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Bill Grey said:

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> A programme of this magnitude could not be financially justified if it was
> specialised towards hardened walkers. Put it this way, people who walk in
> that sort of scenery already know how amazing it is. A programme like this
> is for people who don't, and perhaps to inspire them to try it.

...like the sunday night BBC1 audience it's aimed at.

We had Coast, then a similar formula applied to Mountains.

I call it my Sunday night ironing telly.

Judith

That's what your right arm is for :-)

Stand still while I email you a punch on the nose.

;-)

J

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>
>> A programme of this magnitude could not be financially justified if it was
>> specialised towards hardened walkers. Put it this way, people who walk in
>> that sort of scenery already know how amazing it is. A programme like this
>> is for people who don't, and perhaps to inspire them to try it.
>
>...like the sunday night BBC1 audience it's aimed at.
>
>We had Coast, then a similar formula applied to Mountains.

I call it my Sunday night ironing telly.

Judith

That's what your right arm is for :-)

Stand still while I email you a punch on the nose.

;-)

J

Gee Thanks :-)
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Bill Grey

Following up to 'Graham Seed said:

If they're going to drag Griff up
Napes Needle next week

pleasant programme. Pity they portrayed Wainwright as a "bookkeeper in
an accounts office" when he was actualy Borough Treasurer of Kendle
(having got to top man in only 7 years).
--
Mike
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We had Coast, then a similar formula applied to Mountains.
What bets, coming to your TV soon, a journey down our greatest rivers.
Am I too late to © that idea?

Nope, that will probably come!

This sort of programme is also eye candy. The photography is
fantastic, and it is really a shame that high def isn't standard in
this country.

The only annoying thing about the programme is that I wanted to make
something similar a few years ago!

Simon

I was lucky enough to walk with a group which included a guy who was
prepared to lug a camcorder with him.

I have a nice collection of around ten of our walks which he recorded.
Penyghent is my favourite.

I have a digital camera (haven't we all) which I have often used every
couple of hundred yards in low resolution just to snap the road ahead.
In the hundred or so photos I can relive the walk. Plus I always snap
the car at the beginning, the first sight of the peak or cairn, and the
first sight of the car on return.

--
Bernard Hill
Selkirk, Scotland

Bernard Hill <[email hidden]> writes

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I was lucky enough to walk with a group which included a guy who was
prepared to lug a camcorder with him.

I have a nice collection of around ten of our walks which he recorded.
Penyghent is my favourite.

I have a digital camera (haven't we all) which I have often used every
couple of hundred yards in low resolution just to snap the road ahead.
In the hundred or so photos I can relive the walk. Plus I always snap
the car at the beginning, the first sight of the peak or cairn, and the
first sight of the car on return.

The video quality from some small digital cameras is amazing, I have
found!
--
Gordon H
(Remove invalid to email)

The Reid said:

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If they're going to drag Griff up
Napes Needle next week

pleasant programme. Pity they portrayed Wainwright as a "bookkeeper in
an accounts office" when he was actualy Borough Treasurer of Kendle
(having got to top man in only 7 years).

There is an article about him in the current CIPFA (ie public finance)
magazine. It was from a slightly different angle to your typical AW
article.

Judith

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Bernard Hill <[email hidden]> writes

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I was lucky enough to walk with a group which included a guy who was
prepared to lug a camcorder with him.

I have a nice collection of around ten of our walks which he
recorded. Penyghent is my favourite.

I have a digital camera (haven't we all) which I have often used every
couple of hundred yards in low resolution just to snap the road ahead.
In the hundred or so photos I can relive the walk. Plus I always snap
the car at the beginning, the first sight of the peak or cairn, and
the first sight of the car on return.

The video quality from some small digital cameras is amazing, I have
found!

Indeed. On the top of my Munros recently I have recorded a panorama,
with commentary about what I am filming.

(rehearsal necessary with map to locate peaks and memorise names!)

--
Bernard Hill
Selkirk, Scotland

Duncan Gray said:

We had Coast, then a similar formula applied to Mountains.
What bets, coming to your TV soon, a journey down our greatest rivers.

