive pen and ink drawings capturing
mountain scenery in this area.

The Daily Telegraph, 14th October 2006
A new edition of his most evocative book is being published, 20
years after it first acted as a passport to the heights for thousands of
people . . . pictures fine enough to prise the lumpiest couch potato off
his bottom. Wainwright offers an alluring breath of fresh air, so breathe
deeply.

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Customer Reviews

Lift your eyes up to the hills - then go there
Purists (a breed whom AW understood well) will probably argue that the only genuine article is the original set of seven Pictorial Guides.

If they do, they are partially missing the point. The original guides are the core, and literally the source, of many of the Wainwright books which followed them. This is one of those books. Wainwright's text is enhanced by a smattering of his exquisite draughtsmanship, and by the beautiful Derry Brabbs photographs. In a recent TV interview, Brabbs showed that he has a good handle on AW's strengths and foibles.

As a very average fellwalker, and a late starter, I yesterday reached the point where I have completed half of the 18 walks in this book. The book was the biggest single inspiration to get me this far. Someone on a recent TV programme (this may have been Derry Brabbs again)called Wainwright a "trudger". Nothing wrong with trudging if it gets you there, and you use the experience to enthral generations of trudgers by your description of the routes.

Good, but the original is better.
I highly recommend this book as probably being the best of all the 'coffee table' books written after the Pictorial Guides. However, the original edition (1984- this edition above is the 2006 edition even though it says 1984) is better but if you cannot find one then buy this one instead.