• Source: A. Harry Griffin

      • Arthur Harry Griffin (15 January 1911 – 9 July 2004) was a British journalist and mountaineer. He is particularly remembered for his evocative recording, in his writing, of rock-climbing in the Lake District in the inter-war years, especially a group called 'The Coniston Tigers'; for his long-running 'Lakeland Diary' column in The Guardian (spanning a period of 53 years); and for having inspired, via these columns, and an article in the Lancashire Evening Post, the rebirth of interest in the Bob Graham Round.
      Fuller details of his life, including his wartime service as an intelligence officer, may be found in the Guardian obituary. He was friends with Alfred Wainwright but somewhat disapproved of the damage to the fells that the popularity of Wainwright's guides could cause.


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      (In print)

      Griffin, A. H. (2000) The Coniston Tigers, Sigma Press, (foreword C. Bonington)
      Griffin, A. H., ed M. Wainwright (2005) A Lifetime of Mountains, Aurum Press - edited collection of extracts from the Guardian's Country Diary
      Griffin, A. H., ed. P. Hardy (2008) The High Places: Leaves from a Lakeland Notebook, Frances Lincoln.
      Griffin, A. H., ed. P. Hardy (2011) Heritage of Lakeland: A Centenary Collection, Frances Lincoln.
      (Out of print)

      Griffin, A. H. (1961) Inside the Real Lakeland, Guardian
      Griffin, A. H. (1961) In Mountain Lakeland, Guardian
      Griffin, A. H. (1966) Pageant of Lakeland, Robert Hale
      Griffin, A. H. (1968) The Roof of England, Robert Hale
      Griffin, A. H. (1970) Still the Real Lakeland, Robert Hale
      Griffin, A. H. (1975) Long Days in the Hills, Robert Hale
      Griffin, A. H. (1975) A Lakeland Notebook, Robert Hale
      Griffin, A. H. (1976) A Year in the Fells, Robert Hale
      Griffin, A. H. (1978) Freeman of the Hills, Robert Hale
      Griffin, A. H. (1980) Adventuring in Lakeland, Robert Hale
      Griffin, A. H. (1990) A Lakeland Mountain Diary, Crowood Press

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