The Quest for England
Today I meet up with the lovely Kevin Hall and shoot off to the tiny village of Lynchmere in Surrey, Near Haslemere for a bit of a look round. The church is quite different to many of the church that I have visited before with the two northern aisles from the original nave. We are […]
The lovely Nick Flint, the Vicar of St Mary’ Magdalene in Rusper, saw my previous video where Julia and I had a look round the Sussex village, and he offered to tell us more about the lovely church and its history. A book had been written by a previous vicar about the five years of […]
The Lovely Julia and I are in Surrey today to explore the wonderful church there. St Peter’s is rather special because of it’s16th century oak bell tower boasting six bells. The pub of the same name is bang across the road. The church is wonderful with some fascinating features and the churchyard enhanced with a […]
The plan was to take a walk from Ditchling in East Sussex to a secret bunker hidden in the countryside, but the weather has defeated us. However, we shall do the walk later in the Spring – meanwhile, Darren tells me about the peculiar giant terrapins in the local pond and of his ancient family […]
The lovely Julia and I are in the quaint village of Rusper, just north of Horsham. We take a walk around the church and then along the high street. I used to live in Horsham as a younger man, but never visited this nearby village. Today I am delighted to see all the old timber […]
Pirbright is a village in Surrey, and is in the borough of Guildford. David Chown joins me again as we wander to the church and have a look at the delightful 17th century rebuilding of the much earlier religious house that was once stood there. Explorer Henry Morton Stanley has his imposing boulder grave at […]