The Quest for England
A more personal set of videos exploring England, it’s towns, villages and countryside.
Today I have a walk around the splendid rural church at Buncton, All Saints. It nestles at the edge of the north slopes of the Southdowns near Wiston in West Sussex and below Chanctonbury Ring. Built around 1070 it is a beautiful peaceful place to visit for a quiet contemplation. PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORER […]
I am sitting in a church and having a quiet contemplation. The theme is villages in England and whether or not they are finished. They seem to me to serve little purpose these days other than having become the ghettos of the well heeled. What do you think? PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORER My videos […]
First, no I didn’t hit him! Today I am at Burton Park with John Mayes, local historian, to explore the history of this ancient place. Situated adjacent to the village of Duncton in West Sussex, Burton Park has played a part in the local history from before the Norman Conquest. John and I look at […]
Today I am in Kirdford in West Sussex, a few miles between Petworth and Wisborough Green. Kirdford is a delightful, almost forgotten village with it’s timeless old fashioned country houses and surrounding farmland. I am taking a three mile circular walk from the Half Moon Pub in the centre of the village through and around […]
Kevin Hall and myself are off from a stroll in the English countryside – we are in Sussex, West Sussex at Trotton taking a circular walk to see what we can see. PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORER My videos are funded by people like you. If you enjoy them, please help me make more: Visit […]
Today I am meeting Craig Emerson, an amateur railway buff, and he is showing me the Hockey Viaduct near Winchester in Hampshire. The viaduct, originally called the Shawford Viaduct, was built in the late 1880s by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). It provided a link over the River Itchen and water meadows, from […]