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Sarah Price is a landscape gardener who's always seemed to exist on another plane. Her designs work with the environment to create something that feels both otherworldly and of the earth. After undertaking a degree in Fine Art, Sarah went on to design gardens for the London Olympic Park, Manchester's Whitworth Gallery and a Maggie's Centre in Southampton. But she's also made some of the most remarkable - and memorable - gardens on the Chelsea Flower Show Main Avenue, winning two gold medals in the process. We meet Sarah in her garden at home in Abergavenny, Wales, which once belonged to her grandparents. As we walk the paths, streams and tunnels that she had played in as a child, Sarah tells us some of the stories that her garden has carried, how this precious and magical space informs her practice, and what we often overlook when we make gardens. Sarah Price can be found online, www.sarahpricelandscapes.com, and her instagram, @sarahpricelandscapes. She is supported by gardeners Keri Schofield, Jacky Mills and Ian Mannal; Rachel Seaton Lucas in her studio, and Crocus, who she has worked with since 2011.This podcast is inspired by my book, Why Women Grow: Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival, which is available in all good bookshops. We've also been photographing our guests and their gardens and you can see the beautiful images captured by India Hobson on my website and instagram account @alicevincentwrites.Use code WWGSUMMER at Crocus.co.uk's checkout to save 20% on full priced plants. The code is valid until 11.59pm on August 31st, 2025, It is valid when you spend a minimum of £50 on full priced plants and / or bulbs. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other codes or offers.
Jacob joined London Welsh after the Covid outbreak when he moved to London to work in advertising. A Monmouth boy through and through, who's first love was initially football until he was taken to Abergavenny RFC at the age of 10. He then played all the way through the age groups, even when he attended Monmouth Boys School where he played against some of the best schools in England. Post school and some time in Australia, he attended Liverpool University where he captained their rugby team in his final year. He had quite a unique experience playing for Abergavenny in the Principality stadium and is keen to play for then again with all his brothers. He gives a glowing reference to how the Careers Hub at the club helped him settle into working life in London and how the club has become a home from home for him in London.We also touch on what it was like growing up knowing your dad had been captain of Wales and then always on the TV during the 6 Nations.A great guest to mark the 100th episode. Enjoy
This is Clare's 25th year of making Ramblings and one thing she has always enjoyed is walking all year round, in any weather. No matter how windy, how cold or how wet she'll be out recording in the company of an equally weatherproof interviewee. Winter is her favourite season for a stroll and today she's found someone else who feels the same… Richard Shimell's book, Trees in Winter, is about the healing properties of nature and walking especially during the coldest season. When the inclination for so many is to stay indoors, he's out drawing inspiration for his detailed and beautiful lino-cut prints of winter trees. Although his book features many prints of Dartmoor trees, he now lives in Grosmont near Abergavenny in south Wales and this is where he leads Clare for a walk up the hill near his home. The Graig Syfyrddin, or just The Graig, is 423m/1388ft and is on the Three Castles walk. Clare and Richard had a wonderfully clear day with far-reaching views.Find out more about Richard and his book on his website: https://richardshimell.co.ukPresenter: Clare Balding Producer: Karen Gregor
To conjure up our new theme - Stories of Magic, we have: a powerful wizard, a book full of secrets, a curious boy, wriggling words, and a clawed creature determined to be free. It's all here, blended into one magical story told by master storyteller from Wales: Daniel Morden. Don't miss it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Cuando sales de fiesta hay algo que no debes olvidar. Tus mejores galas, la piel hidratada, un poco de maquillaje si fuera preciso… Y algo fundamental: predisposición. La fiesta no se vive del mismo modo cuando todos a tu alrededor se divierten pero algo en tu interior se resiste y tira en dirección contraria.Las canciones que hemos seleccionado hoy en Los Intocables son herramientas perfectas para hacerte salir de casa con el ánimo perfectamente alineado con la fiesta que te espera. 1.-Es mi fiesta. Frida Boccara2.-La típica canción. Ginebras3.-La cigarra. Juanjo Bona y Naiara4.-Tanti aguri. Raffaella Carrá5.- Abergavenny. Marty Wilde6.-I wil survive. Hermes House Band7.-I love to love. Las Seventies8.-En cualquier fiesta. Fernando Márquez.9.-babe, we're gonna love tonight10.-It won't be long. The Beatles11.-Move it. Cliff Richard12.-Rumba Samba mambo. Locomía13.-Entre dos tierras. Héroes del Silencio
