Wainwright's Lakeland & England's North Country

Wainwright's Lakeland & England's North Country

1986 1 Seasons 5 Episodes ⭐ 0.0

When the young Alfred Wainwright first saw the mountains of Lakeland it was an experience that changed his life. As an old man he recreated his love affair with Lakeland in the company of Eric Robson, exploring Orrest Head and Kendal, Haweswater and Borrowdale. It was journey that culminated in an emotional visit to his favorite mountain—Haystacks.

When the young Alfred Wainwright first saw the mountains of Lakeland it was an experience that changed his life. As an old man he recreated his love affair with Lakeland in the company of Eric Robson, exploring Orrest Head and Kendal, Haweswater and Borrowdale. It was journey that culminated in an emotional visit to his favorite mountain—Haystacks.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

In Limestone Country

AW and Eric climb Pen-y-ghent in Yorkshire's limestone country, discovering that its charms are as abundant below ground

EP 2

On Lakeland's Far Eastern Fells

AW shows Eric Robson some of the delights still to be discovered above Haweswater. They enter the valley on the "Old Cor

EP 3

On the Pennine Way

Twenty years after AW published his pictorial guide to The Pennine Way, he guides Eric Robson through perhaps the finest

EP 4

On the Howgill Fells

AW introduces Eric Robson to this neglected group of Cumbrian hills just north of Sedbergh. In addition to viewing the s

EP 5

On the Lakeland Fells

In an emotional journey, AW returns with Eric Robson to the places that hold special memories—to Orrest Head ("an awak

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