The Quest for England
A more personal set of videos exploring England, it’s towns, villages and countryside.
Today, Cynthia Julian and I are taking a stroll around the back of Amberley Castle, in West Sussex, on a public footpath towards the river Arun and the railway crossing. Amberley Castle stands in the village of Amberley, West Sussex. The castle was erected as a 12th-century manor house and fortified in 1377. It has […]
When nature is threatened by new development it is important to see if something can be done to mitigate the issue. I popped down to see John Railton and Giles Binyon who are concerned for the wild Brent geese that come to feed at Pagham Harbour in West Sussex. With 400 hundred new homes about […]
One of our lovely patrons, Mr Jeff Kellison, bought the lovely Julia an amazing all-terrain jogger, fixed 3-Wheel pushchair for baby Joseph, so that she could continue to bring the little fellow out on our explorations of England. We thought we would test out the pushchair and put it through its paces, so we ventured […]
So the law in England has changed. Owners of open fires and wood burning stoves will be limited on the type of fuel they can burn at home from next year. No longer will it permitted that people can burn green wood. I am not sure why you would want to, it doesn’t burn well, […]
It is another wet grim day in Sussex, and I am taking a walk between two landmarks on the South Downs. Starting below Cissbury Ring, near Findon, in West Sussex, I stroll along the muddy paths towards Chanctonbury Ring – both Iron Age hill forts. Earlier, in Neolithic times, Cissbury was famed for its wonderful […]
It was a wet and unpleasant day when I took a stroll through Worthing town centre and noticed that within a single square mile there were at least eight, if not more, churches demanding attention; all huge, and each must have cost a fortune to build. In today’s video I thought I would show you […]