I am back in Surrey on the trail of the Greensand Way. I am joined by trusty Matthew Holdsworth who is leading me on to Milton Heath and up the Nower. We take a small diversion to look at some local lakes too. But can we see them? PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORER My videos […]
Today the lovely Elizabeth Housden has taken me to Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Cowes is an English seaport town and civil parish on the Isle of Wight. Cowes is located on the west bank of the estuary of the River Medina, facing the smaller town of East Cowes on the east bank. The […]
Today I am very lucky. Liz Housden takes me by boat to view The Needles! The Needles is a row of three distinctive stacks of chalk that rise about 30m out of the sea off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, close to Alum Bay, and part of Totland, the westernmost […]
St. Catherine’s Oratory is a medieval lighthouse on St. Catherine’s Down, above the southern coast of the Isle of Wight. It was built by Lord of Chale Walter de Godeton (sometimes spelled “Goditon”) as an act of penance for plundering wine from the wreck of St. Marie of Bayonne in Chale Bay on 20 April […]
Lovely Liz Housden offered to show me round the Isle of Wight for a day. We had a whistle stop tour and made a few videos. This is our introduction. We are seeking red squirrels, garlic, peacocks and hens. Also a pepperpot, some needles and a cow or two! The full videos are following! PLEASE […]
Harriet and I are up on Stapley Hill in Shropshire looking for three cairns (actually there are only two, but we don’t know that yet!) Stapeley Hill is a sacred saddleback shaped hill in South-West Shropshire, near the village of Priestweston, not far from another landmark, Corndon Hill. The Hill is home to Mitchell’s Fold […]