Exploring Chilworth Gunpowder Factory in Surrey

Exploring Chilworth Gunpowder Factory in Surrey

Today I meet up with Chris from The Hairy Wanderers Youtube Channel to explore the Chilworth Gunpowder Factory in Surrey, about 3 miles south east of Guildford. Chilworth Gunpowder works was established in 1625 by the East India Company and finally closed in 1920. It was worked by a number of private companies, and became […]

Looking for a non-native species of lizards in Shoreham, West Sussex.

Looking for a non-native species of lizards in Shoreham, West Sussex.

Today I team up with viewer Rob Woodland and together with his family we go in search of a non-native species of lizard that was released locally in the mid 1970s. The harmless Wall Lizard, the Podarcis muralis, love to bask in the sunshine on garden walls. The common wall lizard is a small, thin […]

A Loo in Lewes Priory – The Bald Explorer Investigates

A Loo in Lewes Priory - The Bald Explorer Investigates

A blast from the past today – a snippet from a longer format version of the Bald Explorer looking at the priory in Lewes in East Sussex. PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORER My videos are funded by people like you. If you enjoy them, please help me make more: Visit http://BaldExplorer.com to become a patron. […]

A Visit to St Hubert’s Church in Idsworth, Hampshire

A Visit to St Hubert's Church in Idsworth, Hampshire

Today I meet up with the lovely Liz Housden to visit the chapel that once belonged to Earl Godwin, the father of Harold who fought in the Battle of Hastings in 1066! The church is now called St Hubert’s but its original dedication was to St Peter. It stands, aloft, swept up onto a curve […]