The Sunday Chat – More gabbling about future ideas and projects

The Sunday Chat - More gabbling about future ideas and projects

The Sunday Chat is my chance to have a chinwag with the audience and bring you up to date with projects going on and coming up. Updates on The Sussex Border Walk, Christmas Cards, Philip Mercer stories, Tea with Vobes, In Conversation With for the patrons. PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORERMy videos are funded by […]

Two Years with an Esse Ironheart

Two Years with an Esse Ironheart

It’s been two year since I purchased my Esse Ironheart wood burning stove. I cook with it, heat my water, warm the house and dry my washing. But how has it faired after two years? And do I still enjoy it?Related videos:One Year with an Esse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxD5uU-Y2VI&t=643sEsse Deep Clean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqIVydvP3BoCooking on an Esse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ohqzecxDvI&t=388s PLEASE […]

Tales of Olde Sussex by Philip Mercer – The Pirate of Arundel

Tales of Olde Sussex by Philip Mercer - The Pirate of Arundel

The Sussex curate, Philip Mercer, collected stories from his parishioners in the early 19th century and published them in a book called, ‘Tales of Olde Sussex’. Now whether any are true or not is entirely another matter. This story that I relate today concerns one John Grayson, a retired pirate who lived in Arundel, and […]

The Sussex Border Walk – Part Twelve: Littlehampton’s Old Port

The Sussex Border Walk - Part Twelve: Littlehampton's Old Port

I am continuing my Sussex Border Walk. Today I am once again in Littlehampton, but this time heading down the harbour side to the footbridge over the Arun. I am interested in the old wharf buildings, the merchant’s house and the crossing point. I look for the last remain sign of a hotel, the waterside […]