The Drakensberg
The 3,000m Cathedral Peak is the ambition for Julia Bradbury and her guide Zee, but she discovers that even the most experienced walkers need luck with the weather.
Having tackled treks across the UK, Julia Bradbury embarks on a grand adventure in South Africa, setting out on four different walks that explore its claim to be 'a world in one country'.
Julia is a regular visitor to the Rainbow Nation, but this is her chance to go far beyond the normal tourist destinations to a series of increasingly remote locations. However, these are walks that any reasonably adventurous walker could embark on and they offer a fresh and personal perspective on a friendly and fascinating country that is often misunderstood.
Julia moves to the interior for her second walk and the grandest mountain range in southern Africa, the Drakensberg. The 3,000m Cathedral Peak is the ambition for Julia and her Zulu guide Zee. As she quickly discovers, even the fittest and most experienced walkers need luck on their side when it comes to the dramatic weather of these mountains. With Zulus, Brits and Boers to provide the history, this is an outing filled with drama and fascination, set against a backdrop sometimes described as the most beautiful on Earth.
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Julia Caught in a Lightning Storm
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Julia Bradbury |
Series Producer | Owen Rodd |
Executive Producer | Eric Harwood |
Broadcasts
- Tue 27 Apr 2010 20:30
- Wed 28 Apr 2010 01:00
- Thu 13 May 2010 19:30
- Fri 14 May 2010 03:25
- Wed 16 Jun 2010 19:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Wales
- Thu 17 Jun 2010 00:20Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales & England only
- Thu 17 Jun 2010 00:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland
- Thu 17 Jun 2010 00:50Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern Ireland
- Wed 21 Jul 2010 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales
- Thu 10 Feb 2011 19:30
- Fri 19 Aug 2011 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Wales
- Mon 12 Sep 2011 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales
- Mon 22 Jul 2013 19:30
- Wed 26 Mar 2014 13:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland
- Wed 26 Mar 2014 13:05Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Sat 27 Sep 2014 11:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Northern Ireland
- Tue 17 Feb 2015 11:00