Exploring Heritage, Landscape and Nature
Julia and I are exploring the heritage found in churchyards. We have The Church Explorer’s Handbook and have decided to investigate the various curiosities that often get taken for granted in such places. PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORER My videos are funded by people like you. If you enjoy them, please help me make more: […]
I am continuing my church to church walks. I am still in Sussex, near Midhurst and joined by Kevin Hall for this one. We start in Easbourne at St Mary’s and cross country to St Peter’s in Lodsworth. On route we spot hollyhocks, sweetcorn potato crops, plus polo horses and a very unusual sign. Why […]
I am taking cross country walks from one church to another. This time I am starting at St Peter’s church in Terwick to St Batholomew’s in Rogate, both adjacent to the A272. The walk takes me across some sublime landscape which I interpret as I go. PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORER My videos are funded […]
This is the beginning of a mini series taking walks from one church to another across the Sussex countryside. Today I am with Lara Sargent who has plotted our walk. We are in West Sussex and exploring the footpaths between North Marden, East Marden and Up Marden villages, using their historic country churches as our […]
Like so many villages across the UK, the rural idyll of High Halden, a small village in Kent is under attack. Julia and I are there to investigate. We are joined by local farmer, Adrian Ligdet. We start at the church, which is remarkable itself and the head to the field at the rear. High […]
Continuing my explorations of Cumbria, Robert Croser, my guide, takes me to St Michael’s a stone’s throw from Lowther Castle. St Michael’s Church stands within an extensive Churchyard within Lowther park and in the shadow of the ruined Lowther Castle. A spectacular location which overlooks the River Lowther and commands fine views over forest and […]