Lake District
See the Lake District from the air with Eagle's Eye on DVD and video
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Six Programmes
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Some of the places shown in
Eagle's Eye:
The Lake District |
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| Ullswater |
| Greystoke Castle |
| Lowther Castle |
| Windermere |
| Bowness-on-Windermere |
| Belle Isle |
| Ambleside |
| Roman Fort Galava |
| Brockhole |
| High Street |
| Old Man of Coniston |
| Low Water |
| Wind Gap |
| Scafell Pike |
| Keswick |
| Derwentwater |
| Bassenthwaite Lake |
| Skiddaw |
| Thirlmere |
| Haweswater |
| Wrynose Pass |
| Hardknott Pass |
| Hardknott Castle |
| Rydal Hall |
| Graythwaite Hall |
| Beatrix Potter's home - Hill Top |
| Wray Castle |
| Esthwaite Water |
| Rydal Water |
| Grasmere |
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The Lake District
The Lake District lies at the heart of Cumbria, and is one of the most beautiful and popular areas in Britain. More than 15 million day visitors come here each year to boat on the lakes, walk the fells, and enjoy a scenery that's second to none. And now, thanks to the Eagle's Eye DVD and video, you can see the Lake District from an angle most can only imagine. |
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The Lake District programme takes you on an aerial tour of this magnificent area, scaling the heights of the mountains and passes, and the lengths of the lakes and meres with effortless ease, as the folds and crevices of the landscape are revealed below. Hardknott Pass, Scafell Pike, the Old Man of Coniston - some of the most famous of the Lake District Peaks are here to be seen from above. |
| Fiona Armstrong guides us through the maze of Lake District valleys and passes with the eye of an expert, pointing out the ways in which the landscape has been altered over the passage of time, sometimes by nature and sometimes by Man. Her informed commentary contains a wealth of information about the Lake District and its people, and about how this region now famous for its leisure offerings was once of strategic importance to a military power of old. |
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The peace and tranquility of the Lake District is revealed alongside its outstanding beauty. But the Lake District National Park is more than just a paradise for the pursuit of leisure. It's also a working landscape, whether through the efforts of farmers tending their flocks of traditional Herdwick sheep, or the industry which caters for the millions of tourists who come here each year. The steam boats are a fine example, pervading Windermere with a Swallows and Amazons feel of relaxed and gentle enjoyment as they puff their gentle path around the largest body of water in the Lake District. |
| It's little known that the Lake District has but one true lake - Bassenthwaite. The rest are meres, waters or tarns. And many are working lakes, in the sense that they have been adapted for use as reservoirs. Thirlmere is one example, its dam joining two lakes into one catchment area to provide water for the industrial North West. Enjoy a thrilling flight down the lake at tree-top height. |
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The Lake District is a fell walker's paradise, and the paths along ridges and to the mountain tops have been well documented over the years by those such as Alfred Wainwright. But it's only from the air that routes become so visible. In some cases the erosion has called for remedial action, and our view from on high shows a surprising number of walkers on the summits. Occasionally, one of them falls foul of the terrain, and the yellow Search & Rescue helicopter is a regular sight amongst the hills. |
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Popular as the lakes and mountains of the Lake District are, towns like Ambleside, Keswick and Windermere are honey pots for tourists. Keswick boasts the extraordinary claim to have the highest concentration of accommodation establishments in Britain. But despite the pressures brought to bear upon these towns, they remain true to a style of architecture in keeping with their surroundings, maintaining the look of The Lake District. |
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