Do you think they will tell people about being properly equipped, having maps and compasses?

Warm clothing?

Suitable footwear?

Litter?

Inconsiderate parking?

Dogs running wild and either cr@pping everywhere or leave it hanging in trees in a little black bag for the poo fairy to come and get it?

Encouraging people to enjoy the outdoors is one thing but it's time programmes like these also handed out some education and expected norms of behaviour when out in these beautiful places.

#Sheepy

In answer to your question, "no" I don't think they will offer any form of useful education.

It's an absolute shame because reaching an audience that big would hopefully get the message across to a large number of people in one go.

fantastic about time can not wait the lakes in Cumbria in winter would be perfect

Sheepy - if they don't, as Wilf expects, I suppose 'the powers', whoever they might be, could publicly declare the programmes irresponsible.

"Ms Bradbury, famed for popularising Alfred Wainwright’s Lakeland walks with a television audience…"

i thought Richard Else, Eric Robson & Co had already done that!

walking alone is good .but with helcopters ,landrover film units ,producers,script and continuity girls ,more like a military campaign that a walk in the hills

Julia's free online resource The Outdoor Guide will feature articles on walking safety, what to wear and how to look after the countryside when out walking.

This information will be available at www.theoutdoorguide.co.uk

Holly, that's good, but it also needs to be 'well' highlighted throughout the programme.

For the companies producing and broadcasting the programme it is a commercial enterprise and will have to look attractive for viewers, but they still have a responsibility to the activity they are using for their commercial interests.

One Hundred Walks in One Hundred and Fifty Minutes (less adverts). Good to see the outdoors getting such in-depth cover!!

@Holly.

Doh! It's not me or generally the people who are on this site that need to know. I have a map and a compass and all the gear and am extremely experienced. It's most of the dimwits that will be watching the programme who need to know.

Any one who wants to explore the British countryside can do so without all the patronising hype from the likes of Julia Bradbury and Ore Oduba (that famous outdoor enthusiast). Programmes such as this are simply vehicles to promote and publicise the presenters and sadly they result in more pressure on sensitive areas, thereby destroying the very thing that makes them special. Not to mention the erosion and the inevitable rescue of folks that have no common sense. A seemingly never ending series of programmes recently about the Brecon Beacons have resulted in a marked increase in numbers and a subsequent marked deterioration of many paths. Why does Julia Bradbury feel it necessary to further publicise areas that are already written about in a tonnage of guide books?

I remember watching her on tv walking near Sprinkling tarn and yelling really loud so we could hear the echos. We don't go to the mountains to hear noise like this. She should be promoting quietness and respect for the fells, instead of behaving like an idiot

I hardly thinks she’s an idiot , bit of a wild statement I think

This should be supported,its a good move in the right direction,yes im sure it wont be perfect but it will be a damm sight better than the usual drivel on ITV,rubbish soap operas,bloody Ant and Dec crap,and god awful game shows

Looking forward...!

Will be interesting to watch. I like Julia's programmes. Hopefully anyone keen enough to watch will do a bit of preparation for the walk. I doubt the programme is long enough to give them anything more than the basic idea.

Heard an interesting comment from one of footpath officers in the Lakes a few years ago following 1st airing of Wainwright series. Teams now have to visit popular tops removing stones from cairns which visitors - following example of JB think is essential to do. Cairns reduced to a reasonable level, stones back on paths helping to prevent more erosion - the law of un-intended consequences.

" . . . the basic idea . . . " is often the initial problem. A lot to learn before following Julia.

will there be a book published with the walks included?

Well I can’t believe that so called walkers etc are so negative about something they haven’t even seen.
Calling people idiots again so low.
If walkers carry on like this we be walking alone.
It is not a safety programme as it is exactly what the name says.

Wow, what a miserable bunch some of the folk commenting on here are. I am no longer able to walk the hills and mountains, I'm fairly well crippled with rheumatoid and prone to falling so I'd be a danger to me and others to do it now.
I find Julia Bradbury's walks lovely to watch as I can relive the school hikes we went on every month. To call her an idiot is plain rude, walking isn't an exclusive club and to talk about walkers as idiots spoiling 'your' domain won't exactly make anyone want to go out and see our wonderful countryside.
If the only way I ever get to see Helvellyn, Snowdon or the Langdales again is via people like Julia then that will do me just fine. You really need to look back at some of your comments and see how patronising and plain nasty some of your comments are.

Judith and TT

I'm sure it will be a good, well produced, entertaining programme and it's not the content of the programme which is irksome to those making comment. Important is what is likely to be missing from the programme.

People are talking about the skills and experience needed before the newly inspired take to the high hills.

The lack of those vital mountain skills manifests itself in the ever increasing workload of 'volunteer' Mountain Rescue Team members.

In the 'Walks with' Julia Bradbury series several years back now she emphasised in each one to wear the correct footwear, waterproofs, torch, compass etc, especially on places like Scafell and Helvellyn where it is rocky and also on Blencathra where it is windy. She walked Helvellyn in terrible weather with a guide and he emphasised the dangers of such weather catching people out. It's the attitude of some of the writers making themselves out to be almost superior to other walkers. The odd comment seems to sound like NIMBYisms, like they can go on mountains but lesser mortals are too stupid and shouldn't be allowed. Even the most skilled walkers can find themselves in need of the Mountain Rescue people, one badly turned ankle on a skilled walker is exactly the same as someone who has not been there before.

Ohh it’s the Messi & Ronaldos of the walking world on here Judith

Who was the idiot claiming he puts “120kg of weight in his bag,the same as a baby elephant,to train” thats 19stone! he was pbviously taking the piss and they have left that in the program... even the Army carry 35/40kg at most! no man alive is running up hills carrying 120kg.

Dear Judith....

The likes of Julia only serve one purpose - to feather their own nest. Let's not pretend anymore.

The problem is that such selfishness also has an impact on other people. That is not good enough.

Di anyone note the number of errors with maps etc. Pretty poor. I could also mention only 12 walks in Scotland? Pretty poor really.

It was a pretty poor programme in the end with some walks only getting literally 10 seconds of air time. Mind you, with 100 walks to get through what did I expect?

Like a lot of others here I would really love a warts-and-all hour-long programme on a particular walk (Hevellyn, say) looking at summer walks, winter challenges, MRT responses, whiteouts, how to navigate, lack of suitable winter gear etc. promoting Weatherline, MWIS...

But... let's not kid ourselves, this is ITV who don't have a public service remit and it is what it is. It's not their fault they didn't produce the programme I would have liked. Much more that other broadcasters aren't stepping up and doing a 'proper' programme on Britain's Favourite Past-time. Unless there HAS been something on that I've missed? (Having said that, the line about Scafell Pike being 3 times the height of The Shard was completely meaningless...)

So, anyway, I just wanted to say on a purely entertainment level it was pretty naff. Good scenery but very surprised at the paucity of Scottish walks. And as I say, I don't think I should be expecting ITV to make the programme that I would like. Which is a shame.

Cheers

Id love to see a book published on the 100 favourite walks.

I won't watch any of Bradbury's programmes, I believe they lead people into bad waters. I have been walking since a child with the scouts and have progressed from there to leading walks for the last forty or so years. I believe I am competent. but, I still make the odd mistake, but I do not risk ever any ones life. The programme on the Priest Hole and others have cost lives, whether through stupidity or incompetence it matters little, I believe these programme's (?) encourage people without skills to go where they should never be seen ! And a lot of previou comments about dogs and improper clothing should be noted and acted upon !!!!!!!!!!!!!