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Today I am walking near Eartham Wood, through Gumber Farm and back along Stane Street. I am close to Slindon in West Sussex and taking a stroll with The Friends of the Southdowns. My guide is John Mayes. At Gumber farm there was once a decoy airfield that served to divert enemy planes during the […]

Part Two of the walk up to Chanctonbury Ring with Julia and her son and myself. The famous ring of trees were planted by Charles Goring in 1760 on the iron age hill fort on the Southdowns in West Sussex is interesting. As a boy, it is said, he carried buckets of water up the […]

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 […]