ALISON O’Neill, ‘The Barefoot Shepherdess,’ will deliver the 2014 Wainwright Memorial Lecture at Rheged, Penrith, on Saturday October 25, at 6pm.

She lives and works on a farm in the foothills of the Howgills, above Sedbergh, and is also a walking guide and writer.

Tickets are available direct from Rheged (01768-868000) and cost £12 each (Wainwright Society members £8).

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