Wainwright Auction

The Wainwright notebook and map collection has exceeded the Auctioneers estimates and has been sold for £8,600 to a telephone bidder.

It is not yet clear where the new owner is from.

Carlisle's H&H Auction Rooms in Carlisle are packed ahead of the sale.

Auctioneer Georgina NIxon confirmed that the notebook has already serious telephone bidders from inside the county and beyond.

It is due to go up for sale between 11-12 o'clock.

One of Alfred Wainwright's original notebooks is about to go under the hammer in Carlisle.

Wainwright was widely regarded as the leading expert on the Lake District's fells. His seven volume pictorial guide has become the standard reference book for walkers in Cumbria.

The blue bound ledger contains original drawings, maps and observations from Alfred Wainwright's own walks and is expected to go for between two and three thousand pounds.