Wainwrights coast to coast walk is by far the most popular long distance trail in britain, and one of the worlds great walks from the irish sea at st. Hiking wainwrights coast to coast trail rick steves travel. The second edition of the guides has been produced by chris jesty who had collaborated with wainwright on projects during his later years. The torrent walk near dolgellau low level and easier walks in. Wainwright recommends that walkers dip their booted feet in the irish sea at st. In 1972 a wainwright devised the coast to coast walk, which traversed what he described as the grandest territory in the north of england. Wainwrights guides continue to be the most used by walkers in the lake district. Wainwrights coast to coast walk wyntersea productions inc. Wainwright walks julia bradbury series 1 episode 4 of 4. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film. Though the idea of crossing england and three national parks was appealing, the route includes long stretches, like the vale of mowbray, that didnt appeal. His sevenvolume pictorial guide to the lakeland fells, published between 1955 and 1966 and consisting entirely of reproductions of his manuscript, has become the standard reference work to 214 of the fells of the english lake district.
The first episode of wainwright walks was broadcast in july, 20. Julia bradbury follows in the footsteps of guidebook writer alfred wainwright by walking across the whole of northern england from the west to the east coast. Wainwright walks is a tv show on british national television from bbc4 with an average rating of 3. Mbe 17 january 1907 20 january 1991 was a british fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator. In an edited extract from his book coast to coast walk, martin wainwright follows in the footsteps of the walks creator alfred wainwright, 192 miles from st bees to robin hoods bay. The walks featured in series 1 are blencathra, haystacks, scafell pike and castle crag. Eztv torrent download tv series, tv shows torrent magnet. The 15day trip has 2 departures one in june and one in august, whilst the 17day trip departs in may, july, august and september. The coast to coast walk, devised by wainwright himself, stretches across 190 miles from st bees head on the east coast to robin hoods bay on the west, passing through the lake district, yorkshire dales and north york moors. Jun 01, 2010 the coast to coast walk is unique among britains longdistance footpaths in that it was the invention of one man, the legendary alfred wainwright, and enjoys no official status like, for example, the national trails in england and wales. Coast to coast walk camping across england faq yes jane can. He personally checked on the ground every one of wainwrights original seven volumes lake district walks, plus the outlying fells, to look for landscape changes and bring the content up to date. The coast to coast walk is a 182mile 293 km unofficial and mostly unsignposted longdistance footpath in northern england.
Tony robinson explores the landscapes and industrial heritage from coast to coast in the steps of a book by alfred wainwright. The walk passes through three of englands most beautiful national parks taking you on a tour of some of the most incredible scenery in the country. Lake district wainwright memorial walk self guided walking. Walking coasttocoast in england via wainwrights route. Download latest episodes eztv torrent in bluray, webdl, webrip, dvdrip, hdtv, hdrip quality at small file size. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. After buying alfred wainwright s a coast to coast walk a pictorial guide in the early 1980s, i waited until 20 before walking his path.
Wainwrights cover a wide range of heights, from major mountains such as the highest wainwright, scafell pike at 978 metres 3,209 ft, to castle crag, the smallest wainwright at 290 metres 951 ft. After buying alfred wainwrights a coast to coast walk a pictorial guide in the early 1980s, i waited until 20 before walking his path. Welcome to the coast to coast homepage on walking places. Devised by alfred wainwright, it passes through three contrasting national parks. The hostel is a longstanding lake district favourite, a recommended stop on wainwrights coast to coast and an ideal bolthole for anyone with their sights set on a stressfree high level activity holiday. In the village of st bees you could head to the 17th century queens hotel which has a cosy country pub atmosphere with oak beams and log fires in winter. Pioneered by guidebook writer bruce wainwright, the coastto coastdoesnt have status as an official long walk. A coast to coast walk by wainwright, first edition abebooks. The second series features six walks including helvellyn, catbells and helm crag, the true summit of which wainwright himself never succeeded in reaching. Coast to coast day 2 ennerdale bridge to borrowdale. Wainwright walks is a tv show on australian national television from sbs one with an average rating of 3. The disused railway forms part of the 140 mile sea to sea cycle route c2c. Wainwright walks on the bbc with julia bradbury series 1. In order to navigate all this new information, weve added a dedicated coast to coast menu, over there on the left.
