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RARE items given to a South Lakes family, by Alfred and Betty Wainwright are up for auction this month with 1818 Auctioneers.

Alfred Wainwright sketches set to go to auction A Wainwright sketch of Bowness Bay, signed by Wainwright about 40 years later, is up for auction with 1818 Auctioneers, and estimated to make £1,500-2,000 Rare items given to a South Lakes family by Alfred and Betty Wainwright are set to go under the hammer this month. Estimated to make over £4,000, they include a thank you card, a set of Lakes and Lune Water Board illustrated accounts for 1973 and a pension form. There is also a Wainwright ske...

A walker was talked to safety after getting stuck on Striding Edge on Helvellyn. The man, in his 40s, suffered a panic attack near the Bad Step while traversing the ridge, and was unable to continue. Police alerted Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team shortly before 2.15pm on Sunday. A team spokesperson said: “The team duty leader contacted the man and his partner by phone and provided reassurance and suitable advice. “The couple were eventually able to continue and ascended onto Helvellyn summi...

Helicopter rescues 60-year-old from Helvellyn after slip A 60-year-old man from the North East slipped whilst traversing Striding Edge, injuring his ankle A 60-year-old who slipped and injured his ankle on a Lake District mountain was rescued by helicopter in an operation lasting about four hours. Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called to Striding Edge on Helvellyn at 2pm on Saturday to help a man from the North East who had slipped and injured his ankle. Sixteen team members from the mount...

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were contacted by Cumbria Police at 2pm on Saturday  To assist a 60 year old man from the North East who had slipped on Striding Edge, he sustained an injury to his ankle in the fall. The team deployed 16 lifesavers responded who made their way up to the scene. Due to the remoteness of the location, the team decided to request the assistance of the Coastguard and a rescue helicopter was scrambled from Prestwick.  The casualty was assessed by a firs...

When you have become the first and only Briton to climb through the death zone to reach the world’s 14 highest peaks there is only one thing left to do – move to the Lake District. On any chosen day, if you monitor the Instagram account of veteran climber Alan Hinkes, you will find him on top of a mountain somewhere in Cumbria, or climbing a frozen waterfall, ice axes in hand crampons on his rigid climbing boots. At 65 there is little sign of the outdoor expert slowing down, but then af...

When you have become the first and only Briton to climb through the death zone to reach the world’s 14 highest peaks there is only one thing left to do – move to the Lake District. On any chosen day, if you monitor the Instagram account of veteran climber Alan Hinkes, you will find him on top of a mountain somewhere in Cumbria, or climbing a frozen waterfall, ice axes in hand crampons on his rigid climbing boots. At 65 there is little sign of the outdoor expert slowing down, but then af...

4 Mar 2021 ON TOP OF THE WORLD: Alan Hinkes at the summit of K2, one of the 14 mountains above 8,000m he has climbed Teesdale-based Alan Hinkes is the first Briton to climb the world’s 14 mountains above 8,000m – one of an exclusive club of just 12 people alive who have achieved that feat. His love affair with the mountains began at Northallerton Grammar School, progressed to the Alps and graduated at the Himalaya. Awarded an OBE in 2006 he works as an outdoor equipment consultant...

Fell top assessors are continuing to provide a vital service to the public through the continuing restrictions.

LAKE District lovers have been handed an opportunity to get their hands on some original sketches by the legendary Alfred Wainwright himself. The sketches include the Lakeland views, for which Wainwright is best known, as well as some Welsh scenes. The drawings will go up for auction through 1818 Auctioneers on the Cumbria/Lancashire broder, and valuer David Brooks estimates drawings of two Welsh churches could make £300–400 apiece. It is thought that two signed ink drawings of Great...