As part of my explorations Up North with Robert Croser, we are having a look at The Gridal Stanes and Fairy Hill in the borderland. The Girdle Stanes is a stone circle near Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway. The western portion of the circle has been washed away by the White Esk, leaving 26 of an […]
Today Robert Croser has brought me up Moor Divock to explore traces of the ancient world. Moor Divock is a featureless tract of fairly level land, 300 metres above sea level, forming part of Askham Fell, to the East of Ullswater. Dotted around the moor are many cairns and burial mounds, the most conspicuous being […]
Continuing my exploration of Cumbria with Robert Croser I am in Shap on the A6 to seek out a stone circle that Victorian engineers deemed unimportant when they built the railway. We also visit the magnificent ruins of Shap Abbey. PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORER My videos are funded by people like you. If you […]
I am back in Cumbria to explore more of the its secret historic delights and peculiar fancies in a short series of videos. This is the first hidden in the Eden Valley. I have joined up with local history enthusiast, Robert Croser, who in this episode takes me to Lacy’s caves, five chambered man-made caves […]
I am keen to encourage others to get out and make videos about the get outdoors, particularly heritage, landscape and nature. To that end I offer ten simple but important tips to help new vloggers to improve there videos. There are many more, and the Internet is full of them, but if they are of […]
I am out on my bicycle to explore the abundant and highly colourful wild flowers that grown along the West Sussex shoreline between Worthing and Lancing. Who should I meet to help me with my quest but the lovely Julia Hartley. Together we try to name some of the delightful flora. Can you name any […]