tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post2316932741019324848..comments2024-03-23T20:59:24.568+00:00Comments on northern pies: A Pennine Journey WorrifMike Knipehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12792636586674245725noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-14472504861986476682013-02-09T20:24:46.628+00:002013-02-09T20:24:46.628+00:00Whoa - where've you been, Peter? As it happen...Whoa - where've you been, Peter? As it happens, though I am leading a walk in celebration of Unvcle Alf and hos Pennine book in September - arranged by the North Pennines AONB. It's from Tan Hill to Baldersdale. Be there or be square. Further and better partics will be released later by the AONBMike Knipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12792636586674245725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-13000832713408042582013-02-09T09:25:48.864+00:002013-02-09T09:25:48.864+00:00I guess you have worked out the route of Pennine J...I guess you have worked out the route of Pennine Journey, but it's published by Frances Lincoln at £13.99. http://www.franceslincoln.com/es/Book/1882/A_Pennine_Journey.html<br />I'm helping to promote the route via Twitter: @penninejourney and Facebook: Pennine Journey Supporters' Club if you're interested. Feedback and information on the route will be really appreciated.Peter Burgesshttp://www.facebook.com/PennineJourneySupportersClubnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-25440509991081755212010-07-21T17:05:37.993+01:002010-07-21T17:05:37.993+01:00I think you are right on all counts Mike. Worthwhi...I think you are right on all counts Mike. Worthwhile post though.afootinthehillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06670636358354420373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-6633951834322236162010-07-21T11:02:03.800+01:002010-07-21T11:02:03.800+01:00Its "The Great Man" lable that rankles. ...Its "The Great Man" lable that rankles. I don't believe he would have enjoyed that or the existence of a Wainwright Society and I don't think its true either.....<br />grrrr.......Mike Knipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12792636586674245725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-5352209173867384582010-07-20T09:57:08.967+01:002010-07-20T09:57:08.967+01:00Sounds like a plan!
(word - 'unron' maybe...Sounds like a plan!<br /><br />(word - 'unron' maybe like do-ron but less active)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16317036646487413481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-91596961245418959272010-07-19T10:04:12.932+01:002010-07-19T10:04:12.932+01:00As you say Mike, AW had little or no impact on Sco...As you say Mike, AW had little or no impact on Scottish walking. He did, however, produce 6 books -'Scottish Mountain Drawings'- covering the then 276 Munros.<br /><br />I'm not going to comment on AW as a person (who cares?) or on his legacy. He wrote beautiful guide books (I bought them when they cost 90p each)and although I don't use them as guides I still get hours of pleasure just reading them.<br /><br />As for anyone 'worshipping' him, well that's just absurd!afootinthehillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06670636358354420373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-87281780849899007502010-07-17T17:52:57.976+01:002010-07-17T17:52:57.976+01:00I can't blame AW for the popularity of the Lak...I can't blame AW for the popularity of the Lake District Fells, Alan. There's plenty of guide books about the Lakes. The difference is that AW's are almost definitive. If he hadn't done it, somebody else would have by now...<br />I don't object to AW at all - I have his guides here, but the post AW industry with AW worship is another thing entirely.Mike Knipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12792636586674245725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-69656812436092911352010-07-17T17:36:20.809+01:002010-07-17T17:36:20.809+01:00Mike,
I was going to comment here about AW but dec...Mike,<br />I was going to comment here about AW but decided not to. We are all different characters. We don't have to go too far out of our ways to meet ones that we never want to meet again.<br />I think you could probably do a better route Mike. I would like to read the comments in the margins that i am sure would make us all chuckle.<br /><br />I don't think AW's guidebooks have done more harm than anybody else's. And Wordsworth may have brought just as many people into the area.<br /><br />Good post Mike, very interesting and thought provoking.AlanRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07180571503542781921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-87875107310136546352010-07-16T23:37:34.518+01:002010-07-16T23:37:34.518+01:00He'd have been a lot more careful not to come ...He'd have been a lot more careful not to come across as socially incompetent nowadays. Like wot I do.....<br />But read the book, Martin - its well written but the grumpiness does shine through (if its possible for grumpiness to shine) when things weren't going well.Mike Knipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12792636586674245725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-55513120263825658972010-07-16T23:19:09.162+01:002010-07-16T23:19:09.162+01:00A lot better Mike. Give grumpy...I mean AW his cr...A lot better Mike. Give grumpy...I mean AW his credit he was going light before we thought of it in the hills. He kipped out under the stars with a blanket. That and blagging free digs for the night. Light travel indeed, and light on the wallet. Hence the cats did rather well out of him.Martin Ryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03719332121719827761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-55115313980575415032010-07-16T23:08:48.744+01:002010-07-16T23:08:48.744+01:00Crikey Martin, I hope you're feeling better af...Crikey Martin, I hope you're feeling better after that...<br />I think you're mainly right, though, I share your ..er..reservations.<br /><br />But we still have some nice flowery haymeadows in Teesdale and Weardale, not forgetting Hannah's meadows in Baldersdale....<br /><br />One big difference is that Alf seemed to think nothing of knocking on a door and asking for a bed. You couldn't do that nowadays.Mike Knipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12792636586674245725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-77687853281913456552010-07-16T22:57:33.972+01:002010-07-16T22:57:33.972+01:00Don't forget you would also have to eat lots o...Don't forget you would also have to eat lots of fish and chips and leave your money for the care of cats as well as smoke that pipe, and act like a grumpy old sod as soon as you see someone on the hill beside you. I mean write guide books and then get the hump because the hills are busy. What next!<br /><br />When grumpy guts walked the Pennines lots traditional hay meadows still existed and rivers where clean and clear. In someways the walk based on the book would seem so different. Be a good route mind you. For the record I have the book but have yet to read it. I will leave you to work out my opinion on AW. <br /><br />PS I remember 87. Well some of it as I was young and care free.Martin Ryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03719332121719827761noreply@blogger.com