Am I too late to © that idea?

Possibly - Great British Journeys starts Tuesday 14 Aug, 8pm. Repeated
Thursday 16 Aug, 7pm (BBC2 I think)

www.greatbritishjourneys.com

JP

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Duncan Gray said:

We had Coast, then a similar formula applied to Mountains.
What bets, coming to your TV soon, a journey down our greatest rivers.

Am I too late to © that idea?

Possibly - Great British Journeys starts Tuesday 14 Aug, 8pm. Repeated
Thursday 16 Aug, 7pm (BBC2 I think)

www.greatbritishjourneys.com

Activity in the outdoors seems to be TV flavour of the month.

I see there's also Julia Bradbury rock climbing on BBC1 8pm wednesday and 6
hours of live climbing from the Cairngorms with Dave MacLeod, Cubby and
various others on BBC2 on Saturday afternoon

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Activity in the outdoors seems to be TV flavour of the month.

D'oh! That will be the "Great Outdoors" season then! :-)

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I see there's also Julia Bradbury rock climbing on BBC1 8pm wednesday and 6
hours of live climbing from the Cairngorms with Dave MacLeod, Cubby and
various others on BBC2 on Saturday afternoon

Huh? Wassat?

17th Aug 21:00 - 22:00 Ultimate Rock Climb BBC1

(repeat 18th Aug 18:35 BBC2)

As part of its efforts to persuade us to desert our sofas in favour of
the great outdoors, BBC1 sends Watchdog's Julia Bradbury rock
climbing. You have to admire her willingness to be reduced to a
frozen, crooked-helmeted wreck on our behalf. Clinging to the side of
a cliff too scared to move up or down is no fun at the best of times,
without having a camera crew to zoom in on every tear and interrupt
you at odd moments to ask how it feels. Amazingly, Bradbury manages to
avoid swearing freely as her guide, a very macho man with a pleasingly
wet voice, sends her up terrifying ascents in Cornwall, Wales and
Scotland, though she does say "Fuaaaahh" a few times. It ends up as a
thrilling piece of TV, and to cap it all there's a wise old
mountaineer who reveals the secret behind it all: "Adventure sports
are quite easy," he twinkles, "if you're able to relax."

RT reviewer - David Butcher

18th Aug 17:25 - 18:35 The Great Climb BBC2

Though my TV guide has TBA between the end of Ghandi shown as starting
at 13:00 and 17:25

In the BBC's most ambitious outdoor live broadcast for 40 years, eight
of the world's best climbers will scale the massive Shelter Stone and
Hell's Lum rock faces in the heart if the Cairngorms. The basin of
Loch A'an is surrounded by towering cliffs of alipine magnitude, like
nowhere else in Britain. There are also features on the local
landscape, environment and wildlife.

--
Phil Cook, last hill: Angletarn Pikes via Beda Fell.
http://www.p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk/May07/martin9.htm

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Activity in the outdoors seems to be TV flavour of the month.

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D'oh! That will be the "Great Outdoors" season then! :-)

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I see there's also Julia Bradbury rock climbing on BBC1 8pm wednesday and 6
hours of live climbing from the Cairngorms with Dave MacLeod, Cubby and
various others on BBC2 on Saturday afternoon

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Huh? Wassat?

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17th Aug 21:00 - 22:00 Ultimate Rock Climb BBC1

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(repeat 18th Aug 18:35 BBC2)

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As part of its efforts to persuade us to desert our sofas in favour of
the great outdoors, BBC1 sends Watchdog's Julia Bradbury rock
climbing. You have to admire her willingness to be reduced to a
frozen, crooked-helmeted wreck on our behalf. Clinging to the side of
a cliff too scared to move up or down is no fun at the best of times,
without having a camera crew to zoom in on every tear and interrupt
you at odd moments to ask how it feels.

I've only seen a couple of the walking ones, with a bit of light
scrambling thrown in, but it's clear from the practised way she moves
her hands and feet on it that Bradbury is no stranger to rock.

