Bowfell
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Bowfell is a pyramid-shaped mountain lying at the heart of the English Lake District, in the Southern Fells area. It is the eighth-highest mountain in the Lake District and one of the most popular of
Bowfell from Shelter Crags, about 1 mi (1.5 km) south along the ridge
The pyramid shape of Bowfell viewed from Lingcove
Looking south-west from just under Bow Fell summit towards Eskdale under darkening skies
The view south-east from the Great Slab, looking towards Pike of Blisco
Alfred Wainwright
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Alfred Wainwright MBE, who preferred to be known as A. Wainwright or A.W., was an English fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator. His seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, publishe
Bowfell
…Fells area. It is the eighth-highest mountain in the Lake District and one of the most popular of the Lake District fells for walkers. It is listed in Alfred Wainwright's 'best half dozen' Lake District fells. The Southern Fells include the highest ground in England, a horseshoe which begins with Scafell and Scafell…
Plaque to Alfred Wainwright in Buttermere parish church
Book One of the Pictorial Guide
Innominate Tarn on Haystacks, Wainwright's favourite fell, where his ashes were scattered.
Plaque in Wainwright's Yard, Kendal