The Quest for England
I am walking on Cissbury Hill thinking about something I read in an H J Massingham book about rural England in the 1950s. He was bemoaning the dying trades and craftsmen, and saddened to see how they were being replaced by machines. How have we faired since those days? PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORERMy videos […]
In the last episode of My Story, I told you how I went to Mime School. In this episode, while still studying the universal language of mime with Desmond Jones in London, I move a couple of times, get a telephone line and try for a theatrical agent. PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORERMy videos are […]
Today’s walk is around the parish of Itchingfield. The water logged fields surround this Sussex village support the best clay, and i wade through much of it on this meander. I begin my walk at St Nicolas Church which feature heavily in an earlier long format video I made called Crumbling Churches. Crumbling Churches video […]
This is the third part of my exploration of the history of field systems in early England. I am learning from Christopher Taylor’s book, ‘Fields in the English Landscape’, and attempting to share the knowledge with the audience. In this episode I am exploring the Roman influence on farming in this country after their invasion. […]
The sun promises to come out today. It is certainly warmer, although there is still plenty of water lying on the West Sussex clay. I am off on another walk from the Blue Idol Quaker House near Coolham. I pass the Quaker Burial Ground and explore the lovely farm houses and barns locally. PLEASE SUPPORT […]
Another chance to catch up with the weeks events and things in the pipeline. PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORERMy videos are funded by people like you. If you enjoy them, please help me make more: Visit http://BaldExplorer.com to become a patron.Or make a one off donation https://www.paypal.me/RichardVobes MY OTHER CHANNELSThe Vobes Show – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdI_KaatiP-swYJyQcciWUAListen with […]