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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The Wainwrights in Colour at Christmas

The Wainwrights in Colour at Christmas

The present for lovers of the Lakeland Fells It’s coming round to that time of year again, time to buy family and friends something special for Christmas. Socks, chocolates, gin?…..again? Why not get them something really special, especially if they have a love of the Lake District Fells? The Wainwrights…

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Glenridding Dodd Walk

Glenridding Dodd

Glenridding Dodd walk. I am working my way through the backlog of films in my archive. I tend to edit these in the evenings after I have been painting and sketching during the day. Hence the reason they are not already posted. Yesterday I uploaded onto Youtube the latest, a…

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An evening at the Beeb

It’s not often that we get a chance to go out for the evening, let alone to head up to the metropolis of Newcastle. But last Friday we were pleased to receive an invite up to the BBC Newcastle studios for the annual launch of their calendar. This calendar raises…

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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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A page from my book

Wainwrights in Colour mounted pages

Tucked away in the corner of my workshop are two boxes of The Wainwrights in Colour books. These are only about 16 or 17 in number and they are (or were) never again to see the light of day, this was due to the fact that they were either slightly…

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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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