Today I am at the Sussex County Ploughing Match exploring the annual event. My guide is farmer Lee Dallyn who instructs me on the history and nature of the ploughing match. This year the event took place on his farm just south of Byworth, nr Petworth, in West Sussex and featured ploughman operating vintage to […]
Today I have been transported back to the 1970s to the backdrop of a famous TV series. I am with Marq English who is showing me around Aldbourne in Wiltshire. This wonderful village was used as the location for Dr Who and Marq is pointing out some of the significant sights. My videos are funded […]
This is the last of our videos from our trip to Avebury in Wiltshire this year (2018). Marq English and I take a walk from the lovely church, St James’ to Windmill Hill, one of the first populated places in the UK where numerous bell barrows can be found. We even risk life and limb […]
I am in Avebury in Wiltshire with my friend Marq English. Today we are joined by Rob Martins to discuss the mysterious standing stones put there by our ancestors. No one really knows why the giant sarsen stones were hauled from the Marlborough Hills and positioned into a series of circles within a deep encompassing […]
Today I am in Avebury with Marq English. Avebury is a small village set inside the mysterious stone circle and earthworks built by our prehistoric ancestors. In this episode Marq and I are exploring the grounds of the old manor house, the National Trust property, the church and church yard and some of the fabulous […]
Marq English and I are in Wiltshire on our way to Avebury exploring some of the prehistoric sites. Today we are visiting the West Kennet Long Barrow. It is a Neolithic tomb or barrow, situated on a prominent chalk ridge, near Silbury Hill, one-and-a-half miles south of Avebury. The site was recorded by John Aubrey […]