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The Coast to Coast Walk, devised by Wainwright himself, stretches across 190 miles from St Bees Head on the East coast to Robin Hood's Bay on the West, passing through the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors. This Pictorial Guide, first published in 1973 and updated in 1992, contains Wainwright's original text and his hand-drawn black-and-white route maps for this much -oved walk.
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Born in Blackburn in 1907, Alfred Wainwright left school at the age of 13. A holiday at the age of 23 kindled a life-long love affair with the Lake District. Following a move to Kendal in 1941 he began to devote every spare moment he had to researching and compiling the original seven Pictorial Guides. He described these as his 'love letters' to the Lakeland Fells and at the end of the first, The Eastern Fells, he wrote about what the mountains had come to mean to him:
"I suppose it might be said, to add impressiveness to the whole thing, that this book has been twenty years in the making, for it is so long, and more, since I first came from a smoky mill-town (forgive me, Blackburn!) and beheld, from Orrest Head, a scene of great beauty, a fascinating paradise, Lakeland's mountains and trees and water. That was the first time I had looked upon beauty, or imagined it, even.
Afterwards I went often, whenever I could, and always my eyes were lifted to the hills. I was to find then, and it has been so ever since, a spiritual and physical satisfaction in climbing mountains – and a tranquil mind upon reaching their summits, as though I had escaped from the disappointments and unkindnesses of life and emerged above them into a new world, a better world.
In due course I came to live within sight of the hills, and I was well content. If I could not be climbing, I was happy to sit idly and dream of them, serenely. Then came a restlessness and the feeling that it was not enough to take their gifts and do nothing in return. I must dedicate something of myself, the best part of me, to them. I started to write about them, and to draw pictures of them. Doing these things, I found they were still giving and I still receiving, for a great pleasure filled me when I was so engaged – I had found a new way of escape to them and from all else less worth while.
Thus it comes about that I have written this book. Not for material gain, welcome though that would be (you see I have not escaped entirely!); not for the benefit of my contemporaries, though if it brings them also to the hills I shall be well pleased; certainly not for posterity, about which I can work up no enthusiasm at all. No, this book has been written, carefully and with infinite patience, for my own pleasure and because it has seemed to bring the hills to my own fireside. If it has merit, it is because the hills have merit."
A. Wainwright died in 1991 at the age of 84.
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84 of 85 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Having conceived the ever more popular coast to coast walk I'm sure AW would regret the impact it has probably had on the countryside. He wrote the walk as an example for people to go out and create their own long distance walks; but this is a classic walk that is hard to resist.
Told in the usual Wainwight style of lovely pen and ink drawings, meticulous attention to detail and dry whit, this is a great guide. You should really take (and rely on) the two OS Coast to Coast maps in order to navigate and refer to Wainwright for enlightenment/enjoyment as you go along.
It doesn't really give notes on planning and booking accommodation, but such research is half the fun of setting up for and doing the walk.
The memory of this walk will stay with me for the rest of my life, and reading back through my battered copy of this book from time to time brings it all back to life.
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I did the Coast to Coast walk back in '89 (in baking hot weather) and again - partly - in '96 (in pouring rain). Up to this day the memory of this walk remains with me as vividly as ever and I consider that forthnight as the most wonderful two weeks in my life. AW learnt me to appreciate the North English Countryside with its quiet villages and open spaces, its desolate moorlands and austere fells. Furthermore, I consider this guide a little gem because of the hand drawn illustrations, maps and (witty) narrative. I mean - who hand-writes a book?
These days you will need additional map material because the route has changed in places, but this book is a requirement. I still remember reading the C-to-C walker's log book in the Danby Wiske pub where Wainwright in '89 (two years before his death) had written with a somewhat trembling, but recognisable hand: "Don't give up!"
These days you will need additional map material because the route has changed in places, but this book is a requirement. I still remember reading the C-to-C walker's log book in the Danby Wiske pub where Wainwright in '89 (two years before his death) had written with a somewhat trembling, but recognisable hand: "Don't give up!"
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Firstly I must confess that the 'Coast to Coast' is lodged firmly in my 'things to do' list as opposed to the 'done' list. That said I purchased this book because firstly I think Wainwright's descriptive and enlightened approach is first rate and he clearly has a love of his subject matter. Also I know the area very well (I lived in Richmond North Yorks for many years) and still have the Coast to Coast pencilled very highly on my to do list (preferably with the dogs although I can see some challenges with that!). Also the illustrations are first rate. In short if you are a fan of Wainwright, the area, decent travel/walking writing, a bit of a dreamer (me!), or just want a good book then you will not go wrong with this excellent bit of writing. Thoroughly and heartily recommended!
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Coast to Coast
Whether I actually ever do walk the 250 miles, in one go, from coast to coast remains to be seen but the spirit is willing. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Chobchu
John Blakes review
This is a typical Alfred Wainwright gem.The book is a joy to read and to follow a walk but the book itself is a delightful size for daily use. Read more
Published 6 months ago by John Blake
Bucket List
Watch the Wainwright programme and feel that i need to do, so added to my 'bucket list', this book will be a pleasure to use, let's hope that i complete or it will be my last... Read more
Published 6 months ago by rothers
A great resource but..
This book is clearly a work of art in its own right, but its just too small for easy reading. Some of the maps are so small and cramped as to make it next to impossible to see the... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Ashley Cottle
A Coast to Coast Walk: A Pictorial Guide (Wainwright Pictorial Guides)
Super little book. Well worth the money. Goes in the pocket, read in the pub. Walk with Wainwright, what more do you want?
Published 16 months ago by Richard Small
Simply charming
As a student I worked at Windscale in 1980 for 6 months (actually 126 days it was that bad) but never really got to grips with the Lake District although on a good day I could see... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Rob Sawyer
A Coast to Coast Walk: A Pictorial Guide. Wainwright
The book was new and received quickly. It was all I expected having seen it in bookshops and in use by walkers. Read more
Published 20 months ago by IPage
Wainwright's Coast to Coast book
While the content of this book is excellent, its presentation makes for difficult reading. If you do not have 20/20 vision you will struggle to read it, as I have. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Col
Pretty, irritating but essential
I can't imagine walking in the Lakes without Wainwright so this was a must-buy. Read in conjunction with modern maps and/or the other Wainwright's guide, this all makes sense. Read more
Published 23 months ago by C. J. Tyler
A piece of history
This is a beautifully presented guide with the inimitable Wainwright thoughts and drawings. An absolute pleasure and can't wait to follow the trails.
Published on 4 Jun 2010 by C. Birch
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