Julia and I have decided to come out on a very blowy day to walk another stretch of the South Downs Way. Our intention is to walk to Saddlescombe from Pyecombe is Sussex, but we have a lot of windy against us. Will we make it? ——————————————————————- PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORER My videos are […]
In my search for England and Englishness I am visiting St Michaels, the beautiful 13th century church in Amberley in West Sussex. My guide is Gerry Burgess, the Priest in charge, who shows me many of the incredible wonders of this remarkable building with the Bishops house, Amberley Castle next door has on offer. PLEASE […]
It was a wet and unpleasant day when I took a stroll through Worthing town centre and noticed that within a single square mile there were at least eight, if not more, churches demanding attention; all huge, and each must have cost a fortune to build. In today’s video I thought I would show you […]
Darren Dendy is tracing his ancestors. In Itchingfield churchyard, near Horsham in West Sussex, there are one hundred and thirty Dendys buried there. There is likely to be more. Darren takes me around to look at some of the gravestones and the burial registers in the church, and explains why he is so fascinated with […]
Today I am exploring the lovely parish church of St Margarets in West Hoathly, a beautiful, tucked out-of-the-way village in East Sussex. Young bell ringing enthusiast, Ollie, tells me all about the lovely church and more about his fascinating hobby. Built in the early Norman period, St Margarets has had various changes over the centuries, […]
Today I meet up with Mike Dixon, a Lichen enthusiast. Together we spend a pleasant morning searching the churchyard of St Lawrence church in Falmer, East Sussex for the wonderful organism that grows on tombstones, as well as trees, wood and brick. A lichen is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living […]