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NEWS & MEDIA
 Julia moves from Wainwright Walks on the Lakeland Fells to tackling
the Coast to Coast
Following two successful series of Wainwright Walks, Skyworks Production Company
have been asked by the BBC to produce a series, again fronted by Julia Bradbury,
about AW’s classic walk of the Coast to Coast from St Bee’s to Robin
Hood’s Bay.
Filming for this will be taking place in September 08 and it is expected that
the programmes will be transmitted Spring 2009.
Further details of transmission dates, plus pictures of the filming, will appear
here in September and October.
Wainwright's widow Betty dies
Grough - UK 21/08/08
The woman who became Alfred Wainwright’s fellwalking companion in his later life has died. Betty Wainwright, the renowned author’s second wife, ...
Boy,
6, in Lakes peak challenge
BBC News - UK 15/08/08
A six-year-old boy is attempting to climb every Lake District peak mentioned
in the Wainwright guidebooks.
Keeping the memory of Wainright alive
Railnews - London, UK 01/07/08
Peter Linney never met the legendary Alfred Wainwright, a man elevated to iconic status among fell-walkers in the Lake District. ...
Beautiful part of the world keeps drawing me back
Wokingham Times 03/06/08
Alfred Wainwright’s Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells are a unique and extraordinary series of books detailing not only every significant physical ...
Confessions
of a collector
guardian.co.uk - UK 31/05/08
When Hunter Davies picked up his first Wainwright in the mid 70s - Northern
Fells, the fifth in his Pictorial Guides To The Lakeland Fells series
- he thought A Wainwright must be long dead ...
Shacklabank: The farm for free rangers
Independent 31/05/08
The result is one part Nigella, one part Bill Oddie, one part Old McDonald
and one part Alfred Wainwright (she didn't realise he'd beaten her to
the ...
Flags to mark Wainwright ale routes?
Grough - UK 29/05/08
Alfred Wainwright’s name is fast becoming a brand to rival the
likes of Berghaus and Burger King, and a brewery in his home town is
now shipping bottled ...
 Win a case of ale - and raise a glass with Lancashire legends!
Surrey Hants Star 08/05/08
The celebrated Wainwright Ale can be enjoyed in your own home after Thwaites unveiled a bottled version, which has now hit the shelves
...
Walker
recreates ramble
Bradford Telegraph and Argus 17/04/08
In 1938 Alfred Wainwright, who became renowned for his Pictorial Guides to the
Lakeland fells, walked from Settle to Hadrian's Wall and back. ...
Wainwright
remembered with new bridge
Blackburn Citizen 31/03/08
Blackburn's landmark £10 million bridge is to be named after Alfred Wainwright
after a poll by Lancashire Telegraph readers. ...
Journey into past offers homage to Wainwright
Yorkshire Post 25/03/08
Andrew Lambert is looking for the stories behind the walk which
Alfred Wainwright made from Settle to Hadrian’s Wall and back
...
Accountant
bids to tot up Wainwright’s walks
NW Evening Mail 10/03/08
Inspired by Alfred Wainwright’s popular guides to the Lakeland
Fells, Mr Hunston, of accountancy firm Armstrong Watson, which has offices
in Millom, ...
Wainwright
- a bloomin' great tribute!
Blackburn Citizen 03/03/08
Legendary author Alfred Wainwright is to be honoured by an entry in this year's
Tatton Park Flower Show The Blackburn hiker, ...
Wainwright’s
Lake District is in the picture
Easier (press release) 28/02/08
Amateur and professional photographers are being encouraged to put Alfred Wainwright’s
Lake District in the picture for a new competition. ...
Wainwright's
Window threatened by storms
LFTO 05/02/08
A window celebrating the life of Lake District legend Alfred Wainwright has been
boarded up amid fears over worsening storms in the area.
Julia
repeats Wainwright's Helvellyn route
Grough 03/02/08
Alfred Wainwright rated Helvellyn highly. He wrote of Striding Edge: “Early
writers wrote of Striding Edge as a place of terror; contemporary writers, ...