--
Chris Malcolm [email hidden] DoD #205
IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
[http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]

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Phil Cook said:

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> Duncan Gray wrote:

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Activity in the outdoors seems to be TV flavour of the month.

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D'oh! That will be the "Great Outdoors" season then! :-)

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I see there's also Julia Bradbury rock climbing on BBC1 8pm wednesday and 6
hours of live climbing from the Cairngorms with Dave MacLeod, Cubby and
various others on BBC2 on Saturday afternoon

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Huh? Wassat?

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17th Aug 21:00 - 22:00 Ultimate Rock Climb BBC1

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(repeat 18th Aug 18:35 BBC2)

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As part of its efforts to persuade us to desert our sofas in favour of
the great outdoors, BBC1 sends Watchdog's Julia Bradbury rock
climbing. You have to admire her willingness to be reduced to a
frozen, crooked-helmeted wreck on our behalf. Clinging to the side of
a cliff too scared to move up or down is no fun at the best of times,
without having a camera crew to zoom in on every tear and interrupt
you at odd moments to ask how it feels.

I've only seen a couple of the walking ones, with a bit of light
scrambling thrown in, but it's clear from the practised way she moves
her hands and feet on it that Bradbury is no stranger to rock.

Hmm. Depends on the timing.

On Ultimate Rock Climbs shown at 8pm this evening she clearly states
that she has never climbed and the programme shows her having 2 days
tuition indoors and then doing 3 increasingly tough climbs in Cornwall,
Snowdonia and a sea stack (Old Man of Stoer) in the North of Scotland.

Fantastic programme: edge of the seat TV. And never quite sure whether
she will manage the final one or not.

Brilliant viewing! Best for a long time.

--
Bernard Hill
Selkirk, Scotland

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Bernard Hill said:

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I've only seen a couple of the walking ones, with a bit of light
scrambling thrown in, but it's clear from the practised way she moves
her hands and feet on it that Bradbury is no stranger to rock.

Hmm. Depends on the timing.

On Ultimate Rock Climbs shown at 8pm this evening she clearly states
that she has never climbed and the programme shows her having 2 days
tuition indoors and then doing 3 increasingly tough climbs in Cornwall,
Snowdonia and a sea stack (Old Man of Stoer) in the North of Scotland.

In the first series of Wainwright walks Julia Bradbury stated that she
was new to hillwalking. Certainly on "Sharp Edge" on Blencathra she
looked somewhat nervous and unfamiliar with such situtations.

Mike
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"> || _`\<,_ |__\ \> | immunology lecturer, antibody engineer and
` || (_)/ (_) | \corn computer user"

Mike Clark said:

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Bernard Hill said:

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I've only seen a couple of the walking ones, with a bit of light
scrambling thrown in, but it's clear from the practised way she moves
her hands and feet on it that Bradbury is no stranger to rock.

Hmm. Depends on the timing.

On Ultimate Rock Climbs shown at 8pm this evening she clearly states
that she has never climbed...

In the first series of Wainwright walks Julia Bradbury stated that she
was new to hillwalking. Certainly on "Sharp Edge" on Blencathra she
looked somewhat nervous and unfamiliar with such situtations.

I think she has been "getting into it". It is quite possible that she
did the Ultimate Climb [1] before going scrambling up the Crinkles.

[1] I bet it's nothing of the sort still to a non-climber it might
well seem so. I reckon any fit young lady with expert tuition could do
it. :-)
--
Phil Cook, last hill: Angletarn Pikes via Beda Fell.
http://www.p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk/May07/martin9.htm

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Clark <[email hidden]> writes

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Bernard Hill said:

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I've only seen a couple of the walking ones, with a bit of light
scrambling thrown in, but it's clear from the practised way she moves
her hands and feet on it that Bradbury is no stranger to rock.

Hmm. Depends on the timing.

On Ultimate Rock Climbs shown at 8pm this evening she clearly states
that she has never climbed and the programme shows her having 2 days
tuition indoors and then doing 3 increasingly tough climbs in Cornwall,
Snowdonia and a sea stack (Old Man of Stoer) in the North of Scotland.

