Bradbury helps host debate on the Lakes
Published at 05:34, Friday, 11 July 2008
TELEVISION presenter and Wainwright walker Julia Bradbury is to host a conference in the Lake District.
She will help 150 delegates – including Government ministers – to consider the future management and development of the UK’s 14 national parks when they meet on the shores of Windermere.
Julia is no stranger to the Lake District. Following her BBC series recreating the walks made famous by fell walker and guide writer Alfred Wainwright, she also spoke at the Keswick Mountain Festival.
On the opening day of the three-day conference at the Low Wood Hotel between September 17 and 19 she will introduce a series of Government ministers and conduct ‘Question Time’ sessions.
Conference project director and Lake District National Park services director Bob Cartwright is delighted to have persuaded Julia to help highlight issues of sustainable development, affordable housing and economic development for the area.
He said: “I think the theme of the conference; inspirational landscapes, aspirational communities, will appeal to a wide variety of audiences.
“And I am sure that, with Julia Bradbury in the chair, delegates will be inspired to take advantage of this rare chance to quiz ministers over the issues that really matter to rural communities in all national parks.”
In addition, to formal presentations, discussion groups, an evening lake cruise and a gala dinner, delegates will also be spending a day out in the national park to find out about the issues.
With the Lake District’s literary connections, stretching back to William Wordsworth, conference organisers are also excited that Poet Laureate Andrew Motion will be guest speaker at the gala dinner, hosted by Lord Clark of Windermere, the chairman of the Lake District National Park Partnership and chairman of the Forestry Commission.
More details, including booking details, are available on a conference website www.anpaconference.com.
Published by http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk
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