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Wainwright on TV

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It's not often there are programmes on TV specifically of interest to hillwalkers. Well at last there's something to look forward to on BBC4 over the next few weeks.
On Sunday 24th February at 8.00 there's a documentary on Alfred Wainwright - 'The Man Who Loved the Lakes'. And on Monday at 8.30 there is the first of four 'Wainwright Walks', the first to the summit of Haystacks which was his favourite Fell. The programmes mark the centeneary of his birth.
I don't know how well known he is to younger hillwalkers but his story and the pictorial guides he wrote should make a fascinating story. His love of the Lakes were written up by hand together with sketches of the walks he undertook.His guide books were for many years the principal guides to Englands highest hills.
I just hope I remember to watch them or set the video!

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