For many doctors a career in medicine seems like a conveyor belt, but increasingly people are willing to take stock and consider what it is that they want in their lives, and what kind of a career suits them. This may be decisions relating to specialties, locations, allied roles, leadership roles, or wholesale changes. In this episode, Giles Croft tells me about career decisions that he has made. We identify that slowing down matters, happiness is an inside job, and we create a six point plan for career transitions.Giles is a psychology graduate and former NHS surgeon who stepped aside from clinical practice to seek happiness in a number of alternative career paths, including health informatics, cycling journalism, public speaking and high street retail with his wife. Ultimately he realised what we all know to be true — that happiness is indeed an ‘inside job' — and since 2018 has been helping individuals and groups to rediscover their own ‘Innate Health' as a speaker, coach and trainer. He has worked extensively with busy Health & Social Care staff, and his 6 week Reconnect Programme was recently found by the UK's What Works Centre for Wellbeing, to be the most effective way to improve staff wellbeing and mental health, out of more than 200 different interventions across the UK. Giles writes a monthly wellbeing column in the South Wales-based Focus Magazine, runs a free monthly online meet-up called ‘Wellbeing Wednesdays' and lives in Abergavenny with his wife and 10 year old daughter.You can connect with him:Email: dr@gilespcroft.com Website: https://gilespcroft.comWellbeing Wednesdays: https://gilespcroft.com/wellbeing/ YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/drgilespcroftFacebook page: https://facebook.com/drgilespcroftTwitter/X: https://twitter.com/gilespcroftLinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/drgilespcroftListen at https://matdaniel.net/podcast/; https://open.spotify.com/show/1j8uLaUU1g5bYTRVuwUX7j?si=672ec26a73164d7f; https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/doctors-at-work/id1701284564; or watch on www.youtube.com/@dr-coach/videos.Production: Shot by PolachekYou can find out more about Mat's coaching to help doctors create successful and meaningful careers at www.MatDaniel.net.
This month the team at St Joseph's focus on the celebration of The Epiphany. They look at a piece of work by the artist Jeremy Thomas called, 'The Epiphany' and also engage with Jeremy himself, artist in residence at St Marys Priory in Abergavenny. Jeremy has produced a stunning series called 'The Human One', following thirty events in Jesus' life (further details are available on his website). Many thanks to the students involved in this episode: Olivia, Hubert, Shekinah and Eliza. ART OF FAITH is a monthly programme from the Catholic Primary School of St Joseph's in Luton, Bedfordshire.
RAVES AND FARMING?!? This is a proper fun one! I love ever podcast I film but this is just a little different! Today we welcome Huw Evans on! Huw from London at 25 along with 2 other 25 year olds decide it was time for a change. With only a dissertation based on agriculture and a keen enjoyment walking around that type of environment as a youngster behind him the three of them put what money they have as well as selling assets to buy a farm in Abergavenny in Monmouthshire. Next they embarked on their journey to create a regenerative farm. With the podcast I have a lot of people seeking this system but very few acknowledge the financial challenges it will bring, Huw and the team did acknowledge that. That self awareness has allowed them to create a separate business to create a financial stability elsewhere to allow the farm business to flourish on its way to profit ability. That separate business? RAVES. They have weekly rave music on varying in genres as well as hosting weddings and other bespoke events in their picturesque location and buildings. You'll love this! Enjoy!
Our guest this week is former London Welsh Scrum Half, Rob Lewis. Rob was brought up in Abergavenny and went to senior school in Hereford where he grew to love rugby. He signed professional terms with the Dragons and was loaned out the some Welsh Premiership clubs to get experience before he made his regional debut. Some 7's rugby for Wales and then Danny Wilson signed him for London Welsh. 8 years at London Welsh winning 3 trophies and experiencing a couple of relegations, makes this podcast a fascinating listen. Enjoy.
