
When the young Alfred Wainwright first saw the mountains of Lakeland it was an experience that changed his life. As an old man he recreated his love affair with Lakeland in the company of Eric Robson, exploring Orrest Head and Kendal, Haweswater and Borrowdale. It was journey that culminated in an emotional visit to his favorite mountain—Haystacks.
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Air Date: 1986-05-12
AW and Eric climb Pen-y-ghent in Yorkshire's limestone country, discovering that its charms are as abundant below gro...
Air Date: 1986-05-19
AW shows Eric Robson some of the delights still to be discovered above Haweswater. They enter the valley on the "Old ...
Air Date: 1986-05-26
Twenty years after AW published his pictorial guide to The Pennine Way, he guides Eric Robson through perhaps the fin...
Air Date: 1986-06-02
AW introduces Eric Robson to this neglected group of Cumbrian hills just north of Sedbergh. In addition to viewing th...
Air Date: 1986-06-09
In an emotional journey, AW returns with Eric Robson to the places that hold special memories—to Orrest Head ("an awa...