The Quest for England
A more personal set of videos exploring England, it’s towns, villages and countryside.
Julia Hartley and I are scouting the landscape around the famous viaduct in the Ouse Valley at Balcombe in West Sussex. A story has emerged of a terrible deed that transpired back in the 1730s and before I recount that tale in another video, I wish to explore the countryside. Apart from the famous edifice […]
This is a behind the scenes vlog of my recent video about the Thakeham Ghost. I give insight to how I film, the location of my story and problems one occasionally encounters. In the story a ghostly lady haunts a country crossroads and warns a farmer to return home because his house is on fire. […]
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 […]
While waiting for the vicar of Berwick Church for a different video, Cynthia Julian and I thought we’d manage a second video walk and took to a footpath on the East Sussex Southdowns. It was a mistake and we ended on nowhere in particular. Well, at least we tried!
This is the second part of a walk with Matthew Holdsworth in which we seek out the man made waterfall in Broadmoor, deep in the Surrey Hills. All part of our investigation of the Greensand Way. Check out part One in which we search for the Broadmoor Tower. ——————————————————————- PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORER My […]
I am in the tiny hamlet of Broadmoor in Surrey with my friend Matthew Holdsworth exploring another section of the Greensand Way, a long distance trail. In this two-part episode, we are seeking out the only man-made water fall (to my knowledge) in the county and the bargate stone 18th century folly, a 30ft tower […]