Jonathan Thomas is pastor of Cornerstone Church in Abergavenny, Wales. He is a regular contributor to BBC Radio Wales, has written and presents the material in a recent film on ‘Welsh Awakenings‘ and has published ‘Intentional Interruptions‘, a book that challenges us about the interruptions we experience in our distractedness and encourages us to seek … Continue reading The Leadership Journey Podcast: Jonathan Thomas →
This morning, building up to our Centenary, Chris Vaz from Gateway Church in Abergavenny brings us a message, that we hope you will be blessed by. Follow us on our other channels: Instagram: / revivenewbr... Twitter: / revivenewbridge Facebook: / revivenewbridge Podcast: https://anchor.fm/revivenewbridge
25 years ago two Monmouthshire farmers had a plan. BSE had hit the rural area hard, and they wanted to create a food festival to showcase the area's produce. They set about putting it together in the relatively unknown town of Abergavenny. 25 years on and the event is now one of the UK's best known food festivals that attracts a star-studded line up of chefs and producers, hosting demonstrations and discussions and much more. Sheila Dillon has been going to the festival for many years, and in this programme finds out why Abergavenny Food Festival has had such success, how it continues to stay relevant, and what impact it has beyond the town. Presented by Sheila Dillon Produced in Bristol for BBC Audio by Natalie Donovan
Mark is a Wiltshire lad who took the gamble to leave the green green grass of home, moving over the Severn Bridge to take a head greenkeeping opportunity in Abergavenny - and he hasn't looked back. The relocation has gone well, family have settled and Mark has set about putting his thumb print on The Monmouthshire Golf Club. Mark has a progressive view on greenkpeeping, gathering and using data to help aid efficiency and decision making out on the course. We discuss clip volumes, growth degree days, compost teas and the use of social media - some of you may you have noticed. An easy listen, where we also hit vital statistics, favourite hole, whats in the shed, favourite bit of kit and needing that bigger boat! Basis CPD Points - CP/123021/2223/k Socials, Mark Simmons - @marksim93794378 Monmouthshire GC - @monmouthshireGC Joe Hendy AGS - @joeags1 Instagram - mark.simmons324 Facebook - Monmouthshire Golf Club Design - https://booyeacreative.com/ Music - Artist Spencer Flay, Song Unbreakable https://www.spencerflay.com/
Kieran Gething is a professional boxer from Abergavenny in Wales who has now also stepped into the world of managing and promoting fighters with a view to bringing more opportunities to fellow fighters and helping shape the future of boxing in Wales. Subscribe https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/btr-boxing-podcast/id1433752118 We are also available on Player FM, Spotify, Spreaker, and many more podcasting apps Follow us at: https://twitter.com/btrboxingpod https://www.facebook.com/btrboxingpodcast Become A Patron patreon.com/btrboxingpodcastnetwork Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join us as presenter, author and farmer Kate Humble guides us through magical ancient woodland near her remote Wales home in the Wye Valley. With infectious enthusiasm and occasional impressions, she tells us about the plants and animals along our route as well as the story of her accidental career, becoming host of nation's favourite Springwatch having never wanted to be a TV presenter! Kate also talks worldwide travels, access to nature and planting trees with the Woodland Trust on her smallholding. Don't forget to rate us and subscribe! Learn more about the Woodland Trust at woodlandtrust.org.uk Transcript You are listening to Woodland Walks, a podcast for the Woodland Trust presented by Adam Shaw. We protect and plant trees for people, for wildlife. Adam: Well, in early spring I went on a woodland walk in Wales with presenter, author and farmer Kate Humble, who was taking me around what promised to be some amazing woodland with her dogs. But as is increasingly common in these podcasts we of course had to begin with me getting absolutely and entirely lost. This is an absolute disaster. Although I am bad at directions, this is not my fault *laughs* So Kate sent me a pin, she said look this is going to be hard to find my place, she sent me a map pin. I followed the map pin. Look I'm here I don't know if you can hear this you probably can't hear this. This is the gate that's locked, which is across some woodland path. So I can't get there. And of course there is no phone signal, so I'm going to have to drive all the way back to some town to find a phone signal. And I'm already late. OK. I have managed to find a village where there is a phone signal. I've managed to call Kate and Kate *laughs* Kate has clearly got the measure of me and told me to give up and she is now going to get in her car and find me in this village and I will follow her back. In the meantime, we have passed Google map pins back and forwards, which apparently tell her that I'm sitting outside her house. But I really am nowhere near her house, so I seem to have broken Google which well, that's a first. Anyway I've got a banana here, so if she's a long time, I have dinner and I'll just wait. This will never happen. This will actually never happen. Well we've found Kate. We've found a whirly country drive lane. Feels a bit