The Quest for England
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I am on the trail of dragons, rabbits and hammer ponds in today’s presentation. I am taking a walk through St Leonard’s Forest, or the small part that remains, near Horsham in West Sussex. Wild horses roamed here once and is thought that maybe that is how the nearby commuter town got its name. Why […]
Today’s Gallery Show comes from Shoreham Fort. The fort is a defensive structure at the entrance to Shoreham harbour, at the mouth of the River Adur in West Sussex, England. It was planned in the 1850s during a period of political alarm about a possible French invasion. Check out Shoreham Fort here: https://www.shorehamfort.co.uk/ The Bald […]
The Bald Explorer has a page on Facebook. Attached to this is the Bald Explorer Facebook Group with over 1200 members who post pictures of walks and places of interest sought out by them. To encourage more to join and post, and to highlight some of those wonderful photos and stories, Julia and I decided […]
A decade or so ago the Geocaching craze started to become widespread. Thanks to the proliferation of smart phones with their GPS capabilities the hobby is now simpler and even more fun. Geocaching is treasure hunt with millions of hidden troves or caches discreetly hidden all over the world. The fun is finding them and […]
This is the second part of the walk with lovely Julia that I have taken around the Ashurst area of West Sussex seeking out the changes in the countryside since 1977. My guide book was printed 41 years ago and although little has changed in that time, there are a few quirks along the way. […]
Taking an old 1977s guide book I am interested in observing the changes, if any, within the last 41 years in the rural landscape. The lovely Julia Hartley is with me to keep me on track and help to decipher differences from the text. We are in the countryside around the Ashurst area in West […]