In the first series of Wainwright walks Julia Bradbury stated that she
was new to hillwalking. Certainly on "Sharp Edge" on Blencathra she
looked somewhat nervous and unfamiliar with such situtations.

Yes, I remember that impression she gave. All I can say is that she has
come a *long* way in under a year. Above all don't miss the repeat of
the U.R.C. programme!

--
Bernard Hill
Selkirk, Scotland

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Mike Clark said:

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>I've only seen a couple of the walking ones, with a bit of light
>scrambling thrown in, but it's clear from the practised way she moves
>her hands and feet on it that Bradbury is no stranger to rock.

Hmm. Depends on the timing.

On Ultimate Rock Climbs shown at 8pm this evening she clearly states
that she has never climbed...

In the first series of Wainwright walks Julia Bradbury stated that she
was new to hillwalking. Certainly on "Sharp Edge" on Blencathra she
looked somewhat nervous and unfamiliar with such situtations.

I think she has been "getting into it". It is quite possible that she
did the Ultimate Climb [1] before going scrambling up the Crinkles.

[1] I bet it's nothing of the sort still to a non-climber it might
well seem so. I reckon any fit young lady with expert tuition could do
it. :-)

Well all I can say is don't miss the programme! My heart was in my mouth
on them all, and 2 sets of tears from Miss Bradbury were totally
pardonable. Oh, and a 3rd set at the very top of the stack.

--
Bernard Hill
Selkirk, Scotland

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Yes, I remember that impression she gave. All I can say is that she has
come a *long* way in under a year. Above all don't miss the repeat of the
U.R.C. programme!

But when is the repeat ? It wasn't on BBC1 or 2 last wednesday, the only
Beebs we receive over here in Holland (and no local stations like BBC
Scotland :-(

--
"Beannachd leibh"

Theo
www.theosphotos.fotopic.net

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Yes, I remember that impression she gave. All I can say is that she has
come a *long* way in under a year. Above all don't miss the repeat of the
U.R.C. programme!

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But when is the repeat ? It wasn't on BBC1 or 2 last wednesday, the only
Beebs we receive over here in Holland (and no local stations like BBC
Scotland :-(

The 'repeat' is on BBC 1 tonight (Friday) at 9.00 pm. As to where
Bernard saw the original I can only conjecture that they had an advance
showing on BBC Scotland. AFAICT it wasn't on BBC 3 or 4 earlier this
week.

--
Roger Chapman
Nearest Marilyn still to be visited - Great Orme.
89 miles as the crow flies,
considerably more as the walker drives.

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Yes, I remember that impression she gave. All I can say is that she has
come a *long* way in under a year. Above all don't miss the repeat of
the
U.R.C. programme!

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But when is the repeat ? It wasn't on BBC1 or 2 last wednesday, the only
Beebs we receive over here in Holland (and no local stations like BBC
Scotland :-(

The 'repeat' is on BBC 1 tonight (Friday) at 9.00 pm. As to where
Bernard saw the original I can only conjecture that they had an advance
showing on BBC Scotland. AFAICT it wasn't on BBC 3 or 4 earlier this
week.

Thanks Roger.

--
"Beannachd leibh"

Theo
www.theosphotos.fotopic.net

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Yes, I remember that impression she gave. All I can say is that she has
come a *long* way in under a year. Above all don't miss the repeat of the
U.R.C. programme!

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But when is the repeat ? It wasn't on BBC1 or 2 last wednesday, the only
Beebs we receive over here in Holland (and no local stations like BBC
Scotland :-(

The 'repeat' is on BBC 1 tonight (Friday) at 9.00 pm. As to where
Bernard saw the original I can only conjecture that they had an advance
showing on BBC Scotland. AFAICT it wasn't on BBC 3 or 4 earlier this
week.

Damn! That clashes with "50 Not Out", a programme about Stephen Fry,
followed by "A Bit of Fry and Laurie etc.

Good thing I've got two DVRs... :-)
--
Gordon H