A. Wainwright's Coast to Coast walk. (Part 1) St.Bee's Head to Haweswater

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  • St.Bee's Head to Haweswater.
    Eric Robson joins the master fell walker and shares the highlights of his 190 mile walk from St. bees Head in Cumbria to Robin Hood's bay on the North Yorkshire coast.
    This classic but "unofficial" long distance route was devised by Wainwright in 1972 and traversed what Wainwright described as, ' the grandest territory in the North of England'.
    Two thirds of the route lie within three National parks and today AW's achievement is regarded by discerning walkers as the finest long trek in Britain.
    A Striding Edge Production 1993
    Copyright BBC Enterprises 1989

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  • @edwardstroud8245
    @edwardstroud8245 Рік тому +2

    Love it - a fell walker and a chain smoker, and lived into his 80s 😀

  • @MrGreggles77
    @MrGreggles77 4 роки тому +6

    I bought this on VHS. This series stuck in my head all these from when I was a child. And the music, so haunting, Holst Brook Green Suite

  • @flufflebunny
    @flufflebunny 3 роки тому +5

    Thank you so much for sharing these delightful videos!

  • @tonycull3747
    @tonycull3747 3 роки тому +4

    A. W. Wainwright never seems to wear any Goretex...I might get myself an M&S jacket too.
    Thank you for posting this :)

  • @borderreiver3288
    @borderreiver3288 2 роки тому

    what an amazing man with foresight to create his walking books which opened up the world of walking the Fells to thousands of people...his guide books are as popular as ever and will always be a source of information for all and future Fell walkers.....he would be astounded today to see how popular he made fell walking through his books....

  • @hikingwiththeshackletons
    @hikingwiththeshackletons Рік тому +1

    I agree with AW about Haystacks, we had the privilege of hiking it back in July and yes, paid our respects to ‘Dear AW’

    • @94DanielJ
      @94DanielJ 7 місяців тому

      His birthday today

  • @magicmike6517
    @magicmike6517 4 роки тому +1

    Watching a beautifull dream of the genius of a Mr Wainwright and the broadcast was awesome 😉👍

  • @richbuilds_com
    @richbuilds_com 6 років тому +5

    Tackling this in September - can't wait! Thank you AW. Wish I could have shook your hand.

    • @frankiethefrank
      @frankiethefrank 2 роки тому

      How did you get on?

    • @richbuilds_com
      @richbuilds_com 2 роки тому +1

      @@frankiethefrank 3 years ago... but it was *epic*. Bad weather at the start in the lakes but west/north yorkshire were *glorious*. Met some awesome poeple I'm still in touch with :-)

    • @frankiethefrank
      @frankiethefrank 2 роки тому +1

      @@richbuilds_com I’ve very much got the craving

    • @richbuilds_com
      @richbuilds_com 2 роки тому

      @@frankiethefrank Do it! No shame in breaking it up into chunks if you can't spare the time to do it one go. I've been back to my favourite places a few times since then (Swale Dale

  • @Charlie-sr6dv
    @Charlie-sr6dv 7 років тому +2

    Excellent. Thank you so much for posting the video.

  • @stephaniemedina1848
    @stephaniemedina1848 5 років тому +2

    Like being in heaven

  • @thehowlingterror
    @thehowlingterror 3 роки тому +1

    Cheer up Alfred.

  • @andrease2320
    @andrease2320 3 роки тому

    so the rain my old boss said was in the lake to push people in to shops to buy cake tea and walk gear to walk around in the street try to say they been walking !

  • @thesolitarycyclist9005
    @thesolitarycyclist9005 3 роки тому

    Any chance of uploading some more!

  • @richiebear4112
    @richiebear4112 6 років тому +1

    i'v put together a small team and in AUG 2018 we will take on the Coast to Coast walk to help raise funds for Alzheimers uk feel free to show your support guys www.justgiving.com/fundraising/richie-bear2018coast2coast

  • @leespiderpod
    @leespiderpod Рік тому

    Walkers carry and wear so much crap these days

  • @margaretmoore7034
    @margaretmoore7034 Рік тому

    It's sad to see the decline of a legendary hero.. poor fella can hardly breathe and all those cigarettes have done him serious damage.