The Quest for England
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Chris Bedford, AKA Dumpman, and I are off again exploring disused railways. Today we explore Bexhill West Station in East Sussex. We’re checking out the architecture and seek out remaining clues of the building’s previous life as a terminus station for the Sussex seaside holiday resort. Bexhill West is a closed station in Bexhill-on-Sea in […]
Gloucester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city near the River Severn. It originated in 678 or 679 with the foundation of an abbey dedicated to Saint Peter (dissolved by Henry VIII). Today I am exploring the abbey […]
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 […]