{"id":1317,"date":"2018-07-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelovers.cottage-search.com\/blog\/lakes-adventurer-paul-rose\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T14:20:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:20:05","slug":"lakes-adventurer-paul-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/lakes-adventurer-paul-rose\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC One: The Lakes with Adventurer Paul Rose"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><b>BBC One Preview Screening and In Conversation with Paul Rose\u2026 at The Brewery Arts Centre<\/b><\/h1>\n<p>This picture is not the face of famous TV presenter\u00a0Paul Rose, but one of our local Lake District hero\u2019s, helping visitors enjoy\u00a0Coniston Water \u2013 the centre of adventure in the Lake District.<\/p>\n<p>Back to Paul Rose and his\u00a0visit to\u00a0Kendal with the BBC tonight.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A wolf bites at the helmet of TV explorer, Paul Rose, in a captivating image on his Twitter profile. He has a mountain named after him in Antarctica. And Rose is quoted once as having said: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe\u2019s determined to take a bit out of my leg\u201d, about a pair of mating giant turtles he came across in the Seychelles, whilst filming for the National Geographic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul Rose, who has made the Lake District his home for the last 20 years,\u00a0is the Lake District\u2019s very own Bear Grylls.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">puts himself\u00a0at the forefront of exploration and geographical challenges and <\/span><b>tonight<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> goes head-to-head at the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, with BBC presenter Caz Graham for a BBC One preview screening of <strong>The Lakes with Paul Rose.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1417154\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 529px;\">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1417154 size-full b-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/paul_steve_razzeti_cop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"519\" height=\"343\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1417154\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/paul_steve_razzeti_cop.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1417154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Rose, the Lake District\u2019s very own Bear Grylls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><b>Paul Rose Tells Stories from the Lake District <\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the World Cup and Wimbledon fever is over, we will be tuning in to the four-part Lake District documentary series starting on Friday 20<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> July at 7:30pm on BBC One, to enjoy some of the fascinating Lake District stories unearthed by Rose and his BBC research team. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Episode One is in and around Windermere and then on to the Old Man of Coniston for the second episode.<\/p>\n<p>People have been escaping to hideaways in the Lake District since the early 19th century, for many different reasons.<\/p>\n<p>We want to hear the story about a\u00a0mercy mission involving 300 orphans after the Second World War.\u00a0Rose\u00a0meets with one such\u00a0Holocaust survivor who, in 1945, was airlifted to Windermere, as part of this mission.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Expedition Leader for the National Geographic Pristine Seas Expeditions\u00a0also takes his film crew to his familiar territory, below water where he plunges into the world of long-distance swimming in Lake Windermere. Above water, he chats to our friends working on Windermere Lake Cruises.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Voices From Lakes World Heritage<\/h3>\n<p>Here is a collection of words celebrating the Lake District and our responsability as World Heritage holders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, International fashion designer\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I think Beatrix Potter was a true amazing artist.\u00a0I was really glad to find that the whole scenery corresponded with the whole feeling that I\u2019d got from reading those little books.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe title=\"World Heritage Storylines: Vivienne Westwood, visitor\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n9ovyXjvDFE?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>MARIA WHITEHEAD, MBE, founder\u00a0Hawkshead Relish Company Ltd, based in Hawkshead, Cumbria<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Conservation is essential to make sure that future generations experience and see the beauty that is the Lake District, but that does not mean it should be preserved in aspic, it should be a living breathing community, a place where business, and families can live, work and play.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>BARRIE ROBERTS,\u00a0Director at Ennerdale Brewery in Cumbria<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I sleep with my wife every night, breath fresh air in from the moment we awake, we eat locally bred lamb and beef off the fells; drink tap water that is collected not 2 miles from our house, and drink my own beer in our community run pub just round the corner. What more could a man want!!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>DIANE HANNAH,\u00a0Co-founder and Director of the Herdy Company<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Conservation here should be about preserving the beauty of the place, but allowing it to develop and move on \u2013 it\u2019s not just about wild landscapes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RYAN BLACKBURN,\u00a0Owner of The Old Stamp House restaurant in Ambleside.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Cumbria has the most fascinating food heritage thanks to its people and its landscape. In particular, Whitehaven opened up the world for Cumbria, and the spice trade, giving Cumbria its own unique style of food: hence things like Grasmere Gingerbread, Cumberland Rum Nicky and Westmorland Pepper Bread.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Fancy a detour to explore\u00a0our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/windermere-cottages.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Windermere Cottages<\/strong><\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/coniston-cottages.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Coniston Cottages<\/strong><\/a> collections?<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Talking\u00a0about World Heritage Status<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A year into the Lake District\u2019s successful World Heritage Status bid, we are excited that the blockbuster cameras of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Sony\u2019s Peter Rabbit have gone and we can sit back and enjoy some real-life stories of the people who live and work in the Lake District all year round, making it the most welcoming place to visit in the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1417147 b-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/Stay-in-the-Lake-District-World-Heritage-Site.png\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/Stay-in-the-Lake-District-World-Heritage-Site.png\" \/><b>Please Visit Again <\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here at Lakelovers we have over 100 super local folk\u00a0working to provide the best Lake District cottage holiday experience for our guests. We partner up with other local business too, to offer discounts of top\u00a0attractions with our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Lakelovers Recommends Card<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One year on from achieving World Heritage Status it is nice to remember our responsibilities\u00a0\u2013 to preserve this precious landscape for generations to come. Recently we have been involved in supporting Friends of the Lake District and we also sponsor Lake District Mountain Rescue Dog Search Association, which you can donate too via our bookings page. Keep a look on our <a href=\"\/\"><strong>blog<\/strong><\/a> for more information on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/community-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Community Work<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As well Cumbria\u2019s\u00a0famous hospitality,\u00a0there are the jaw-dropping views from Skiddaw and the tranquillity of the western Lakes; world-famous Grasmere Gingerbread and Cartmel\u2019s Sticky Toffee Pudding; Beatrix Potter and William Wordsworth. So many reasons to love the Lake District and to stay here longer to eek out all of her pleasures.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before we leave you on this blog post, it is\u00a0worth knowing that many of our cottages now offer the flexibility of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/short-breaks.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>short breaks<\/b><\/a><b>, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which are ideal for if you feel it is difficult to plan a long holiday in the Lake District, but are determined not to miss out. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For those who have <strong>tickets<\/strong>, enjoy\u00a0the preview screening and talk tonight with Mr Rose, who we\u2019re sure will be pleased to be back in his home country. And we look forward to the series coming soon.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, here\u2019s a link to our Cottages that are scattered\u00a0between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/bowness-cottages.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bowness<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/windermere-cottages.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windermere<\/a>, with easy access to Kendal and The Brewery Arts Centre who are the hosts tonight.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1154920\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 1034px;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1154920 size-large b-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/brewery-arts-centre-1024x889.jpg\" alt=\"what to do in the lake district and cumbria\" width=\"1024\" height=\"889\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1154920\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/brewery-arts-centre-1024x889.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1154920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Rose is one hell of an explorer and is rarely without a camera nearby. 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