• Home
  • Cumbrian books
    • Autobiography and Biography
    • Children's
    • Cookery
    • DVDS
    • Event Tickets
    • Great Outdoors
    • History
    • Literature and the Arts
    • Maps & Guides
    • Photography
    • Places
    • Travel
  • UK books
    • Countryside and Nature
    • Gift Vouchers
    • Jigsaws
    • New Fiction and Bestselling Fiction
    • New UK Titles
    • Pre - Publication Orders
    • Signed Editions
    • Top Children's UK
    • Top Biography and History UK
    • Top Non Fiction UK
  • View All Titles
  • Events
  • About
  • Contact
  • Search
  • Basket  
Books Cumbria : Autobiography and Biography : Wainwright : Wainwright's Lost Tour

Wainwright's Lost Tour

Ed Geldard
£12.99

This book is a photographic journey through the Lake District. It illustrates what a group of young men would have seen on their Whitsuntide holiday in 1931 had the weather been in their favour.
In 1991, shortly after the death of Alfred Wainwright, W. E. Maudsley, the sole surviving member of that group, made available the details of their holiday; unknown to anyone, he had kept them for sixty years. On six foolscap sheets, it outlined a route over the high fells of Lakeland. The Whitsuntide Tour was the brainchild of Alfred Wainwright, who, after his first visit to the Lakes the year before, had to see more. Its aim was to see every valley, mountain and lake, even though they may not all be visited. With his three companions, Jim Sharples, Harry Driver and Eric Maudsley, they set out on 23 May 1931. The walk, a test of man's endurance against nature, ended six days later. Although it failed to achieve its objective, the Whitsuntide Tour was to sow the seeds that culminated in the guidebooks we know so well. It was the beginning of a Love Story.

Publisher : Amberley
Published : March 2013
Pages : 96p.
Format : paperback; 235 x 165mm.
Illustrations : Colour photographs
ISBN : 9781445614359

Wainwright's Lost Tour
Quantity: 

Review


Why not review this work for us?

email your submission to bookreviews@bookscumbria.com






  • Cumbrian New Titles

  • UK New Titles

  • DVDs

  • Maps

  • Guides

  • Shop Events

  • Reading Groups

  • Find us on Facebook

  • Visit Bookcase

    to find that elusive out-of-print title

Latest Tweet

Follow @BookendsCarl
Delivery: For customers in the UK the normal delivery time is 3 working days.

Terms and Conditions | How to Order | Privacy Policy | Cookie Notice

By opting in, you agree to receive marketing communications from Books Cumbria. You can unsubscribe at any time, and your data will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
  • PayPal Logo
  • We accept Mastercard
  • We accept Visa

© 2016 Books Cumbria. 19 Castle Street, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8SY. T: +44(0)1228 529067 E:

UK Web design & hosting by BFI

  • Home
  • Browse books
    • History
    • People
    • Travel Guides
    • Photography
    • Children's
    • Places
    • DVDs & CDs
    • Maps
    • Cookery
    • Outdoors
    • The Arts
  • Search
  • Events
  • About
  • Links
  • Contact