I am currently shooting two videos at once. The first being a search for the Caratacus’s last stand in the Welsh Marches and the second a visit to the rural market town of Petworth in West Sussex. Here is the teaser video for the latter. Petworth is famed for its splendid stately home, once the […]
I was thinking about some of the previous video incarnations of the Bald Explorer the other day and I recalled a film I made in Wiltshire which looked at some of the old tombs that have been left on the landscape. It was called History You Can Touch and concentrated on ancient man and his […]
As part of my first Bald Explorer adventure I journeyed to the East Sussex county town of Lewes. It was here in the 13th Century that an important battle took place. I decided to pull on my walking boots and take to the hills. I good stout walk and a hearty climb too me to […]
Peter Faulkner has been making coracles for the past 25 years. He talks to Richard Vobes, the Bald Explorer, about how he first got started and a little about the history of this ancient craft. Based in Leintwardine in north Herefordshire, Peter paddles his coracles on the River Teme which is close to his old […]
Filming is well on its way and although the finished product wont be ready until the beginning of June this year, here is the first of a short series of teaser videos I will be making of the progress. I hope you find it whets your appetite for the main programme as well as the […]
One of the lovely locations featured in episode four of the Bald Explorer as he goes about searching Britain for historic interest and gorgeous scenery is the beautiful country house at Lower Buckton in north Herefordshire, near the old Roman fort at Leintwardine and close to the fabulous food festival capital at Ludlow in Shropshire. […]