Taken from the Lakeland and Englands North Country DVD. Follow Alfred Wainwright as he uncovers the hidden beauty of the Howgill Fells situated between Cumbria and the Yorkshire Dales. Sedbergh, The Calf and Cautley Spout.
Watching this stirs my heart and soul. As a 'lass from Yorkshire,' I had the great good fortune to be born to a family who were avid cycling enthusiasts, running a Yorkshire club. My parents would cycle all over Yorkshire, the Dales and walked the Lake District. Father moved on it the world of motor engineering and so I came to travel with them, almost every weekend, across the Northern Dales and had many visits to "The Lakes" and the Fells mentioned here. This truly is a place of Heaven on Earth. Father called it "God's country" both AW and I know exactly the reason why. Great dedication by Alfred Wainwright - Marvellous coverage! Many thanks for this.
AWFN10EMNX... a reference to a well known 2 Ronnies sketch Enjoyed this. I don`t need a telly over here. I`m quite happy looking back on my youth through RU-vid uploads like this. Thanks
The film was made in 1985. I was certainly wearing a tie even when out on the fells in the early 70s. Eric Robson looks to be dressed up for the part. I like his breeches. I had a pair certainly in the 70s - don't know where they went. I'd be pleased to wear them today.
I once read a book by a bloke with the same name,his wife left him after thirty years and he had nothing to do with his son.Made a packet and bought his single parent mother a radio as a thank you,,to end it all he wanted experiments to be carried out on prisoners instead of animals,who he left all his money to.It can't be the same person, looking at coast to coast I wouldn't want to do it, you'd end up with trench foot.Give me the Welsh valleys any day.
@@mrkimble2618 not as good as he knew himself,some people live with their head in the clouds and never see or feel what's going on around them, it's all in the unbridged copy of his book.
@@roywilding3039 I've read his book. He seems like a deeply troubled man. A hopeless romantic trapped in a repressed exterior and loveless marriage. He only felt at home in the hills, on his own, and then he fell head over heels for Betty McNally and fully connected with another human late in life. A complicated human.
