The Quest for England
I am in Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. I am here to explore the Abbey and the remaining buildings that have survived since the Dissolution of the Monasteries as well as the ravages of time. But first, in this video, I take a walk from the bridge over the Thames into the market square and explore some […]
Nigel Sadler loves trains. He had a train set as a child and the bug hit him big time. He built a model railway and keeps it in the loft of his house in Tonbridge in Kent. In today’s video, I ask Nigel about his train set and whether such ‘toys’ have a place in […]
In the last of the mini series exploring Kent, I am down on the Romney Marsh with Nigel Sadler and his son, Arun. We stop at the last of the three churches we wished to have a look at, St Peter and St Paul, in Newchurch. It is a far bigger church than the previous […]
Nigel Sadler, his son, Arun and I are taking a look at one of the many ruined churches on the Romney Marshes. The church is mentioned in the Domesday Book and is now in ruins. All that remains is the west tower, the walls of the nave and chancel remaining. It may have been a […]
Today, Nigel Sadler, his son, Arun, and myself have ventured down to the Romney Marshes to have a look at a few isolated churches there. The first on our trip is St Thomas à Becket in Fairfield. It stands alone in the marshes surrounded by drainage ditches and little wooden bridge to access it. Nigel […]
Having visited the Medway Megaliths recently I thought it would be good to record an update or ‘Extra’ video on some of the finding and research that Nigel and I missed when out in the field. There was more to say about the Kity’s Coty House and Little Kit’s Coty than we released. Not least […]