like rally driving. It's like, I mean, I don't understand why my map wouldn't find it, but this is certainly a bit of rally driving we're doing here getting to her house. My goodness. We found her house. OK. Well, we're here. Which I never thought I I really thought it was really lovely. The idea was nice, and next time I'm in Wales, I'll give you a call so really, it's it's better than I thought better than I thought. Anyway, so you're leading me off with your two dogs. Kate: I am. I am. I'm leading you off into one of the most beautiful I think I mean, obviously I'm a little bit biased but it is one of the most important areas of ancient woodland in Britain. This is the Wye Valley. We're the lower Wye valley, so we are the the the the bit really where the River Wye is in its sort of last bit of its journey. It's risen in mid Wales, about 136 miles from here. I know that cause I've walked the whole route. Adam: Really, we're not doing that today, are we? Kate: No we're not no I promise. I promise Adam. So yes and we are basically about 5 or 6 miles from where it flows into the River Severn and then out into the Bristol Channel and the woods around here are a lovely mix of broadleaf, so we're walking through broadleaf woodland now and this is literally this is what I walk out of my front door. Aren't I lucky? Adam: You are lucky. Kate: I'm so lucky. So we've got a lovely mix of broadleaf woodland now and we're just coming into that time of year. Which is the time of year that makes everybody's spirits lift, because we are coming into spring, and if we actually just stop just for a second. You can hear that's a blue tit calling *imitates sound* and I mean, this isn't the perfect day for birdsong, but the birdsong was really picking up. And that's the lovely thing about living alongside woodland. So even in the winter, even when you don't think there are any birds at all, what you hear in these words is *imitates sound* that's a very, very bad impression of a great spotted woodpecker. Adam: OK, I'm glad you. I I was guessing it might be a woodpecker, but I didn't want to. Kate: So they start to drum around about sort of late January, they'll be drumming. And and then as the and we also have tawny owls, lots of tawny owls in these woods. We've got an owl box and we used to have an owl that we called Percy who we have no idea whether it was a boy or girl. Adam: I was gonna say it was, a reason it was called Percy? Kate: Don't know, just it just it looked like a Percy. Adam: Just fancied the name. Fair enough. Yeah. Yeah. Kate: But we have lovely tawny owls here. So, you know, at dusk and and when when I take the dogs out sort of last thing at night round about 10 o'clock 11:00 o'clock at night we walk down this track and and you stand here and you hear this wonderful and everyone thinks you know, tawny owls go toowit toowoo. They're the classic toowit toowoo owls, but actually you've got 2 owls calling, so you've got the male going *imitates noise* and then you have the females going *imitates noise*. And they're calling each other, establishing territories or going ooh I like the sound of you, there's a bit of flirting going on. So these are, as I say really it's it's just the biggest treat to live with this on my doorstep. Adam: Right, so fantastic. You you clearly I mean, you've launched into a sort of fantastic description and detailed knowledge, but you are not a country girl by birth are you? Kate: No, I am a country girl by birth. Adam: Oh you are? I though you were born in London? Kate: I am. No. Well, I was you're right, I was I was Adam: Sorry, do I know where you were born and you don't. Kate: Well, being born and where you were brought up is different. Adam: Yeah, OK. OK, fair enough. Kate: So I was, you're absolutely right, I was born in London. I was born in well, I was born in Wimbledon in fact. This is my neighbour by the way. Adam: Right. Right. Wow. I didn't, we're in the middle of nowhere I didn't know there'd be a neighbour. Kate: I know, but I know. But there are other people mad enough to live in these woods, and he's particularly mad. Adam: OK. Does he mind you saying that? Kate: Not at all. Not at all. No. He's absolutely used to it. Hello. Come and say hello to the Woodland Trust podcast. Adam: No. OK, I'm just checking. OK. Hi, I'm Adam. Hi. Nice to see you. Yeah, I hear you're her neighbour. Kate: This is this is this is writer Mark Mccrum and his dog Jabba. Yes. So I'm just dragging Adam down to take a look at the ponds and talking about the ponds down there. Mark: Oh lovely. Which ponds? Kate: The ponds down there. Mark: Oh those ones? Yeah, very good. I might see you on the reverse cause I'm gonna go all the way round. Kate: Oh you're gonna go round. OK, fine. Lovely. Mark: These are lovely woods cause you never see anybody here. *all laugh* Adam: I'm sorry. Kate: Apart from you Adam: I was gonna say, and me, I've ruined it. Kate: Yeah we're the only people who see each other aren't we. Adam: So you were telling me you are you are born in Wimbledon, but you you grew up in the country then? Kate: Yeah. So I was I was born in Wimbledon and yes. So after about, I think I was about six months old, my mother always says that she realised that London was clearly not the place for me and Adam: From six months? Outward bound baby were you? Kate: Yes! She said she said there basically wasn't enough space in London for me. So so yes, so I