The first is the longdistance walk, the prime example being that on alfred wainwrights own coast to coast route in 1973, an excellent supplement to his lake district walking routes. Bees on the irish sea to robin hood pay on the north sea. The first series of wainwright walks with julia bradbury is a fourpart bbc4 tv series filmed entirely on location in the lake district. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Wainwright did not state any rules about what should be included in his guides, choosing instead to note his walks according to his favour and. Wainwright and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Viewranger software with detailed os landranger or highly detailed os explorer mapping for the whole of the 190 mile coast to coast walk st. The series was recorded in september 2008, after one of the wettest augusts on record. Self guided walking holidays on wainwrights coast to coast one of the worlds great walks, the classic coast to coast is named after the british fell walker and guidebook author, alfred wainwright who designed the journey starting at st bees on the shores of the irish sea in cumbria, travelling through three national parks, over 190 miles 300km of footpath and ending near the huge. The walk was devised by author, illustrator and fellwalker alfred wainwright in 1973. Wainwright s coast to coast walk is by far the most popular long distance trail in britain, and one of the worlds great walks from the irish sea at st. Pillar 6 6 julia bradbury walks from the remote valley of ennerdale to pillar rock. Books by alfred wainwright author of a coast to coast walk. First, the walk has distinct starting and finishing points as it starts on the west coast of northern england and.
Julia bradbury sets off on more expeditions inspired by fell walker alfred wainwright. The lake district national park scafell pike via the corridor route. The coast to coast is one of the worlds great walks. In 1931 alfred wainwright, along with 3 friends from the blackburn borough treasurers office where he worked, set off on a grand tour of the lake district which he designed to lead the walker everywhere worth mentioning in the lake district, on a route devised to make sure that every lake, every valley, every mountain, will be seen if not actually. Its day two walking wainwrights coast to coast, travelling along ennerdale water, up over honister and down the beautiful valley of borrowdale. Presented by eric robson, wainwrights coast to coast walk was released on dvd in 2004, giving you insights to the trail from its creator. Though the idea of crossing england and three national parks was appealing, the route includes long stretches, like. Julia encounters some driving rain in the lake district section, and the. Coast 2 coast walk we four women in our 70s completed this amazing walk in augustseptember 2019. Planning your coast to coast walk planning your own walk. From the popular tv series comes the must read tv walks second edition with updated maps and commentary. The torrent walk, or llwybr clywedog is a short woodland and riverside walk just outside dolgellau down the. As a newcastle season ticket holder it underwhelmed me as it had been clear all weak that the press were.
Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your watchlist and rate your favorite movies and tv shows on your phone or tablet. A walk across england history smithsonian magazine. Wainwrights coast to coast walk walking englishman. Coast to coast trekking england the wainwright way part 1. The table below lists the wainwrights in alphabetical order. Wainwright, when devising the route, insisted that there was no fixed route. Advice on walking wainwrights coast to coast path the.
Wainwright routes the eastern fells lake district walks. The top questions answered about wainwrights coast to coast walk. A coast to coast walk alfred wainwrights classic walk. Nevertheless, it has become one of britains most popular longdistance walks, which is hardly surprising. Best walks with a view with julia bradbury docuwiki. Bees head, it winds its way across northern england, 190 miles or so, to the north sea shoreline at robin hoods bay. This web page created with pagebreeze free html editorfree html editor. Julia bradbury presents this collection of bbc walking programmes, featuring all ten walks covered in series 1 and 2 of wainwright walks, all six episodes of coast to coast, all six episodes of railway walks and the documentary wainwright. We have 16 episodes of wainwright walks in our archive.
