The Quest for England
Today I meet up with Shropshire nature enthusiast, Marc Petty, who has agreed very kindly to take me to Fenn’s Whixall and Bettisfiled Mosses National Nature Reserve. This a vast area, they say visible from space. I am keen to learn about peat bog. My limited knowledge is that of the old Pathe News Reel […]
I am continuing my walk in Loamhole Dingle with Lee Proudfoot and heading to the Quaker Graves. The Quaker burial ground in Coalbrookdale where many members of the Darby family are buried. They were iron masters who owned the ironworks which supplied materials for the Iron Bridge. PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORER My videos are […]
Continuing my exploration with Lee Proudfoot of Coalbrookdale and the early Iron masters at Ironbridge in Shropshire, today I take a delightful nature walk. The circular trail takes you from Upper Furnace Pool through the beautiful woodland of Loamhole Dingle returning along the historic Ropewalk where industry once mixed with nature. Loamhole Dingle is a […]
The Old Furnace at Coalbrookdale Ironworks remains as a small area of foundation walls. These were part of the first furnace of 1638. It was in this furnace, in 1709, that the first iron ever to be made with coke was smelted. I am once again joined by Lee Proudfoot to help me explore and […]
Today I am exploring the Ironbridge Gorge with Lee Proudfoot, historian and guide, and in particular to wonder at the first iron bridge in the world. The Iron Bridge is a bridge that crosses the River Severn, at Coalbrookdale, in Shropshire, England. Opened in 1781, it was the first major bridge in the world to […]
I am in Surrey in a slight unusual woodland at Knaphill. To help me and divulge the benefit of his wisdom on all things trees in David Chown, professional horticulturist. The wood we are strolling through contains 48 different species of tree. We cannot look at them all, but manage to have a look some […]