The Quest for England
A more personal set of videos exploring England, it’s towns, villages and countryside.
Julia and I are having a quiet day and decided to make a video on Lancing Beach. The sun is shining and sea is flat, so we are making the best of it in a typical English way. Luckily, we have the beach to ourselves. PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORER My videos are funded by […]
Julia and I have decided to come out on a very blowy day to walk another stretch of the South Downs Way. Our intention is to walk to Saddlescombe from Pyecombe is Sussex, but we have a lot of windy against us. Will we make it? ——————————————————————- PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORER My videos are […]
Today Julia and I are in the beautiful village of Titchfield in Hampshire. We are here to explore the architecture. There is a super mix of Georgian and Elizabethan buildings along the high street, and the whole area is pretty much untouched and a delight to walk through. There are cars of course and other […]
I am once again out walking with artist and film maker, Andrew Norris. Andrew composes music and today was keen to help me understand and explore the notion that music has a regional identity. You can find out more about Andrew and his films here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwPpQP76xPoO1sgB_knLAMg ——————————————————————- PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORER My videos are […]
Today I have met up with artist, composer and film maker, Andrew Norris, who wanted to show the Homes for Heroes near Wallington, in Greater London. These houses built along Telegraph Track were allocated to soldiers awarded for gallantry during the First World War. They are clad in black timber. Andrew explains why they all […]
Today, the lovely Julia and I take a stroll along the Chichester Canal from Hunston, a village just south of Chichester in West Sussex. The Chichester Canal is a navigable canal in England. It runs 4.5 miles from the sea at Birdham on Chichester Harbour to Chichester through two locks. The canal (originally part of […]