Last of the many

Cockermouth-MRT

Yet another busy week has gone by but with a special twist. These weeks are still busy with all things focused on The Wainwrights in Colour Book, any chance of a holiday hasn’t come over the horizon yet but needs must. The highest priority is to fulfill orders and commitments…

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Spreading the word

Andy Beck at J R Nicholls Books

The end of another busy week. Even though I have been able to get back out on to the fells recently, including a rather good afternoon out on to Low Fell last week. (details to follow shortly)  Much of my time has been taken up with the promotion and distribution…

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Talking the talk

Andy Beck talk Bowes village 5

 As best that I could I included details in The Wainwrights in Colour Book as to how I conceived the whole idea, worked out a system and then took ten years to complete the project from start to finish. Most importantly though the book was produced to feature all of the…

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The reviews are in!

The Wainwrights in Colour Book inside

 Things haven’t slowed down much here since the launch of The Wainwrights in Colour Book with my days being taken up with processing orders, dispatching books, answering emails and preparing for future events and talks. There is no time yet for days out in the dale or for taking many photographs.…

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Out on the road

Sam Read Bookshop, Grasmere

 The pressure does not seem to have abated yet but at least we did get time to have a weekend away over the Bank Holiday. This was in part though to deliver a couple of the last framed fells from The Wainwrights in Colour to a happy customer. The previous…

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A mention of dispatches

My days are now being taken up by organising the delivery of all the pre-orders for The Wainwrights in Colour Book, who ever said that I would now be able to put my feet up and go on holiday got it slightly wrong. Not that I mind, after all, it is…

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Wow, just wow

Andy beck talk Bowes

Well what can I say….. Firstly apologies for the delay in posting a report or details from the Book launch weekend at Kendal last weekend, since returning back home I have hardly had time to draw breath.  It was a fabulous weekend, a wonderful launch evening where I got rather…

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Boxes and boxes and boxes…

Andy Beck with the wainwrights in colour book

Just a short post about yesterday’s event. I know some of you have enjoyed watching these short films about the process of the publishing of the book and even more so if you have pre-ordered a copy. Well, Colin has been doing really well and the truck turned up with…

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2 day countdown

 Maybe you think that in all the excitement I had forgotten to post the next in my series of posts about the countdown to launch day….not a bit of it. Today (well actually yesterday now as I am writing this at 4am) was another stage in the book process, I…

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