A
Great adventure, well told, earns prize
NW Evening Mail 19/11/07
A CUMBRIAN fan of legendary guide book writer Alfred Wainwright has won a top
prize in the first Lake District Outdoor Adventure Writing Competition. ...
Wainwright
Beer Goes Nationwide...
OUTDOORSmagic 06/10/07
Everything's gone Wainwright - following on from the recent Wainwright podcast,
brewers Daniel Thwaite has made Wainwright Ale available throughout the UK.
Wainwright
Website Enjoys Upsurge in Visitors
The Westmorland Gazette 31/10/07
Interest in Alfred Wainwright continues to flourish as television documentaries
prompt an upsurge in visitors to the Wainwright Society website.
Walk
With Wainwright's Voiceover
OUTDOORSmagic 30/10/07
Free podcast gives original walk directions in Wainwright's voice.
Wainwright-Inspired
Diaries
NW Evening Mail 25/10/07
An attractive desk and
pocket diary, inspired by the illustrations of the renowned
fell walker, author and artist, Alfred Wainwright, has been published.
Wainwright Country
A new ITV1 Granada series in which Fred Talbot explores the legacy
of Alfred "Red" Wainwright.
Wainwright Walks
A second six-part
BBC4 series shot in the Lake District is currently being shown on BBC Television.
Walking
show in wig con
Mirror.co.uk 01/09/07
BBC show Wainwright Walks has admitted faking shots - by getting a male
producer to wear a wig and pose as presenter Julia Bradbury.
Following in hero’s steps
Blackburn Citizen 11/07/07
A walking fanatic is following in the footsteps of the legendary
author Alfred Wainwright after publishing Home
Ground ,
a book of his favourite routes.
Kerry, 7, climbs 214 hills
The Sun 21/04/07
LITTLE Kerry Regan has climbed all 214 Lake District “Wainwright” peaks — aged
just SEVEN.
Haystacks with Gavin
loweswatercam.co.uk 12/04/07
Society members Roger and Ann Hiley volunteered to accompany reporter Gavin
Bell on a visit to Haystacks in order to write an article about Alfred
Wainwright.
TV boost to Lakes tourism
NW Evening Mail 06/04/07
TOURISM in Cumbria is set for a boost thanks to a TV series about Alfred Wainwright,
the legendary Lakeland fells guide books author ...
Walk
this way
Guardian Unlimited 01/04/07
Walking lessons? Not such a daft idea, actually. There are many paths to enlightenment.
New
"Wainwright" ale for Thwaites birthday
Morning Advertiser 13/03/07
Daniel Thwaites is continuing to use its 200 year celebrations to highlight
the company’s investment in cask ale, with Wainwright ale the latest
seasonal beer to be added to the brewery’s portfolio.
Moved
by one man's lake expectations
Scotsman 26/02/07
... it's not really surprising that I hadn't heard of the great guidebook guru
Alfred Wainwright prior to watching Wainwright: The Man
Who Loved The Lakes.
...
Master Of The Fells  (816k)
The
Lady 05/02/07
John Burland recalls the life and work
of the legendary Alfred Wainwright.
In
memory of a great fell walker
Clitheroe Today 01/02/07
A HIKE up Pendle Hill in memory of Lakeland legend Alfred Wainwright proved a
great success and something of an eye-opener to those involved.. ...
Famous
UK fell walker celebrated
BBC News 21/01/07
Alfred Wainwright published the first of his Pictorial Guides to the Lake District
in May 1955. Since then, the series has sold almost two million copies. ...
Plea
for walk to get national recognition
NW Evening Mail 18/01/07
Eric Robson, who is the president of the Wainwright Society, says: “A couple
of years ago the Coast to Coast Walk was voted number two in the international
...
Bells
ring for legendary author
Blackburn Citizen 17/01/07
CATHEDRAL bells rang out over Blackburn today to honour the 100th birthday of
one of the town's most famous sons - author Alfred Wainwright. ...
Stepping
out - AW style!
Blackburn Citizen 12/01/07
WALKERS are to put their best foot forward as part of centenary celebrations
of the birth of one Blackburn's most famous sons - Alfred Wainwright. ...
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