Description
Original Airdate02/25/2007
Expert walker Julia Bradbury follows the favorite mountain routes of the remarkable fell-walker and author Alfred Wainwright.
Wainwright's Walks
Where to watch Wainwright's Walks
- Included with Acorn TV on Spectrum TV
Season 1
4. Scafell Pike
Air Date 05/27/2007
Julia seeks advice from celebrated fell-runner and local sheep farmer Jos Naylor, then goes on to face Scafell Pike.
3. Castle Crag
Air Date 03/12/2007
Julia finds herself in Britain's wettest vale, the Borrowdale Valley, to climb to the summit of Castle Crag; of all 214 fells in Wainwright's pictorial guides, Castle Crag is the only one under 1000 feet that he included.
2. Blencathra
Air Date 03/04/2007
Julia sets off to walk her first mountain: Blencathra; her route to the summit sees her tackle Sharp Edge, the Lake District's most technical and vertigo-inducing ridge climb; she discovers why Wainwright chose to cover this fell in more detail.
1. Haystacks
Air Date 02/25/2007
Julia starts her journey in the Western Lakes, to walk to the summit of Wainwright's favorite fell, Haystacks; with a little help and advice from Eric Robson, Bradbury sets out to discover why Wainwright chose it as his final resting place.