The Prince of Wales' website has a feature on HRH's March 26th trip to unveil a plaque on the shore of Derwentwater marking the [newish] UNESCO cultural world heritage site – the Lake District. Details here.
It includes this:
"There are three themes that underpin the Lake District World Heritage Site as a cultural landscape of international significance. These are
- identity - the dramatic farmed landscape;
- inspiration - art, literature and love of the place;
- conservation - people fought for and continue to look after this special corner of England."
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To rub the message home, HRH then visited the National Centre for the Uplands at Newton Rigg College in Penrith. This is, we're told, a "a state-of-the-art sheep husbandry centre that is helping to safeguard the future of hill farming across the country".
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After an obligatory trip on an Ullswater steamer, HRH's day finished with a visit to a Kendal paper manufacturer that turns takeaway coffee-cups into paper and packaging. Here, he joined a roundtable discussion with business leaders and stakeholders associated with the industry. Was the RSPB invited to any of this, I wonder?
For a more balanced take on the issues, see this.
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