I am on a hike through Gloucestershire. I am starting near Huntley, a small town off the A40, and north of the Forest of Dean, climbing the hill named after it and then over the summit towards May Hill to the north. From there, so I am told, I will see seven counties from one […]
Binsted Woods, in West Sussex, are under threat. The highways Agency propose driving a new A27 Arundel bypass through them destroying ancient woodland, neolithic earthworks and long established track-ways from Saxon times. Julia and I visit the part of the woodland earmarked for tarmac and chat to Emma Tristram about the impending horror that will […]
Monnow Bridge in Monmouth, Wales, is the only remaining fortified river bridge in Great Britain with its gate tower standing on the bridge. Such bridge towers were common across Europe from medieval times, but many were destroyed due to urban expansion, diminishing defensive requirements and the increasing demands of traffic and trade. The historical and […]
Julia is a housewife from Lancing in Sussex. She is keen to grow her own food and has decided, with the help of her friends, to build a kitchen garden. She wishes to specialise in heritage food or heirloom plants as they are also called. Together with Richard Vobes and Richard Suggett, she will chronicle […]
This is Part Two of my explorations into the Forest of Dean. I have traveled a few miles to the east of my last position to see if and how the woodland and landscape changes… The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, […]
The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England. It forms a roughly triangular plateau bounded by the River Wye to the west and northwest, Herefordshire to the north, the River Severn to the south, and the City of Gloucester to the east. […]