Todays guest blog is from david pitt, chairman of the pennine journey supporters club. A pennine journey is a great insight into the mind of a flawed genius, who would go on to achieve greater things. David is chairman of the pennine journey supporters club and wrote about the routes development in a blog for ordnance survey entitled putting a pennine journey longdistance footpath on the map. The pennine journey makes good use of the many existing paths and here we were following the pennine bridleway a path we were familiar with from last years epic walk a dales high way we walked through langcliffe which is a typical yorkshire dales village. To tell the story of a pennine journey and how it came about, we invited david pitt to write about the making of this longdistance trail. The parts where it coincided with the pennine way, south tyne trail, dales way or hadrians wall were well waymarked, other parts not, but with maps and guidebook were navigable without much difficulty.
Sadly, the original owner of this book, a gentleman passed away not so long ago. Pennine way portrait discover britains oldest cicerone. The pennine way the path, the people, the journey cicerone guides kindle edition. The pjsc members and friends at the 2010 launch event at settle station. In september 1938 alfred wainwright made a solitary walk through the pennines. This page provides up to the minute changes to the route since the publication of the guide. Wandering aengus treks self guided walking holidays. A pennine journey by alfred wainwright now available. After finishing off the previous section of wainwrights 247 mile 1938 pennine journey in april we restarted on wednesday 10th october from the high force hotel. Aficionados republish wainwrights first book, a pennine journey. Purchase the 2010 guide launch walk booklet in pdf format.
Wainwright society plans to publish outofprint pennine. Jan 25, 2008 although wainwright never makes any reference to priestleys book it seems too coincidental for it not to have had a bearing on the titling of a pennine journey. Seeing its potential, it was published in 1986 as a pennine journey the story of a long walk in 1938, exactly as it was written all those years earlier. It is a walk based on a route devised and walked by wainwright in 1938. The pennine journey was a varied and challenging walk. Pennine journey including map, gps files and statistics. Called a pennine journey it is a challenging circular walk, 247 miles long divided into 18 stages, passing through the wonderful variety of terrain and scenery that the north of england offers and touching on all the major rivers in the region. A pennine journey accommodation and services table. Becoming a member of the pjsc has just became a whole lot easier joining the pennine journey supporters club can now all be completed online.
David pitt editor of the pennine journey guidebook calls this, one of the most delightful stages of this journey and it was. Their conversations and memories are woven into the narrative to give an account of the. The following year he wrote up an account of this walk, which was eventually. Carol has had many years experience of looking after and meeting walkers needs. Bypassing the book town of sedbergh the route goes into dentdale before arriving back in limestone country in ingleton after the ascent of one of the three. Personal, thoughtful and often humorous, the pennine way the path, the people, the journey is an exploration of our desire for challenge and adventure, the stimulation of wild places and how a long journey on foot through our own country still resonates today. The path, the people, the journey is an excellent account of the authors walk of the pennine way in 2015. Pennine journey walking guide pennine journey walks. The following year he wrote up an account of this walk which was eventually published as a pennine journey in 1986. One year later he wrote up a personal account of his journey titling the book a pennine journey the story of a long walk in 1938. Wainwright would have disapproved of much of the route. The pennine way is a national trail in england, with a small section in scotland.
Colin did all the illustrations for the a pennine journey and howgills and limestone trail pictorial guide books landscape heritage ron scholes personal website. Find out about the trail and use the interactive map to explore accommodation, services and. In september 1938, alfred wainwright made a solitary walk through the pennines. A pennine journey describes an elevenday journey from settle in yorkshire to hadrians wall and back by alfred wainwright as britain faced the prospect of war with germany. Wainwright made a solitary walk through the pennines.
