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The Wide Water Beach Splash Around in Lancing

Posted on 10/12/201810/12/2018 by Richard Vobes

Julia and I have decided to explore the local scenery close to us. Julia lives near the Wide Water Lagoon in Lancing, West Sussex, and the shingle beach beyond. We thought it was worth a short exploration because when we started the weather wasn’t great and I was keen to demonstrate the sheer drama of the slate skies and the thundering seas. The weather improved as the walk went on, although we both got more damp the longer we stayed.

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Behind the Scenes for 2nd – 8th December 2018

Posted on 09/12/201809/12/2018 by Richard Vobes

Here is the behind scenes of the Bald Explorer for another week. A chance to glimpse into my life behind the camera.

This week I’ve been out filming on a golf course with the lovely Cynthia Julian, Julia and I visited Fittleworth in West Sussex, I have finished off the Esse Ironheart installation and been out on the Serpent Trail.

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From St Mary’s to Heswood Common in Fittleworth

Posted on 07/12/201807/12/2018 by Richard Vobes

Julia and I are still exploring the area around Fittleworth in West Sussex. Our walk today takes us from the beautiful parish church of St Mary’s, up over an old sand quarry, which now appears to be a bowling Green and on to the delightful, part wooded, part open, Hesworth Common. The pinnacle of the walk is the arrival at the viewing bench beside the Trig point. The view up here is breathtaking.

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Exploring Fittleworth Village in West Sussex

Posted on 06/12/201806/12/2018 by Richard Vobes

<br /> The lovely Julia and I are out exploring another quintessentially English village, Fittleworth in West Sussex.</p> <p>Our walk starts at the two sixteenth century pack-horse bridges, both of stone construction and originally built narrower and widened more recently for modern day traffic. The first bridge crosses the river Rother, while the second, Clappers Bridge, gives access over the mill stream running from Fittleworth Mill.</p> <p>Our walk continues to the heart of the village where the 14th century coaching inn, The Swan, stands proud, welcoming travellers. In the coaching era, the inn offered a change of horses for those heading south from London and about to navigate the steep slops of Bury Hill.</p> <p>I hope you enjoy our ramble around the gorgeous ancient houses, once timber framed but now infilled with stone and brick.</p> <p>My videos are funded 100% by people like you. If you enjoy them, please help me make more:</p> <p>https://www.paypal.me/RichardVobes</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <i class="fa fa-folder-open"></i><span class="cat-links">Posted in <a href="https://baldexplorer.com/videos/" rel="category tag">Videos</a>, <a href="https://baldexplorer.com/walksinengland/" rel="category tag">Walks In England</a></span> <i class="fa fa-comment"></i><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://baldexplorer.com/exploring-fittleworth-village-in-west-sussex/#respond">Leave a Comment<span class="screen-reader-text"> on Exploring Fittleworth Village in West Sussex</span></a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-5264" class="animate-article post-5264 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-videos category-walksinengland"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://baldexplorer.com/exploring-monkmead-wood-and-golf-course-in-west-chiltington/" rel="bookmark">Exploring Monkmead Wood and golf course in West Chiltington</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://baldexplorer.com/exploring-monkmead-wood-and-golf-course-in-west-chiltington/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2018-12-05T06:29:15+00:00">05/12/2018</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"> <i class="fa fa-male"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://baldexplorer.com/author/richard/">Richard Vobes</a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><iframe width="790" height="444" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9goBmsPrHCU" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen>
Today I have teamed up with Cynthia Julian to explore a short piece of woodland that leads to a manicured golf course, hidden away from sight in this area of West Sussex inhabited by large houses and millionaires.

We are in Monkmead Woods in West Chiltington where soldier camped in the second world war and fairly recently a grenade was discovered by a dog walker. Sadly for us, the weather turned nasty and we had to stop filming, but we managed a few hundred yards through the heather and sand. I hope you enjoy it.

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Exploring St Agatha’s Church in Coates near Fittleworth

Posted on 04/12/2018 by Richard Vobes

Today I am at the foot of the Southdowns close to Fittleworth in West Sussex exploring the rural church at Coates with the strange dedication. My guide is Reverend Canon John Green.

This cute little two room church, although simple, is still very much in use. The dedication is unusual for St Agatha was a martyred saint. She had her breasts removed.

Join John Green and me as we take a walk around this lovely isolated church.

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