Julia and I are off to Chanctonbury Ring on a grey murky Winter’s day. The route up to the famous ring of trees planted by Charles Goring in 1760 on the iron age hill fort on the Southdowns in West Sussex is interesting. The equally renowned beach tree with its rope swing is also a […]
Another week of fun and games behind the scenes with the Bald Explorer. Christmas is here in this episode of Behind the Scenes and I am out walking in the countryside. Julia has popped round to ensue I am not alone on the big day and we zip out to film the second of our […]
The Gallery Show today comes from the wonderful Chanctonbury Hill in West Sussex with the beautiful ring of trees, planted by Charles Goring in 1760, as a back drop. The Bald Explorer has a page on Facebook. Attached to this is the Bald Explorer Facebook Group with over 1200 members who post pictures of walks […]
I am following a guide book written only 12 years ago and following a route just south of Henfield in West Sussex. The object was to determine whether i could rely purely on the direction given or should I have taken an OS map. This is the second part of this 5 miles walk in […]
The book is entitled ’20 Sussex Walks’ from easy to not so simple. I have taken the easy option; a 5 mile walk just south of Henfield in West Sussex. What could go wrong? The object of the exercise is to determine whether you can reply solely on a guidebook for directions or whether you […]
This is Part Three, the final video of the walk with my friend Richard Suggett from the Veg Grower Podcast. We started our walk on Stopham Bridge which crosses the river Arun near Pulborough. Our aim is to get close to the Toat Monument, a a Grade II listed folly erected by Samuel Drinkwater 1827, […]