WAINWRIGHT enthusiasts hope a missing plaque inscribed with a panoramic view from above Windermere will be replaced in time for a special anniversary.
A drawing of the panorama seen from Orrest Head by legendary Blackburn fell walker and writer Alfred Wainwright was mounted on a Westmorland slate plinth in 2002.
But it is thought thieves or vandals removed it and now a joint project between Windermere Town Council and The Wainwright Society will see it replaced.
Mayor of Windermere Coun Joan Stocker said: “It’s an important ten-year anniversary for the Wainwright Society this year and we wanted to mark it by replacing this plaque.”
The new plaque will be inscribed with the same drawing and made in local slate to resist vandalism and will be fixed to the existing plinth by Windermere town steward, Gary Hancox.
Peter Linney, secretary of The Wainwright Society, said Orrest Head was the ‘Holy Grail’ where it all started for the author of the ‘Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells’ books.
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