The Bald Explorer

Julia, Claire Leach and I are off to Arlington Reservoir to walk the perimeter and enjoy the water spectacle. Arlington Reservoir is a 245.6 acre biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Arlington, East Sussex. The site was notified in 1985 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. It is also a Local Nature Reserve. […]

In this video the Lovely Julia and I ride on Victoria, the Traction Engine. Sitting on the trailer, we’re pulled by a beautiful piece of mechanical history. Victoria is a steam driven-traction engine, originally in service during the Victoria Era to power a threshing machine. Farmers around the Petersfield area in Hampshire in the 1880s […]

Today I have the pleasure of exploring Parham House’s walled garden with the head gardener, Tom Brown. This is part two of two videos in which we take a stroll around the fabulous gardens and explore their contents and learn a little of the history. Recorded in June 2018. The gardens consist of beautiful Pleasure […]

Today I have the pleasure of exploring Parham House’s walled garden with the head gardener, Tom Brown. This is part one of two videos in which we take a stroll around the fabulous gardens and explore their contents and learn a little of the history. Recorded in June 2018. The gardens consist of beautiful Pleasure […]

This is second part of my hike over the Gloucestershire Hills from Huntley Hill to May Hill where I have been told I will seen seven counties. On the summit of May Hill I have been advised there are 99 planted trees. Will I find them? My videos are 100% funded by people like you. […]

I am on a hike through Gloucestershire. I am starting near Huntley, a small town off the A40, and north of the Forest of Dean, climbing the hill named after it and then over the summit towards May Hill to the north. From there, so I am told, I will see seven counties from one […]