Lying just inside the northeast Somerset border is a tranquil village. This is a place found in the Domesday Book of 1086. I am here today taking a walk around the village of Rode. The town of Frome is four miles to the south and the Wiltshire village of Southwick a couple of miles east…

The Village Lock-up When you travel around England and Wales, you will come across these small old buildings, called lock-ups, surviving mainly from the 18th and 19th centuries. Lock-ups were built to hold miscreants until they could be dealt with by the police and magistrates. The majority of the time, the…

Wadworth - a family-run brewery I love visiting places where I can watch things being made, whether on a large scale or by a single craftsperson. Here I am taking you on a tour of Wadworth Brewery, where we can see beer being brewed on a large scale and artisans working individually in the same business. Let me tell you more during the tour…

I have been visiting the National Trust’s Stourhead Gardens for over 40 years. Some of the mature trees were saplings when I first went! Of course, many trees are far older than me. The gardens are world famous for their beauty, and no doubt billions of photos must have been taken by visitors since t…