His journey started in the market town of settle in yorkshire and worked its way up the eastern side of the pennines to hadrians wall. The book was not published until 1986 long after his reputation as. A pennine journey the story of a long walk in 1938 video. Keld is situated on the crossroads of the popular coast to coast and pennine way long distance paths with limited accommodation. This long distance path is based on a journey undertaken by alfred wainwright in 1938 which took him from. Sep 01, 2016 off that back of the pennine way getting under my skin i completed the pennine journey this year, which was an intriguing walk, partly because i got to walk familiar ground and relive that fabulous walk. The original, the best, the one and only a pennine journey book. Released later this year, its based on wainwrights idea for a purely pennine way, starting in. David is chairman of the pennine journey supporters club and wrote about the routes development in a blog for ordnance survey entitled putting a.
Read a pennine journey the story of a long walk in 1938 ebooks online. The trail stretches for 268 miles 431 km from edale, in the northern derbyshire peak district, north through the yorkshire dales and northumberland national park and ends at kirk yetholm, just inside the scottish border. The pennine journey is a long distance walk of 247 miles and was devised as a tribute to alfred wainwrights original pennine journey undertaken in 1938. Campaign to give pennine journey national trail status. He showed the draft to nobody except a few work colleagues and even though they approved of the writing, he then stuck the manuscript away in a drawer for almost 50 years until. A mustread for those who enjoy visiting beautiful and interesting places through the pages of a book. Sep 15, 20 the pennine journey makes good use of the many existing paths and here we were following the pennine bridleway a path we were familiar with from last years epic walk a dales high way we walked through langcliffe which is a typical yorkshire dales village. Pennine journey was alfred wainwrights best single book a wonderful piece of writing. We also include services website and map location links.
The pennine journey was different though, as a little web research revealed to me. We planned to walk for five days up to hexham, on to hadrians wall and then across to once brewed. The pennine journey longdistance footpath traverses some of the most delightful. A pennine journey by alfred wainwright wainwright society. Read facts about the trail and watch the trail video. Choose and book a national trail break or be inspired by our suggested itineraries. Pennine journey walking holiday selfguided walking. We offer various options to complete the route from three separate.
This book, his first, was originally named pennine campaign, but was later changed to a pennine journey. It may well be that wainwright would not have wanted to allude to having been. Aficionados republish wainwrights first book, a pennine. The pennine way according to the official guide book is 256 miles 412kms long. The path runs along the pennine hills, sometimes described as the backbone of england.
The genesis of the pennine journey route was a long distance walk devised by david pitt and his wife heather. If you are able to schedule your walk so that you can avoid keld at the weekend, you will have a much better chance of accommodation being available at frith lodge which is directly on the pennine journey route. In september 1938 with the country on the brink of conflict, alfred wainwright the legendary fell walker, guide book author and illustrator undertook a solitary walk up through the pennines. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Wainwright first revealed the existence of the unpublished book in the text of wainwright on the pennine way, published in 1985. A pennine journey accommodation ramblefest lists details of pennine journey accommodation, camping, where to eat and drink, guidebooks and maps, and public transport. Please refer to the pennine journey mileage and services table below for places visited along the route. A fascinating journey back in time in aws inimitable style. The story of a long walk in 1938 by wainwright, alfred isbn.
In 1938, with the shadow of war looming, alfred wainwright took some holiday and set off for a circular walk which would take him north from settle, along the eastern flank of the pennines, along one of the finest stretches of hadrians wall, and then back down the western. One to read and one to store unused and away from sunlight for 33 years. However, by the time you have completed the walk you will probably have done a fair bit more due to the various diversions you will no doubt make. Written as an account of a journey on foot, millstone grit is a captivating and impassioned evocation of the pennine landscape, its towns, villages and wild places. A well researched route with good sketching, but the book suffers from poor page management. Unsigned copies of the pennine journey guide book a pennine journey book and signed pennine journey guide book. A mustread for those who enjoy visiting beautiful and. Pennine journey, and back in 1986, he bought two brand new first edition copies. This long distance path is based on a journey undertaken by alfred wainwright in 1938 which took him from settle in the yorkshire dales to hadrians wall and back. With numerous walking guides already to his name, the former headteacher and friend of the great alfred wainwright is finishing his next book. As it happened we got further than that and on to greenhead on what was an eventful. Its been a long time since i walked the footpath i did both the pennine way and offas dyke footpath in my late teensearly twenties, about 25 years ago, but the book was brilliant at conjuring up memories that i.
