Orrest Head Windermere - Wainwright's first walk

[fellgirlwithstyle1]

I've got a Jonathan Craig Guide for Windermere, and this is not the route up Orrest Head that is not in the book. The route in the book is much nicer. Great walks all round, but why don't we have a video of the route in the book?

[jonathancraigguides]

@fellgirlwithstyle1 I note that you have commented about all my videos, which was nice, so thank you for that. Do you have all the books? With regard to the route up Orrest Head, there are six that I can think of. The idea of the video was to recreate the walk Wainwright took, and not the one in the book. But since you asked, I'll bear your request in mind when we are planning our next lot of videos.

[bridgehousegrasmere]

Nice film with aa added bit of gentle humour!

[jonathancraigguides]

@bridgehousegrasmere Thank you for that. I think a bit of gentle humour on the fells is perfectly acceptable, but I don't think AW would have agreed. By all accounts he did not like idle chatter and when he visited Orrest Head just sat and gazed entranced at the view. he could not believe what was in front of his eyes.