Alfred wainwrights most popular book is a coast to coast walk. The guides were revised and reprinted in 2005 2009 to reflect any changes, and to show the footpaths more clearly. Selfguided coast to coast walks can depart any day from 1 april to 25 september, subject to availability and are 15, 16, 17, or 18 days of walking. The eztv torrent magnet and subtitles for tvseries and tvshows. This classic long distance walk was devised by alfred wainwright in 1972. The wandering hobbits do alfred wainwrights coast to coast. Buy download coast to coasttrekking england the wainwright way part 1 buy amazon dvdcoast to coast walk part 1 wainwrights coast to coast walk is a walk that is becoming more popular every year and has been described as one of the finest walks in the world taking the walker past old english villages, with quaint pubs and tea. A coast to coast walk was devised by wainwright himself and stretches across 190 miles from st bees head on the east coast to robin hoods bay on the west, passing through the lake district, yorkshire dales and north york moors. They do good food which can be taken in the nice conservatory or the terraced garden bar on warmer days.
Northern englands coasttocoast route is a 192mile footpath that passes near the narrowest part of england, from st. The first episode of wainwright walks was broadcast in march, 2016. Feb 11, 2014 after buying alfred wainwrights a coast to coast walk a pictorial guide in the early 1980s, i waited until 20 before walking his path. Camping tips and tricks explained for the 192mile hike across england. Finally, such is the fame of the coast to coast that theres even been a film made about it. The coast to coast walk is unique among britains longdistance footpaths in that it was the invention of one man, the legendary alfred wainwright, and enjoys no official status like, for example, the national trails in england and wales. Welcome to wainwright routes a website featuring walks in the english lake district, routes to the summits of the 214 fells described in the seven volume pictorial guide.
If youve been reading my coast to coast posts, theres a possibility that youve been inspired to walk it yourself. The coast to coast walk is considered as one of the top hikes you can do in the. Coast to coast next episode air date and your others favorite tv shows. Click on the name of any of the mountains to visit its page. Guided coast to coast walks can be undertaken in 15 or 17 days. Obviously walking all the wainwrights cannot be completed in one holiday, but.
Walking the western section of wainwrights coast to coast. Introduction to the wainwright walks in the lake district. In the first episode, tony starts at the most westerly point of. Devised by alfred wainwright and published in his book a coast to coast walk, the coast to coast walk in its entirety now attracts somewhere up to 10,000 keen walkers every year. Bees on the cumbrian west coast to robin hoods bay on the yorkshire coast. Alfred wainwright, famous for his pictorial guides to the lakeland fells, stitched two coasts, three national parks and 200 miles of footpath together to create the ultimate long distance walk in england. It is a classic and quite rightly has become one of the most popular long distance walks in the british isles. Welcome to wainwright routes a website featuring walks in the english lake district, routes to the summits of the 214 fells described in the seven volume pictorial guide to the lakeland fells by alfred wainwright. The map selection was created using our custom mapping tool and just covers the line of the route with enough mapping area to safely navigate the walk.
Add the shows you like to a watchlist and let the site take it from there. Coast to coast episode air dates and to stay in touch with wainwright walks. Alfred wainwright has 110 books on goodreads with 2395 ratings. A walk across england in the 1970s, british accountant alfred wainwright linked back roads, rightsofway and ancient footpaths to blaze a trail across the sceptered isle. St bees cleator ennerdale bridge honister pass borrowdale grasmere patterdale haweswater shap orton kirkby stephen.
Wainwright s coast to coast 183 miles 294 km travel from the west coast of england to the east along this breathtaking route devised by alfred wainwright. The coast to coast walk or hike goes from one coast to the. The coast to coast walk is probably the most popular long distance walk in england. The coast to coast walk traverses through 190 miles 304km of glorious scenery from st. There are two other categories of book that i must not miss.