Alfred Wainwright and His Lake District Guides

Today's "Quick Note" is about a site that I've just launched about Alfred Wainwright and his Guides to the Lake District fells, the product of several decades of walking the high places of Lakeland.

At its heart it is very small, just a single page, although as time goes on its associated blog will build up more interesting content about both Wainwright himself and his Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells.

Today it is the core page that we're concerned with, listing most of his Lake District related works plus a number of biographical titles and a selection of DVDs. As for the Guides themselves we list reprints of the original editions for their 50th anniversary, and also the 2nd Revised Edition which updates details of the routes whilst keeping the basic format.

So here it is: WainwrightGuides.co.uk

You can buy single volumes or boxed sets (three different types of boxed set). I hope you enjoy it.

2013 Great Yorkshire Show - Day 1

 

The Great Yorkshire Show is now in full swing, and the weather's fantastic. What a difference from last year!

"Follow the Great Yorkshire Show throughout the day with live reports, pictures and results. ..."

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Threatened bird benefits from careful conservation

It was good to read today that the increasingly rare bird, the Ring Ouzel, is making something of a comeback on the North York Moors as a result of careful conservation work.

In a National Park that wants to attract more visitors it is not always easy to balance this with conservation work. As in so much of life when one objective clashes with another it takes a combination of skill and wisdom to achieve the requisite balance.

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"A Lake District Grand Tour" - A great read!

‘A Lake District Grand Tour‘: Pedalling Through Lakeland: The Challenge, The History, The Wildlife, The Scones’.

Mike Carden's new book is a great entertaining read as well as introducing us to many places of the Lake District both on the well-worn paths and well away from them.

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Bank of England chief goes back to his Pennine roots

The Yorkshire Post today carried an interesting piece about yet another northerner who has made a great impact on national life.

The West Yorkshire moorlands have inspired some of the greatest poetry in history, and yesterday they worked their magic on a man who has spent the last five years battling the biggest financial crisis in living memory.

Sometimes those of who have our origins in the North and who live in the North tend to look southwards and think of "those southerners" controlling so many aspects of our lives. It is good to be reminded again that London is also heavily populated by people whose origins lie far beyond Watford Gap.