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The Central Fells: Central Fells Bk. 3: Being an Illustrated Account of a Study and Exploration of the Mountains in the English Lake District (Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells)
 
 

The Central Fells: Central Fells Bk. 3: Being an Illustrated Account of a Study and Exploration of the Mountains in the English Lake District (Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells) (Hardcover)

by Alfred Wainwright (Author) "Similar in plan to the Eastern and the Far Eastern fells, the high ground of the central area of Lakeland is based on a north-south..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd; New edition edition (17 April 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0711222290
  • ISBN-13: 978-0711222298
  • Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 12 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 333,078 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Originally compiled in the 1950s and early 1960s, the Wainwright walking guides are perhaps the most distinctive and unusual such guides ever devised. The result of painstaking and lengthy research by their namesake and author over a period of thirteen years, the guides have retained their original format and design to this day. The books contain intricate hand drawn sketches by the author, detailing routes of ascent, and gradients of the hills in and around the Lake District and outlying regions. The seven guides covering the Fells district, as well as the Outlying Fells of Lakeland will be reissued by Frances Lincoln in April.

About the Author
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 Wainwright devoted every spare minute of his days to researching and compiling the original seven Pictorial guides. Following Wainwright's death in 1991, Michael Joseph bought the complete list including the later guidebooks and numerous sketchbooks. The rights have now been sold to Frances Lincoln, and the printing of the books has been moved to their original location in Kendal.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent walking guide, 7 Feb 2006
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I've been a Lakeland enthusiast for quite a number of years, but it was only on my most recent trip that I was in a bookshop and noticed seven little white books... everywhere. I didn't really think much of it, until I was bought one for my birthday - book seven. It had the Great Gable walk in it, a mountain which I still haven't found the time to climb, but I'll get round to it.

I read it from cover to cover - unusual, considering it's a guidebook, and was immediately hooked. Wainwright has classified and categorised the Lake District so perfectly and so completely that if you have walked the paths he describes, you can almost see the views in your mind as you read the books. They are all lovingly and painstakingly produced - the hours he must have spent poring over maps and trespassing over various farmers' fields! Wainwright himself said that they were 'love letters' to the Lake District.

An absolute must-have series for anyone who likes to wander around the fells.

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