By: Blonde Two
Now this is an exciting day…
For today there will be Blondes on TV!
Not just any Blondes you understand, not that Cameron Diaz, that Taylor Swift or that Reese Witherspoon, not even the more outdoorsy Ellie Harrison, Kate Humble or Clare Balding (although they might be on the same program and we don’t mind sharing).
Nope! This evening, if you tune into ITV at 7:30 pm (because pm means evening and we would hate you to miss it), you can tune into a program called ‘Britain’s 100 Favourite Walks‘ and, not only will you get to argue with the votes and shout at the TV, you will also see Blonde One and Blonde Two being filmed doing the following,
- Walking
- Talking
- Walking and talking
- Trying not to fall over while walking and talking
- Walking to one of our favourite rocks
- Talking to one of our favourite rocks
- Walking with Jelly Babies
- Talking to Jelly Babies
- Remembering not to look at the camera
- Forgetting not to look at the camera
- Remembering that we are wearing microphones
- Forgetting that we are wearing microphones (much more fun)
- Remembering not to use ‘bad’ words
- Forgetting not to use ‘bad’ words (also fun)
- Remembering who was walking on the left/in front/with a hat on
- Apologising for the (very typical) weather
You all want to know (and almost certainly have your own ideas) of course, which of the many stunning walks in Britain has been voted into first place as favourite. Snowdon maybe, or Blencathra or how about the Lairig Ghru (if you happen to have a thing about stones)? What you might also want to know (although if you need to ask, you really haven’t been paying attention) is where the Two Blondes were walking (and talking) when they were filmed (by ITV, did I mention it was ITV?)
We can’t resist giving you a clue!
And maybe another clue!
Oh go on then… just one more clue!
The Non-Story of Ignatius Bowerman is a tale of difference and adventure, for children… of all ages! £7.99 from the Blonde Shop, Totnes bookshop, The Shops at Dartington or Dartmoor National Park visitor centres.
The programme starts at 7.30pm not 8.00pm.
Thanks Polly! Amendments made (the first time was the original information we were given)!
Looking forward to seeing this!
I will certainly watch with great interest, but I would be cross if my own favourite “established” walk is voted best leading to future overpopulation, and I am sure I will have something to say about rest.. But for me anyway, my overall favourite walks have been the ones I plotted for myself – e.g. The Broads to the Lakes, my own Land’s End John ‘o Groats, walk, and my Welsh Boundary Walk. Those walks of course often incorporate bits and pieces of other LDPs shown on the OS map. Congratulations to you both on your inclusion in the programme, you never know where all this may lead.
I have just seen you on the TV program and here I am checking out your blog…lots of reading for me to catch up on. I love walking and the outdoors so your blog is a lovely find😄
Welcome to the Blonde world of walking madness!
Well, I have a famous daughter now! And not a jelly baby in sight!
The Jelly Babies here are sulking… so we think we might eat them!
You were brilliant – naturals for the camera. I was waiting for the jelly babies but in any case they would have been lost on ninety-nine percent of the viewers. I was also pleased to see that your walk, which I think would be lesser known than many, featured around the halfway mark, so well done.
I had thought the programme would be majoring on more of the long distance walks which are of more interest to me. I guess I had walked on parts of about seventy-five percent of the routes mentioned, but not the whole of each walk. The Malham walk’s high placing was well deserved.
Thanks Conrad. We really enjoyed ourselves and thought the program did a good job of making walking seem accessible to all types of walkers over all kinds of terrain.
Loved the programme – but I bet the Jelly Babies have their noses out of joint today (memo -must check whether Jelly Babies have noses,) It was fun seeing so many places I have already visited, often by a different route. Wish I could do them all again, but there are still lots of new ones I could do. Though once up Striding Edge was enough for this chicken-hearted explorer, Gordale Scar I have re-visited several times – an amazing place to sit – and sit – and
They are sulking! We have a very long walking to-do list now!