was brought up in Berkshire, right? And I was brought up next to a farm. So I was always a sort of vicariously farming kid. Even though my parents weren't farmers and and spent my childhood looking after various animals of various descriptions, and I think the wonderful thing about being the age I am, so everyone bemoans being old, but I think I just I I am so thankful that I was born in the sixties. Adam: Why? Kate: Because no one had invented health and safety, climbing trees, no one had climbing frames, you climbed trees. And I think the trees enjoyed it, and so did you. And if you hadn't fallen out of quite a lot of trees by the time you were 10 and had various, you know, scars or broken bits as proof of a proper childhood, it wasn't a proper childhood. Adam: Right. OK. Kate: So I had a lovely proper childhood of, you know, not being plonked in front of a screen of some description or another. We're going to cut off piste a little bit and head down here. Adam: OK, I'm is this a precursor warning that I'm about to get bumps and scrapes and? Kate: This is a precursor warning that you might yes, you might. It's quite a steep descent. Adam: OK just as long as my, my face is my fortune though, as long as that's safeguarded throughout this, that'll be fine. OK. Well, that's good. Yeah. Lots of leaves around. Yeah. Kate: Of course it will be a soft landing whatever you say. Lots of leaves. One of the nice things again about broadleaf woodland. And as you can see, I'm sure your leaf identification is brilliant, but we've got a lovely mix of oak here and beech, as well as the evergreen so the hollies and lovely, lovely mosses. But yes, what you're walking on is is a sort of glorious mulchy carpet, but we have a profusion of bluebells. Adam: Already they've come up? Kate: Well the bluebells, the the plants themselves have come up so the leaves are up and there are one or two I'm going to show you, is it, will it be your first bluebell of the year? Adam: It, almost, almost we we can pretend it is for dramatic purposes. Let's let's go along. Kate: OK, OK. They are, they're just, they're just starting to come here now and and you get that lovely moment. It'll be about probably about three weeks or a month's time, slightly depending on on what the weather does, where you get the, the unfurling of the beech trees. So that glorious kind of neon green which when the light goes through you get that sort of wonderful, almost disco light effect show. Adam: And aren't they in Welsh, aren't they called cuckoos? The Welsh translation for bluebells is cuckoo clock. I think it's because it's like it's a harbinger of spring along with the cuckoo. Kate: Oh, I didn't know that. Adam: Oh my God, I found something you didn't know. Kate: You know, you know, you'll know lots, I don't know, but Adam: No, no, let's hope that's true that's that's I'll have to go check that. Do check that before you tell anybody. Kate: Well, I'll just blame you. Adam: But no, I do think in Welsh the translation for Bluebell is is cuckoo clock or something like that because it is this harbinger of spring and I think that's it's a really nice I I won't even try the Welsh but in Welsh it sounds very so I mean, I thought we were going to chat about your conversion to nature and everything, but actually that's a lot of nonsense. This is this has been a constant in your life? Kate: Well, it's been, I mean, coming to Wales, so I did live in London, you know, after I left home. Adam: Except, I mean, you didn't choose a a nature career, did you? I mean, you you're involved now we can talk about that. But first, what was your first career? Kate: Well, I mean. Career always seems such a grand word and that you've planned it. Adam: Yeah. OK, so your accidental career. Kate: So my accidental career, well, I had this idea that that I that I wanted to work in television, although again I don't really know where that came from. We're going just down here. Part of me also wanted to be a a safari guide. Adam: Good. I can see the appeal of that. Kate: I went to I when I was 19 having never really been abroad at all, because again, our generation didn't really go abroad as a matter of course. So I went to Africa when I was 19 and. Adam: Sorry we're not talking on a holiday? Kate: No it was a well it was a it was probably a rebellion. Adam: Right. You went as far away as your your parents as you could. I'm not going out for the evening I'm popping off to Africa? Kate: Yes, yes. I'm popping off to Africa and I don't know when I'll be back. One of those. Adam: Right. Yeah, good. Good exit line. So where, where, where in Africa were you and what were you doing there? Kate: So I I started in South Africa. I ended up in Egypt. Adam: Right, just bumming around doing sort of bar work or doing something more serious? Kate: I did I did I was a waitress for a little bit, but I was very, very bad and was sacked. I I was a model for a little bit, also very bad, very bad at that too. Adam: Why were you so bad at that? Kate: Because because I really don't like having my photograph taken and I really like food. Adam: Yes, OK well I would I would have guessed I could have advised you that wasn't the career for you. Kate: So so the two things, yeah, didn't really weren't terribly compatible to that. But I then got a job as a cook and a driver on a safari, and I drove a truck aged 19, having never really been out of Berkshire, from Cape