The Quest for England
The lovely Julia and I have been exploring the wonderful heritage, landscape and nature of Cumbria. While away we stayed in a lovely market town called Brampton. In this video, we thought we would explore it. We are joined by a couple of friends and guides, Cheryl Craggs and Robert Croser. If you haven’t see […]
Today, as part of my Cumbria exploration series, I have come with the lovely Julia and our host, Robert Croser, to look at the legendary Long Meg. Long Meg and Her Daughters is a Bronze Age stone circle near Penrith in Cumbria, North West England. One of around 1,300 stone circles in the British Isles […]
As part of our exploration of Cumbrian history and heritage, Rober Croser takes Julia and I to the ruins of Kirkoswald Castle. Kirkoswald Castle is located to the southeast of the village of Kirkoswald, Cumbria,England. It is built from Penrith red sandstone and is still partially standing. A royal licence to crenellate a manor house […]
This week I have been up in Cumbria with the lovely Julia to make a series of videos about Up North as they say. We kept a daily vlog of our progress. PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORER My videos are funded by people like you. If you enjoy them, please help me make more: Visit […]
Today Robert Croser has joined me to show me around the former market town of Kirkoswald in Cumbria. The village, civil parish and former market town of Kirkoswald lies in the Lower Eden Valley of Cumbria, formerly Cumberland, about 9 miles from Penrith. The village’s name means Church of St Oswald and the parish church […]
Julia and I are in Cumbria exploring the legends and myths of the landscape. Our guide, Robert Croser, has taken us to the beautiful village of Renwick, lost in the rolling hills and surrounded by dry stone walls and sheep. We are here to learn about the Renwick Dragon, supposedly escaped in the middle ages […]