WINDERMERE-based photographer Rob Fraser today (Friday) begins an epic trek to all four corners of the Lake District National Park for a project which is destined to leave a unique footprint' on the landscape.

Mr Fraser won the Royal Geographical Society's landscape photograph of the year' award with a panoramic image of Everest at sunset. For the 31 days of October, however, the focus of his attentions will be the upland fells of Cumbria for Footprint: A Walk in the Park.

Each day, he will take just two monochrome large format images to ultimately create "a tapestry of diverse images that shout out the sublime beauty" of this special environment.

Mr Fraser's route will be entirely arbitrary but he will collect film, food and fuel from pre-arranged collection points positioned at remote locations.

Footprint will also link with seven rural primary schools around the Lake District, including Staveley, Hawkshead and Langdale. Mr Fraser has visited all the schools prior to his trek during which children will be involved in photographic workshops to explore their environment.

A celebration day in June next year will bring the seven schools together at Greystones Gallery in Glenridding for an exhibition showcasing the pupils' work.

Mr Fraser's photographic labours will be framed for a UK touring exhibition starting at Kendal's Brewery Arts Centre. Text from a trek diary will accompany the exhibition and a website will document the entire project.

There will also be a photo journal on the FRED website as part of a ten-day countywide visual arts festival starting today (www.fredsblog.com) and Mr Fraser will film his travels as a video diary for the BBC programme Country File.

Such has been the widespread interest in Footprint which also has backing from the Arts Council that the project may be duplicated in Scotland for the Highlands and Islands Agency.