Interesting Places and Scenic Enchantment
This category page shows a list of our posts featuring visits to interesting places in England. They include historic buildings, public gardens, and villages.
Nestled along the beautiful Jurassic Coast is the picture-perfect village of Beer. The village forms part of England’s first natural World Heritage site and is most notable for its beach, which is popular among holidaymakers, residents, and fishermen. Watch the video: Recorded on 17 November 2021 with a DJI Pocket 2 camera. The village faces … Read more
The Donkey Sanctuary provides sanctuary to donkeys who have been neglected, abused, and abandoned. Donkeys today come in all shapes, sizes, colours, and coat texture. Many different colours, sizes and shapes of donkeys can be seen as we walk around The Donkey Sanctuary. Watch the video: Recorded on 17 November 2021 with a DJI Pocket … Read more
This is a museum for those who want to see, touch and even smell what life was really like for people living in years gone by. The historic buildings on this 40-acre site have been rescued from elsewhere and reconstructed at the museum. It is also the home of BBC TV’s The Repair Shop series. … Read more
The Foggy Bottom Garden was created by Adrian Bloom after he joined the family business in 1962. He wanted to create a garden with planting for year-round colour, using primarily conifers and heathers. He was able to gradually develop a six-acre garden on the site of an empty meadow. Over 500 different conifers and 100 … Read more
The three-abreast Gallopers are Bressingham’s centerpiece. It is said to be one of the finest to be seen anywhere. Built by Savages of Kings Lynn in 1897 and owned and operated by the Thurston family of Norfolk until 1934, the Gallopers later operated at Whitley Bay and ended up in Scotland before finding a home … Read more
The cameras were held next to each other. Both cameras were on auto for all settings. Both set to standard colour, with no grading in editing. The sound is from the Pocket 2 built-in microphone. I was walking normally – no attempt at a ninja walk. The wide-angle lens was added to the Pocket 2 … Read more
Sunlight filters through the trees, as the leaves take on their autumn colours in St. Julians Wood, St. Albans. Relax to the music of Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven. Watch the video: Some stills from the video. St. Julians Wood is ancient semi-natural natural woodland with areas of neglected coppiced hornbeam, beech, pedunculate oak, ash, cherry, … Read more
On a sunny Saturday morning, visitors are enjoying the River Avon with its pleasure boats, and swans. We pass gaily decorated barges on the canal and then walk through a craft market. Some stills from the video. Filmed with a DJI Osmo Pocket camera at Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, UK on 29 August 2020. See my camera … Read more
We visit Moggerhanger Park, Bedfordshire and stroll through the flower carpeted woodland during their incredibly popular Snowdrop Walk season. Entry to the Park and parking are free. Dogs on a lead are welcome. Visitors can enjoy a coffee, cake or light lunch in the Garden Rooms Cafe before taking a stroll through the Snowdrops. Watch … Read more
We walk a circuit of the lake in Verulamium Park, St Albans on a clear frosty morning. Swans, geese, and ducks swim on the partially frozen water. Whilst on the footpath dog walkers, Nordic walkers, and pram pushers enjoy the winter sunshine. The 360 video allows you to choose the direction you want to view. … Read more