The Quest for England
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Today I am demonstrating how I deep clean my Esse wood burning stove, the Ironheart, which cooks my food, heats my water and warms my house. In a previous video I showed how I survived a year going over to burn wood instead of more conventional fuel such as electricity or gas. Check out the […]
Julia and I are on a mission to seek out the Preston Twins, the oldest elms trees in Great Britain. They were planted/seeded around 1613, just over 400 years ago, and thanks to recent careful management have been looked after to avoid the terrible Elm Disease that is killing off mature elms in this country. […]
The lovely Julia and me head off to explore another park. This time it is Beach House Park in Worthing, in West Sussex, close to the seafront. The park is home to Flat Green Bowling with four bowling greens. The park was purchased from the Beach House Estate in 1922 and opened to the public […]
Julia and I are out for a stroll around the wooded area at Hooksway in West Sussex, a few miles north of Chichester and close to Chilgrove. We start at The Royal Oak pub and take a short circular walk alongside beautiful autumn woodland through the East Dean Estate. En-route, we discover a delightful fairy […]
I am in Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. I am here to explore the Abbey and the remaining buildings that have survived since the Dissolution of the Monasteries as well as the ravages of time. But first, in this video, I take a walk from the bridge over the Thames into the market square and explore some […]
Nigel Sadler loves trains. He had a train set as a child and the bug hit him big time. He built a model railway and keeps it in the loft of his house in Tonbridge in Kent. In today’s video, I ask Nigel about his train set and whether such ‘toys’ have a place in […]