Wainwright: In Wainwright's Footsteps with Derry Brabbs

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On 13 November 2025
16:30-18:00
£15

Although Derry had illustrated other countryside books, he was not familiar with the Lakeland Fells but AW was extremely helpful. Once that first project got under way, Derry's task was eased by AW's descriptive writing and, even more importantly, his outline sketch of what each photograph should look like. It was like walking with a hand drawn 'sat nav' that beeped at one's destination! 'Fellwalking with Wainwright' was Derry's first encounter with the Cumbrian Mountains but, given that books success, it was certainly not his last and he gradually became more and more familiar with AW's favourites. It was sad that they could not scale the Fells together due to the author's physical problems. However, when each mountain had been completed and the film processed, Derry packed his slide projector and screen alongside his equipment and after a day's photography gave an after dinner "slide-show" at AW's and Betty's Kendal home.