Exploring Heritage, Landscape and Nature
Today I’m taking a meander along the ridge on Older Hill, on the Woolbeding Common, near Midhurst in West Sussex, from the National Trust beauty spot to the trig point a little further round. I am keen to look at the autumn leaves and impressive landscape down in the valley. But dog walkers watch out […]
Julia and I are in Vobes Kitchen. Today we are trying to make soda bread, a simple bread made using Bicarbonate of Soda to make the dough rise instead of yeast. The wholegrain stoneground flour we use comes from Burton Mill, near Petworth, an historic water mill that grinds flour between stones in the traditional […]
Today’s episode of the Bald Explorer is a little personal. My father died a couple of years ago from dementia. My sister and I have been trying to sell his 1930s bungalow for a while. We now have a buyer and the sale will take place fairly soon. I have come to say a final […]
Last November (2018) I bought an Esse Ironheart wood burning stove to cook on, heat my water, warm my house and dry my washing. I use logs as a fuel, mostly ash and oak. I don’t burn coal. I have the stove on all year round but not twenty-four seven hours a day. What is […]
I am back again with young bell ringer Ollie Watson. Today we are having a stroll around the lovely church in Horsted Keynes in West Sussex. This is the burial place of Harold Macmillan, ex-prime minster of Britain. PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORER My videos are funded by people like you. If you enjoy them, […]
According to their website they say: ‘Now you only need three words to quickly refer to any exact location – an apartment entrance, station exit, picnic spot or parking space.Join millions using the free what3words app.’ Julia and I thought we would try it out and see if it works. So we’ve not told you […]