Wainwright Walks

Julia starts her journey in the Western Lakes, to walk to the summit of Wainwright's favourite fell, Haystacks. With a little help and advice from Eric Robson, a local broadcaster and a friend of Wainwright's, Bradbury sets out to discover what makes this fell so special and why Wainwright chose it as his final resting place.

Julia sets off to walk her first mountain: Blencathra. Her route to the summit sees her tackle Sharp Edge, the Lake District's most technical and vertigo-inducing ridge climb. In the process, she discovers why the obsessive Wainwright chose to cover this fell in more detail than any other.

Julia finds herself in Britain's wettest vale, the Borrowdale Valley, to climb to the summit of Castle Crag. Of all 214 fells in Wainwright's pictorial guides, Castle Crag is the only one under 1000 feet that he included. Bradbury's goal is to determine what makes it worthy of such an honour.

Scafell Pike--England's highest peak--marks the climax of Julia's journey to explore the work, passion, and legacy of Alfred Wainwright. Before tackling the 3000-foot ascent, Julia seeks advice from celebrated fell-runner and local sheep farmer Jos Naylor. Then she and her film crew must ascend to the 'roof of England' before darkness falls.