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In Conversation: Tom McNally and David Felton - Forty Fells

Since the dawn of prehistory people have lived, worked and played in the Lake District fells, finding in them inspiration, adventure, sport, wealth and freedom.

Event Date

30 October 2026

Description

The lavishly illustrated follow-up to the award-winning 'Forty Farms’ sees International Photography Awards winner Tom McNally and author David Felton embark on a journey to record the stories of forty fells in Cumbria.

Stories of the first settlers, who crafted axes from Pike o’ Stickle greenstone; of climbers from the golden age of mountaineering on Great Gable; of Romans at isolated Hard Knott; of campaigners who secured access onto Latrigg; and of the many people who work and live in the fells today.

With photographic profiles of shepherds on the Loweswater gather, endurance athletes on the Winter Spine, hostel life at England’s loneliest house and ecologists nurturing the Borrowdale rainforest, 'Forty Fells' is a visual record of the Cumbrian uplands at a time of profound change.

In this illustrated talk, Tom and Dave discuss their favourite images and conversations from the book, and talk about their own relationships with the fells.