The 2020 Lakeland Christmas Quiz

The results are in! Many thanks to everyone who took part in the 2020 Lakeland Christmas Quiz. I considered that giving the quiz a theme of Wainwright Rocks would have made it a bit more interesting/challenging than just a simple “guess the fell” type of quiz. It seems that the…

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The 2019 Lakeland Christmas Quiz

“Summit” to think about. It’s that time of year again. A quiz based on the 214 “Wainwright” fells of the Lake District. This year I have gone for a simple theme of “Summits” so all of the photos are taken from the highest (Wainwright) points of the fells. Thank you…

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Remembering…..

Great Gable summit

Following the launch of my idea to frame up the pages of the faulty copies of The Wainwrights in Colour books (see here) to help raise funds for Mountain Rescue, I have been busy this week mounting the pages and dispatching them out to customers. The fells chosen by customers…

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Another great weekend

Andy Beck Keswick Mountain Festival

I am just back from another great weekend promoting and selling The Wainwrights in Colour book. This was the third time that we had been at Keswick Mountain Festival and amazingly this was the best so far. The weather was better than expected, the rain that was forecast for the…

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Keswick Mountain Festival 2019

Andy Beck at Keswick Mountain Festival

This morning I have just a few moments to write a short blog as I grab a quick coffee. Today is all about preparing for my next event- the Keswick Mountain Festival 2019. This will be the third year that we have attended and it is always hard work but…

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A date for your diary

As busy as 2018 was for me it seems that 2019 is following hot on it’s heels. The end of March already, where has the time gone. Behind the scenes my days are taken up with painting and going out gathering references for a new exhibition for the summer. More…

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Borderlines bestseller*

Borderlines Book festival signing

Borderlines Book Festival- Best selling book!* That’s right you read it correctly, read on… Followers of this website will have seen the recent blog post about my up and coming talk at Borderlines Book Festival in Carlisle. So here is a follow up. I was a little concerned prior to…

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Borderlines Book Festival

Borderlines Book Festival 2018

 Talking the talk. Being asked to either attend events or give talks about The Wainwrights in Colour or my more general work is always a pleasure and those who have been to such an event will understand my passion and joy of giving such presentations. Requests to attend such events…

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Appointment at the palace….

Andy Beck BBC Countryfile Live

Did you really think that I meant THE palace? if only. This was to Blenheim Palace and a very busy but hot weekend at the BBC Countryfile Live event.  We headed off last Wednesday to be part of this huge event down in Oxfordshire with a sense of trepidation. It…

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