The Quest for England
Richard Suggett joins me today to have a look at West Chiltington Church as they commemorate 100 years of the end of the First World War. Members of Richard’s family are buried in the churchyard and a small exhibit in the nave gives details of his ancestor’s exploits during that troubled period. A flower festival […]
Farming today is not easy and is more a labour of love than a profit making business. In this episode the lovely Julia Hartley and myself continue our visit to Morrie’s Farm to look at the cattle. We learn the reality and hardships facing small scale farmers in the modern era. My videos are funded […]
Today the lovely Julia, Adrian Lidget (farmer) and I, visit Morrie’s farm to look at an orphaned calf. Sadly the mother had a calcium deficiency and couldn’t go on. The calf is human fed for six weeks and then returned to the herd. Morrie has been farming in this part of Kent all her life […]
The Bald Explorer LIVE at the Regency Town House with Paul Couchman. Paul Couchman invites Richard Vobes, Julia Hartley and Richard Suggett to his kitchen at the Regency Town House in Hove, East Sussex to partake in the making of a fabulous Georgian recipe – Pumpkin Pie. Find out more about the Regency Town House […]
This is the final part of my revisit to Kingley Vale with the lovely Julia. As well as the incredible grove of ancient yews at the bottom of the chalky hills surrounding them, other fascinating objects of of the past are waiting to be discovered. Burial mounds adorn the summit, granting a 360 view with […]
The Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve is a national nature reserve near Chichester, West Sussex and is on part of the South Downs. It covers an area of 400 acres. A large area of grass downland surrounds the ancient grove yew trees and beech woods. Julia and I are continuing our exploration of this magical […]