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Wainwright aficionados will help fund Calvert Trust activities in 2020

A charity that provides outdoor activities for people with disabilities will benefit from fundraising activities by aficionados of Alfred Wainwright.

Kendal gears up for Mountain Festival with expanded range of films and speakers

Organisers of the UK’s biggest outdoor festival are gearing up for the event next month. Kendal Mountain Festival’s theme for 2019 is openness,...

Wainwrights record-breaker Paul Tierney's map auction raises £350 for charity

The sale of a map outlining the route taken by ultrarunner Paul Tierney on his record-breaking round of the Wainwrights has raised £350 for charity.

Wainwright Society calendar goes on sale to raise cash for Blencathra Centre

A calendar produced by aficionados of the late Alfred Wainwright has gone on sale. Profits from the Wainwright Society’s 2020 calendar will help ...

National park workers improve boggy Yorkshire Dales Coast to Coast Walk stretch

National park rangers and volunteers are working on improving a section of the Coast to Coast Walk through the Yorkshire Dales.

Nicky Spinks runs double Paddy Buckley Round as Wainwright date revealed

Top fellrunner and ultrarunner Nicky Spinks will give the annual Wainwright Society lecture this year.

Walk in Wainwright's footsteps or take a Lakeland stroll as guided walks begin

A series of guided walks in the Lake District kicks off at the weekend. The volunteer-led walks have taken place since the 1960s and more than 70 d...

Five Cumbrian charities benefit from £100,000 gift as Friends of Blencathra winds up

Five charities will benefit from funds raised for an unsuccessful bid to buy a Lake District mountain.

Wainwright Society will raise funds for outdoor classroom at Blencathra Centre

Aficionados of the late Lakeland guidebook author Alfred Wainwright will raise funds to set up an outdoor classroom in his memory.

Six days, six hours, four minutes: how Paul Tierney broke the Wainwrights running record

An astonishing challenge that ran on chips, banter and very little sleep, but definitely no smashed avocado.

Woman dies in fall from Jack's Rake on Pavey Ark

A walker has died after falling from a scrambling route in the Lake District. The woman was seen to fall from Jack’s Rake on Pavey Ark on Sunday ...

Wainwright record-breaker Paul Tierney's map to be auctioned for charity

A map used to plot the route taken by record-breaking Wainwrights runner Paul Tierney is to be auctioned for charity.

Runner Paul Tierney breaks record for summiting all 214 Wainwright fells

Ultrarunner Paul Tierney has broken the record for the fastest time taken to summit all the Lake District’s Wainwright peaks.

Aficionados republish Wainwright's first book, A Pennine Journey

A new edition of a seminal work by the author and illustrator Alfred Wainwright has been published by the society formed to promote study of his work.