Customer Reviews
A non-walker - By: Jamaeli, 28 Sep 2006 
This is an absolute must-have if you have any interest walking. Even if you have no interestin walking you can't fail to be takenin by the consistently detailed drawings & conversational prose. Each & every page contains the most beautiful pen drawn maps, views & very accurate drawings of the Lakeland fells themselves. Further, Wainwright takes the reader through each fell climbin his own handwriting which, startlingly, justifies to both margins with not a hyphenated wordin sight - a featin itself which I've not seen elsewhere. Perhaps I'm impressed because I'm a graphic designer but I really don't see how anyone could be disappointed with this fascinating book.
Excellent introduction to Wainwright - By: , 07 Jan 2006 This is a charming (yet also practical) introduction to Wainwright's series of Lake District guides, being a very personal response by an obvious aficionado. Much of the book consists of excerpts from the works themselves, with Wainwright's maps & drawings; these are excellentin themselves, & well chosen - often, the selections are based on AW's own 'Top Fells' & 'Top Summits' (not necessarily the same). Davies contributes illuminating & perceptive introductions to the excerpts, highlighting what is so special about AW - the meticulousness, the jokes (even cartoons), the comprehensiveness. Although there have been changes to the Lake District since the books were originally written, the fells themselves are largely unchanged, & this remains a useful practical guide, if used with an up-to-date map. AW - for this reader, anyway - emerges from the book with reputation enhanced.
