The Quest for England
The Jack and Jill windmills above Clayton in East Sussex are famous. We get an exclusive peep inside the wonderful Jill windmill. Jill is a post mill originally built in Dyke Road, Brighton, in 1821. It was known as Lashmar’s New Mill and was built to replace Lashmar’s Old Mill. In 1830, the Windshaft broke, […]
Today I meet up with Dumpman, aka Chris Bedford, to seek out Argos Hill Tunnel, part of the original Cuckoo Line. The tunnel is now disused and abandoned. Join us as we scrabble down the banks of the cutting to reach this piece of industrial heritage. Today, the Cuckoo Line remains a closed railway – […]
Richard Suggett is the man behind the Veg Grower Podcast. I was curious about what made him decide to start his podcast and learn more about his love for his allotment. Richard is based in Littlehampton in West Sussex. He has a full time job. His married too. But in his spare time you’ll find […]
Today I am taking a walk with Sue Boon, the organiser of Tractorfest. Sue takes me for a walk around one of her client’s gardens that she looks after and tells me about her garden management. She also explains the origins of the rural summer fair, Tractorfest, that takes place in Biddenden, Kent, each year. […]
Betchworth Castle is a mostly crumbled ruin of a fortified medieval stone house with some tall, two-storey corners strengthened in the 18th century, in the north of the semi-rural parish of Brockham. It is built on a sandstone spur overlooking the western bank of the Mole in Surrey in England. The ruin is a Scheduled […]
Chris Bedford, AKA Dumpman, and I are off again exploring disused railways. Today we explore Bexhill West Station in East Sussex. We’re checking out the architecture and seek out remaining clues of the building’s previous life as a terminus station for the Sussex seaside holiday resort. Bexhill West is a closed station in Bexhill-on-Sea in […]