Town, through Botswana and into Zimbabwe. And and then I hitched back to Cape Town. So I had a a real adventure. But what I what it really did for me was, having had this very sort of unconsciously wild childhood, I don't mean you know lots of parties and taking drugs I mean, a natural wild childhood, I then went to a place where the natural world was was so extraordinary and so mindblowing, and on a scale, you know, everything was was was like technicolour. You know, the birds were amazing. The the you know the the the size of the animals, the proliferation of the wildlife, the size of the landscapes, the emptiness and I think it was that journey that turned my mind to really re-look and re-examine the natural world and think it's, you know, it's extraordinary, it's it's mind blowing in every way and so even though I then came back and thought I want to have this sort of career in telly what I really wanted to do in my career in telly was work for the natural history unit. Adam: Right. And is that what you did? Kate: No. Not initially anyway. Adam: OK, but you have done, I mean you've done nature programmes, lots of nature programmes. What did you first start doing? Kate: We're going down here. I have. So I first started sweeping streets in the East End. Adam: In EastEnders? Kate: No, in the East End, no. I was a runner so I basically got jobs wherever I could get jobs and I got a job on a commercial that happened to be shooting in the East End and they needed the streets swept and so that was one of my jobs. But had no plans to be on the telly that that really did happen by mistake. Adam: I think you know my first job in telly. I don't know if you remember That's Life with Esther Rantzen. Do you remember they she always had rude, funny vegetables? Kate: I do, yes Adam: That was my job to find them, yeah so only only marginally above the street sweeping. Kate: Oh my goodness! Adam: So you got how did you get picked there? I mean, we gotta get back to the natural world. But you've had such such a fantastic life. So I mean, I think people will be fascinated to know you have not much of even a vague plan about what you're doing. You're fumbling about a bit. Kate: None, yeah. Living in a squat. Eating crisps. Adam: So yeah, right. So not many models will be will be living like that and eating crisps, I get that You're sweeping streets as your way into telly, all of a sudden you're on telly. How did that happen, was that more of a plan or did someone just turn around and go, hey, you, street sweeper, you'll do? Kate: No, it wasn't. So I had I had graduated from street sweeper, so it took about probably four four or five years I have become by now a sort of senior researcher. And I got a job at the BBC. My first job at the BBC on a programme called Animal Hospital. Adam: Right. Yes. And you were still a researcher there or presenter? Kate: Yeah, as a researcher. And and I think the reason that I got the job was actually my childhood. Because I think it was the first series, in fact, I think the only series that they did of Animal Hospital in a rural practice. So we went to a practice that didn't just do small animals, pets type animals, but also bigger animals like farm animals and horses and I think the only reason I got the job was that I was the only person they interviewed who knew what to do with something bigger than a hamster. Adam: Right ok great. Kate: And I had my own wellies. Adam: Oh good. Always important for a career in telly, your own wellies, see these are the secrets people wanna know. Good. So you've got your wellies? Kate: Always really, really important. They are. So I got that job I got that researcher job. And at the end of it, the BBC do this appraisal thing. And they said we thought you were alright, you did OK, will you come back and do the next series and I said I'd absolutely love to. I'd really loved it, absolutely loved it. Can we just pause here a minute because this, Adam: A sea of wild garlic? Kate: No, these are bluebells. Adam: These are bluebells? Oh, sorry. Look at the ignorance here. Kate: These are bluebells. Well, those white flowers let me show you these because they're beautiful. Adam: I thought like I I think that's what I thought was wild garlic shows you *unintelligible* OK, we've got a proper safari expert. Kate: No. So look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, first bluebell starting to unfurl except my dog's just walked all over it. Come on you're not supposed to walk on there. Adam: So this is, all of this is bluebells? Kate: So all of this will be bluebells and in about 3 weeks time you get this absolutely, it's so blue it's like the colour actually detaches itself from the flowers and floats above it in this sort of glorious mist, it's beautiful. But this these flowers here I love. And these are these are one of the flowers along with celandines which are the kind of waxy yellow flowers that people will see in woodlands and even in their gardens at this time of year, these are wood anemones. And they are lovely, very delicate white flowers with these slightly sort of hand-like leaves and the lovely thing about these, they're not looking at their best at the moment because it's been quite a wet day. But when the sun's out, they open to the sun like these brilliant white stars. And sometimes there are areas around here where you'll see carpets of wood anemones and they're one of the first I've seen