In today’s episode, I thought I would go in search of the author that I have been following of late. One hundred years ago he wrote Off The Beaten Track, a celebration of walks in his beloved county of Sussex. But who was the man? How much do we know? And what tragedy befell him […]

In today’s episode, I continue to explore the ‘Port’s Road’, the ancient track that passes through Hangleton and Portslade. The Iron Age trackway passes Hangleton Manor, where Arthur Stanley Cooke, the author of Off the Beaten Track, started his walk in Chapter 4 of his book that I am following. To understand the area better […]

This is a footnote to the recent ‘special’ In Search of Sussex presentation which follows Arthur Stanley Cooke’s footsteps as presented in his book Off The Beaten Track published in 1910. While Arthur doesn’t walk this way in the book, I am sure he would have taken this route on other occasions. I am back […]

Part One of a walk following in the footsteps of Arthur Stanley Cooke, from his book, Off The Beaten Track (Chapter 4). This time I start at Portslade Station near Hove in East Sussex and head to Hangleton Place, (now Hangleton Manor) in Hangleton. I explore the meadow before the church, and later St Helen’s […]

I am working on a longer format video – about 25 minutes – and in this Behind The Scenes Vlog we discover where I have gone, and some of the pitfalls that a film maker can encounter as he goes about his daily job. It will be another Search of Sussex production, and I am […]

You have asked for them to be longer. I think now is the time to make the productions better and a bit longer – a real cinematic experience. Shall we give it go? PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORERMy videos are funded by people like you. If you enjoy them, please help me make more: Visit […]