The Wainwright Memorial Walk is the 102-mile route through the Lake Districthat A. Wainwright - legendary author, artist and fell-walker - set out toalk with three friends over the Whitsunday holiday of 1931. The route theriends took - recorded in sketch maps at the time - is highlighted here onaps from Wainwright's much-loved Pictorial Guides, accompanied by text fromhe guides and Wainwright's other writings. Wainwright's walk - originallylanned to take six days - is here split into eleven manageable stages. Thesean be taken either as independent one-day walks or as a whole. The routetarts in Windermere and ends in Ambleside.;Along the way, Wainwrightromises to lead the walker everywhere worth mentioning in the Lake District,n a route devised to make sure that 'Every lake, Every valley, Everyountain, will be seen if not actually visited'. Born in Blackburn in 1907,lfred Wainwright left school at the age of 13. A holiday at the age of 23indled a life-long love affair with the Lake District. Following a move toendal in 1941 Wainwright devoted every spare minute of his days to