Today I present a podcast from my archive. I am visiting HMS Warrior in Portsmouth in the company of Andrew Bains, the ships archivist. To listen to more from this podcast you can download the other episodes below: http://files.vobes.com/media/warrior/hms-warrior-pt2.mp3 http://files.vobes.com/media/warrior/hms-warrior-pt3.mp3 HMS Warrior is a 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate built for the Royal Navy in 1859–1861. […]
Lime Kilns, chalk hills, beech trees and ancient track-ways make up the landscape of Duncton Hill, a few miles south of Petworth in West Sussex. I am climbing the dizzy heights of this formidable section of the Southdowns to have a brief exploration of the Victorian industrial history and well as a stroll through the […]
I am on a National Trust nature trail. Today I follow the printed route that leads up to Wolstonbury Hill in West Sussex, just north of Pyecombe off the A23 and close to the Jack and Jill Windmills near Clayton. I am seeking ancient beech trees, a dew pond and an iron age hillfort. Are […]
I am on the search for a mystical hound – the black dog that supposedly roams Titnore Lane north of Goring-by-Sea in West Sussex. Back in the 12th and 13th centuries, this canine ethereal spectre is purported to have hunted for babies and small children and eaten them. Is it just a myth? Could such […]
Richard Suggett and I are in Crossbush, West Sussex. We’ve tipped off there have been fairy sightings here and we’d like to spot one for ourselves. An unknown sailor is said to have returned from the Battle of Waterloo. Shell shocked and mentally disturbed he claims to see fairies all around him. Are the two […]
In a previous video I was fortunate enough to explore the beautiful village of Tillington, in West Sussex, with a local resident. Today my fortunes have doubled because another local man, Gerald Gresham Cooke, is going to show me around the delightful All Hallows church and take me right to the top of the iconic […]