As longdistance footpath walkers and alfred wainwright aw admirers it seemed logical when, in 1991, my wife heather and i were wondering what long distance path we should do next that, we remembered aws words in his personal notes at the conclusion of his coast to coast walk guide book. The pennine journey uk is a challenging 247mile circular route, passing through the wonderful variety of terrain and scenery that the north of england offers and touching on all the major rivers in the region. The walk is divided into 18 daily stages of varying length and offers a choice of possibilities. Wainwrights pennine journey 2019 masarnen ramblers. The marathon route follows the modern recreation of a pennine journey, which is a long walk first done in 1938 by alfred wainwright. In his case he wanted to escape the pervasive negativity all of britain was feeling, with a looming expectation of war with germany. In september 1938 just a year before the outbreak of world war ii, alfred wainwright made a solitary walk through the pennines. By clicking on any location, the ordnance survey map for that location can be opened and dragged and resized to follow the route. A pennine journey route summary the pennine journey longdistance footpath traverses some of the most delightful terrain that northern england has to offer. This is a beautiful circular walk taking in parts of the yorkshire dales, hadrians wall and the north pennines. The story of a solitary walk through the pennines taken by a.
Following the publication of the revised book, a group of dedicated followers of the pennine journey formed the pennine journey supporters club pjsc. The following year he wrote up an account of this walk, which was eventually published as a pennine journey in 1986. Stop press 10th anniversary of the pennine journey guide book raises money for gnaas 17th april 2020 is the. Pennine journey guide book sigma press publishers of the pennine journey guidebook colin bywater website showcasing colins artwork. Im the same age as the author and i too harbour a long held ambition to walk the pennine way in one go. The first book to be republished will be a pennine journey, which it is hoped will be available by late spring 2019. Combining the poetic and the humorous, glyn hughes threads together personal experience, local lore, history, myth, and legendary names from a bygone age, to bring vividly to life.
Buy a pennine journey 1st by david and heather pitt isbn. His original pennine journey has been recreated by david and heather pitt and other members of the wainwright society using todays rights of way, to give a 247 mile circuit of the pennine country, starting and finishing in settle and reaching as far north as hadrians wall. The book will include additional material produced by wainwright at the time it was written in 1938. Although wainwright never makes any reference to priestleys book it seems too coincidental for it not to have had a bearing on the titling of a pennine journey. The pennine way the path, the people, the journey cicerone. The following year he wrote up an account of this walk, which. A pennine journey celebrates alfred wainwrights lone walk in 1938, and praise should go to the pennine journey supporters club, who made available to the ordnance survey.
The pennine journey longdistance footpath traverses some of the most delightful terrain that northern england has to offer starting at settle, the first two days pass through limestone country which alfred wainwright described in his pictorial guide walks in limestone country. A linear walk from buckden in wharfedale to bainbridge in wensleydale to celebrate the 80th anniversary of alfred wainwrights pennine journey in 1938. Aug 28, 2015 we started with a lovely walk with our old friend, the river eden. It may well be that wainwright would not have wanted to allude to having been influenced by anything other than his own imagination. The main objective and core purpose of the club is to promote and support the pennine journey as longdistance trail so that this tribute to alfred wainwright become permanent. Mar 11, 2019 the societys secretary derek cockell said. The pennine journey longdistance footpath traverses some of the most delightful terrain that northern england has to offer. Guided walking a pennine journey footpath holidays. We met two black horses near to wharton hall and they were very pleased to see us and chat for a while.
A pennine journey 88 years in the making livemoreyha. Will have pride of place on my bookshelves alongside peter mayles provence books and sean frains a lake district journey. His book does a magnificent job in transporting you to the north of england during a time when life seemed a lot simpler. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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