these as early as January, although not this year because we had lots of frosts. Adam: It's funny you, you, you, you use the word magical I'm just looking at this tree with covered in moss and everything, there is something magical about these sorts of places, a sort of sense of, sense of, a Tolkien type moment isnt there?. Kate: Absolutely. Absolutely. I've I I don't think it is a coincidence that lots of fairytales are set in woodlands because there is something otherworldly about them. We're going to head keep heading down just so that you have a really good climb on the way up. Adam: Yeah, I was gonna say I'm fine going down, I'm assuming you're sending a car to pick me up? It's well a little, a little Uber will just I'm sure, Kate: Nice try, Adam! Lots of Ubers around here. Look, look, look. Adam: Oh look now that is OK that's a proper bluebell. Kate: That is a, a, a bluebell that's a proper bluebell. Adam: Yeah, that is my first proper bluebell of the year. Kate: And you can see all the others are just starting to come. Adam: And that's and it is lovely because clearly so few people come here that's the problem often with bluebells is when people trample all over them. And we've got just one clean path down here and it's completely undisturbed for as far as the eye can see. So yes, we OK, we we did a little pit stop for bluebells. We're back on and the what was the programme, animal? Kate: Animal Animal Hospital. Adam: Animal Hospital. So they wanted you back as a researcher. I'm interested in the jump from behind the screen to on screen. Kate: So so they basically said lovely we'll see you in four months and I said oh well, I've got a landlord and rent to pay, I can't not work for four months. I'm going to have to get another job and it may mean that I'm not available. And they said ohh well, maybe we can find you something else within the BBC as a stopgap. And I had also at that point, so this is the mid 90s now, started writing. I was writing travel. And I'd spent at the the a end of a a, the second Africa trip that I did between 94 and 95, I'd spent the last two months of that in Madagascar. Adam: Right. Kate: Madagascar was a place that I was obsessed with because of its wildlife because it has unique flora and fauna. I came back and got an article commissioned to write about it, and it was the first, Adam: Your first commission? Kate: Yes, my first commission and my first article, and it was in a broad a broadsheet newspaper, and I was very excited and very proud about that. And so when I was asked by the series producer of the BBC Holiday programme, whether I would consider coming to work for them because I was a travel writer, Adam: Right OK, yeah, you're now a travel writer because of your one article. Kate: I am I am now a I am now a travel writer on the strength of one of one article. Adam: Whoa oh Kate, I'm so glad you were the first person to sort of go over *Kate laughs* That was before me I just want that on record. Kate: Yeah. Adam: OK so I haven't gone over yet. Kate: You haven't got over yet. Adam: OK. Yeah. Sorry. Yeah. Kate: Yes. So I got a job on the BBC Holiday programme. Anyway the next day I got called into the big boss's office. And I assumed that my short lived career at the BBC Holiday programme was about to be ended because I wasn't quite sure why, but perhaps because I hadn't been taking the producers guidelines as seriously as I might and that also I had smoked on a fire escape, which probably wasn't a good idea. And instead I was asked to do a screen test and I assumed that this was the sort of common test that the Holiday programme did and I tried to say I really don't want to be a presenter thank you, I love doing, I love making the programmes, I love the research, I love talking to people, I love putting things together. I'm quite, I like logistics. I'm quite, you know, I like all that stuff I don't want to be a presenter. And they went well do a do a screen test. So at this point I just thought I've just got to get out of this office because I feel very embarrassed by the whole situation. So I will just nod smile say yes, do it, it'll be a disaster, and then everything can go back to normal. So that's what I did. Three weeks later, the boss came into the office, Adam: Sorry, we have to stop. This is a story that's gonna last all day, cause I keep stopping because your dog is posing or it was posing beautifully by this river. Kate: Well, so this river is an important, one of the sort of parallel streams that run into the River Wye for this is the Angidy, we are in the Angidy Valley, surrounded by amazing woodland on both sides, it's a very steep sided valley. This river is particularly good for dippers, which are those lovely chocolate brown and white birds, they look like little waiters. Adam: Right *laughs* Kate: And they and they, they're called dippers because that's exactly what they do. So we'll keep an eye out because we might see some, but they'll sit on a stone like that exposed stone within the waterfall there and they will jump into the water and literally completely submerge. They'll disappear completely and they're looking for things like caddisfly larva, which is what they feed on, and then they'll bob up and come back up and they're they're just these wonderful, perky, very smart little birds. Adam: Brilliant, OK. Kate: They're the only British songbird that is also a water bird. Adam: Wow, OK, good. All