Glyn, Elaine and I are back with another episode of the Hidden Wiltshire podcast, and once again we have returned to record outside at a mystery location. You’ll have to listen to find out where we were.
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RAF Blakehill and RAF Ramsbury
Hidden Wiltshire Podcast Episode 31
We eventually got to the main theme of the podcast – the World War II RAF bases of Blakehill and Ramsbury. Glyn takes us on a journey through the landscape of what used to be two RAF airfields.
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Sutton Veny and Tytherington
Hidden Wiltshire Podcast Episode 13
This episode is the second of our Hidden Wiltshire walks to include some location recording, which seemed be so popular (according to our poll of three listeners) following our first attempt two weeks ago. Between us Glyn and I have done this walk three times already this year. It was that good!
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Ranscombe Bottom and Morgan's Hill (and the naked highwaymen)
Hidden Wiltshire Podcast Episode 8
In this episode we explore the remarkable landscape of Ranscombe Bottom before travelling along the Roman road through Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman history. We discuss the grizzly past of Morgan’s Hill and Furze Knoll (some of it distressingly recent)…
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Castle Combe and a Hint of Ancient History
Hidden Wiltshire Podcast Episode 6
Episode 6 of our Hidden Wiltshire podcast is now live in which we explore the countryside around Castle Combe whilst giving the village itself a (reasonably) wide berth. It’s hardly hidden as the entire world know about it!
This area of Wiltshire is characterised by babbling brooks and deep combes, or bottoms as we like to call them here. The podcast follows a walk I did in July 2020.
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New year, new venture
Hidden Wiltshire Podcast Episode 1
What can you say about 2020 that hasn’t already been said a thousand times? An unforgettable year but a year to forget. But on a personal level there were many good things about it. I gained a nephew and even a great nephew (not in that order!), I visited a part of the UK that has been on my bucket list for a lifetime and now, right at the end of the year and at the beginning of the next, a new venture. A new experience.
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