Lake District 214 Wainwright Challenge Logbook: Bagging, Trekking & Hiking The Lakes with Peak OS Grid References 6” x 9” Inches 220 Pages (Infinity Books)

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All books were wrapped in protective material and stickers placed on the inside cover acknowledging who had donated the book where appropriate. The publication list below covers the items in the project and is believed to be a complete bibliography as well as some other relevant publications which include original material by AW. Alfred Wainwright is probably best known for his Guidebooks but, when the total bibliography is inspected, his writing and, particularly his drawings are seen to be of at least equal importance.

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The final collection was passed to Cumbria Archive in October 2014, less than six months from the start of the project. After deciding the spelling mistake on the front cover wasn’t an issue in the grand scheme of things I decided to keep the book!

Where we have had the opportunity to acquire items which are in themselves unique and contain original material we have, on a very selective basis, tried to do so and, where successful, donated these to the Cumbria Archive to enable future generations to be able to see them. An appeal was made to our members to donate any copies that they could give and this resulted in a tremendous start to this collection; in fact well over half of the titles we identified were supplied by members, with generous donations from the Wainwright family as well.

Wainwright Log Book: Hill Walking Journal to Record All 214 Wainwright Log Book: Hill Walking Journal to Record All 214

The pictures here show the main items of the collection in a display and after they were lodged with Peter Eyre at the Cumbria Archive. I am disappointed that I am now past the refund window but I will have to purchase a new book as this one is pretty useless! Each page has a QR code for your mountain which you scan with a smartphone so you can find out more information about that particular mountain. It wasn’t until I started my Wainwright journey I noticed almost 20 wrong summit heights in the book and the fact that the ticks for each summit when completed are already filled in!

We were not interested in which edition or impression was involved although the aim was to acquire a copy which was un-amended from his original publication. You can upload your photos to your trip reports, or even a tracklog of your route taken from your GPS which will appear in your post as an Ordnance Survey map with the route you took marked on. His reputation and the popularity of his work has of course led to numerous other books which are based on his achievements and story. Wainwrights Log Book is a must-have for every hiker and Wainwright bagger who's trying to attempt all 214 Wainwrights and challenging himself/herself to reach the whole collection of Wainwright peaks.