What are peoples views on Wainwright? (in particular his books rather than the man himself)

I for one am a great fan. I first got interested in the Lake District by spending hours pouring over his Lakeland Mountain Passes, and Valleys of Lakeland hardback books.

This led to me getting the full collection of pictorial quides one christmas, which are still among my most treasured possessions about the fells, and i still refer to them for info to this day.

Not to mention closing in on completing all the Wainwrights.

One thing i've never really found interest in is the updated pictorial guides, as i just can't bear to see the new red paths and features over his great maps. And as the man himself said many times, the OS Maps should be your greatest companion, so i see no need to update the guides. I may take a sly glance at sections of the updated guides in a lakeland bookshop if i'm heading to a particular fell, but can't bring myself to buy them.