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Latest News and updates The 2012 Wainwright Memorial Lecture will be given by Alan Hinkes OBE at Rheged near Penrith on Friday 9th November at 7 p.m. Alan Hinkes is the first Briton to climb the world's highest mountains, these are the fourteen 8000m peaks. For more information click here ..... The Society 60-50-40 Challenge started on Saturday 5th May. Members who are participating in this year’s Challenge are reminded that they should email both their walk report and photographs, before 30th June. For information this click here ..... The Wainwright Society on Facebook - The Wainwright Society now has its own Facebook page. To get the latest updates click the Like button on the page. Find us at: www.facebook.com/thewainwrightsociety ..... Society AGM - seventy-one members attended the ninth Annual General Meeting of The Wainwright Society on Saturday 31 March 2012 ..... more info Light the Wainwrights - 14 members of the Society were among hundreds who lit lights on the summits of the fells described by the author in an event to commemorate a police officer who was killed. ...... more info New Footsteps Binders - Following research with the Society membership we are about to take delivery of binders to help members to keep their Footsteps copies together in a protected and attractive way. For more details click here ..... The Lakeland Sketchbook Project - the five volumes of Lakeland Sketchbooks surely constitute one of the finest achievements of Alfred Wainwright as an artist. In this new project the aim of the Society is to celebrate AW’s fine artistic achievement, and to create a contemporary record of the 400 scenes that he drew with such a fine touch. The Society aims to complete this one book per year ..... The 2011 Society Photographic competition has now been judged by Derry Brabbs and the winning and runner up photos can be viewed by clicking here ..... AW Sketch Auction - Society member, Ray Bradshaw, has produced 15 caricatures of Society members on the Forum as well as a sketch of AW which raised £170 at the AGM. The original sketches were sold and all proceeds donated to The Lake District Calvert Trust. Members can click here to view more details, alternatively visit the thread on the Society Forum ..... Orrest Head view indicator The Wainwright Society is in discussions with Windermere Town Council with a view to replacing the view indicator on top of Orrest Head ..... Pennine Journey Supporters Club after much consideration, the Wainwright Society Management Committee has agreed to pass over the role of ‘Responsible Organisation’ for the Pennine Journey long distance footpath to the Pennine Journey Supporters Club more info can be found by clicking here ..... Wainwright archive to return to Kendal after a successful bid by Cumbria County Council ..... Society Fundraising for 2012 The Society is delighted to announce that Cumbria Wildlife Trust will be the main beneficiary of funds raised by the Society in 2012 ..... Society 2012 Anniversary clothing Following suggestions from various  members in recent years, we are introducing some clothing items embroidered with a special Wainwright Society 2012 Anniversary logo. There are ‘casual’ style and ‘breathable’ polos, caps and scarves and an embroidered badge available. For more information click here ..... 214 Completers Badges are now available. This is a special Your Map of Memories along the Coast to Coast Poetry Competition Anthology Booklet - The Wainwright Society has produced an anthology containing all the entries from this year’s Poetry Competition. Further details can be found by clicking here ........
Information on signed Wainwright prints is being asked for by Society member Graham Wilkinson who is attempting to compile a full listing of all signed prints by AW ....... |
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new badge, available only to Society Members who are on the 214 Completers list. For details of how to obtain your badge 
