1.2km zip wire fleetwith pike

Um... whatever you want. Although I was more thinking of an actual gift shop.

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Originally Posted by Richard Head

The 'gift shop' bing a euphemism for?

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you could exit through the gift shop as an allegory for how the whole event leaves you 'reborn'

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Originally Posted by Hank

Um... whatever you want. Although I was more thinking of an actual gift shop.

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Apologies Hank, i had a bit of a Keith Lemon moment there

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Originally Posted by Richard Head

Apologies Hank, i had a bit of a Keith Lemon moment there

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That's the voodoo power of Bradbury.

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Originally Posted by daisy

WHile I'm on the subject too, that Julia Bradbury bird should be hung, drawn and quartered for what she's done to the hills in the last few years.
There. Better now. :p

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Totally agree. I occasionally catch a few moments of her show, Does she really believe that you have to carry a stone up to put on a Cairn, I reckon some one is winding her up and she's fallen for it.

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Originally Posted by Shiny Beast

For anyone who is interested the first part of 'Tales from the National Parks' was aired last night on BBC4 and can be found on the iPlayer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...Lake_District/

It concerns the planning process around the zip wire down to Honister ..

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It's also repeated tonight on BBC4 at 8pm.

I must admit that the charms of Bradbury have wore off. Watched the volcano thing on sunday and I found her constant acting of surprise and fear very irritating.

As for the Zip Wire, I think the right decision has been made. When Mark Weir said it would bring much needed jobs what he mostly meant is that it would bring him much needed cash.

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Daisy

I thought it was just me that ... objected to what her programms were likely to cause!

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Do you mean more people finding out how nice hills are, and going up and down them like us?

It is a difficult one I know, but I do struggle with the balance between conservation and evangelism.

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Do you mean more people finding out how nice hills are, and going up and down them like us?

It is a difficult one I know, but I do struggle with the balance between conservation and evangelism.

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Agreed - very difficult; if JB is out of order, what about AW's legacy? He himself did not want to see more people in the hills, yet his life's work guaranteed they would come. Like many people, I usually carry one of his books when out walking - but for his books, I doubt I would have visited the Lakes more than once.

Oh marvellous - A Bradbury rebellion!
And 'more people finding out how nice hills are...?' - there comes a point (well past that point round here too, I can tell you) when teh people finding out how 'nice' it is in Lakeland make it impossible to experience how 'nice' it is in Lakeland. e.g the queue (probably visible from space) of people crocodiling it up Haystacks last year...
Mountain rescue aren't too impressed locally either; they're getting more and more calls along the lines of: "It's not as sunny as it was on TV when Julia did it, and we're tired now. How long til you can get us off?"

Look at a picture book of Cumbria - it's a gorgeous place and then make up your own mind if you actually want to slog it up there... Julia bouncing around on a summit tells nothing like a true story.

Oh golly, it's not even half 8! What am I doing here!!!!!!:confused: