The Quest for England
Farming today is not easy and is more a labour of love than a profit making business. In this episode the lovely Julia Hartley and myself continue our visit to Morrie’s Farm to look at the cattle. We learn the reality and hardships facing small scale farmers in the modern era. My videos are funded […]
Today the lovely Julia, Adrian Lidget (farmer) and I, visit Morrie’s farm to look at an orphaned calf. Sadly the mother had a calcium deficiency and couldn’t go on. The calf is human fed for six weeks and then returned to the herd. Morrie has been farming in this part of Kent all her life […]
Bob Hewitt and his wife have run The Red Lion public house in Biddenden, Kent, for the past twenty-nine years. Other pubs in the village have gone, but this one survives. The Red Lion dates back to a private house in the 15th century built by a soldier returning from the spoils of war. It’s […]
Today I am out walking with Marq English, a friend and contributor to the Bald Explorer videos. But who exactly is he? In this video Marq describes himself and his other fascinating interests as we take a stroll through the woods in Chipstead in Surrey. Find out more about Marq from his Youtube Channels here: […]
The Battle of Sedgemoor was played out on the Somerset Levels in 1685 and it often referred to as the last pitched battle on English soil. James Scott, the Duke of Monmouth, and his rebel supporters made a surprise attack on the Kings Army while Royalists were camped at Westonzoyland in Somerset. But things went […]
Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School is a historic West Sussex independent school in Sompting, near Worthing and Steyning. It sits in parkland of 30 acres, which includes woodland, chalk grassland slopes and a pond. I am walking with headmaster, Stuart Douch, and Sarah Monaghan, journalist, around the interior of the magnificent Victoria Gothic building to understand […]