right. Kate: There you are, little bit of, little bit of, Adam: No, I like these these these sorts of diversions we take, it's it's almost like doing a stand up routine, so we're gonna go gonna go back to the story now. So you thought everybody in the world gets a screen test. So I'm just doing this and then they'll leave me alone. Kate: Yes, yes. And and then the boss came into the office about 3 weeks later. And she said, can you go to France tomorrow? And I said yes, of course, assuming that they needed somebody to carry the heavy stuff. Bhcause carrying heavy stuff is the other thing that I am good at. I can whistle very loudly and I can carry very heavy things and those are really the only two things that I can offer the world. Adam: OK, I I you, you have set yourself up for a big whistle at the end, so we'll we'll wait for that then let's hold out. Kate: It it will blow your ears well, that's all I'm saying. So she said, we want you to present a film on a barge in Normandy, could you please do something about my hair, she said. My own hair. Adam: I see she didn't ask you to be a hairdresser? Also could you cut my hair? Kate: Yes could you cut my hair *laughs*. No, could you do something about your hair, she said. I thought she's been talking to my mum, who constantly despairs of my lack of my lack of grooming. Adam: Right, also right at this point of hair hair disasters, we have to pause because we've come across as you may hear an extraordinary small waterfall, it's a weir, really, isn't it? Kate: It is really. Adam: I'm gonna take another photo of this before we get back to the life and misadventures of Kate Humble. So I'm just gonna take a photo. You'll find that, no doubt on one of our Twitter feeds. Oh, I know beautiful, oh no the dogs disappeared, the dog doesn't like posing for me. But all right, so now, you're off to France. You need a haircut and, Kate: So I'm off to France. I need I need I need to basically smarten myself up. Off I went to France and presented my first film. Adam: Right. And that was, I mean, we could talk about this forever, but that was the beginning of that was the beginning of this, the story. OK, well, amazing. Kate: Yes. My first job for the natural history unit came in 2000. And I was asked to do a programme, which was a sort of, was made in response to Blue Planet. So the very first series of the Blue Planet, which I think everybody watched with their mouths open because we had never seen the oceans in that way before, particularly the deep ocean. And there was a phrase used which I have used many, many times since, which was that more people have been to the moon than there have been to the deep ocean. And people were fascinated by these, they were they were creatures that looked like they might have been designed for Star Wars. They were so extraordinary. Adam: These sort of angler fish which have which have this light don't they. Kate: That sort of thing, and these these, you know, these astonishing, you know, plankton with flashing lights, there were Dumbo octopus with, you know, little octopus with these sort of literally did look like Dumbo the elephant, you know, deep water sharks that people had never seen before that were really slow moving and and, you know astonishingly well-adapted to live at depths and in in at water pressure that no one thought anything could exist in and come on dogs we're gonna keep, do you wanna have a, Adam: And so yours was a response, in what way? Kate: So we did a live, Adam: The dogs keep looking at me like they want me to throw something for them is that what's going on? Kate: They do, and I'm going to just try and find a, here let's try let's try this, here we are. Adam: Look, they're very, oh you've thrown it into the river? Kate: Go on, in you go. Adam: Oh, look at that go! Kate: Come on Teg, do you wanna go in as well? Here you are. This one's going to sink, go on. Ready? Go. Good girl. Where's it gone? Teggy, it's just there. That's it. Well done, well done, dogs. Adam: Oh they like that. Kate: Well, I can't go and get it, you have to bring it here, that's the deal with sticks *laughs* So we did a live programme from a boat in Monterey Bay. I made some films to play into that live show. So I went to the Cayman Islands, which is a rotten thing to ask anybody to do, can you imagine? Adam: Terrible, terrible. You wanted to be back in the East End really. Kate: I did really, sweeping streets and instead there I was, doing films about coral reefs and this is the one of, this is the wonderful thing about the natural history unit or just about making films with animals is the lengths that you have to go to to be able to capture the natural world in all its wonder. And so I was asked to go and film a shark called a six gill shark that lives very deep and only about 10 people in the world had ever seen. And I was sent to go and find this creature. You know, I can't I can't even now I can't really believe that I was asked to do that. Adam: And did you find it? Kate: Eventually. We had to do two, we did one trip we failed to find it, Adam: How how long was that? Kate: So that was, we did 6 dives. It was an amazing trip. We didn't get the shark on the first trip. We went back for another trip. We didn't get it. We didn't get it. We finally got it and it was incredible. Incredible moment. And that was the first job that I did for the natural history unit and there was then somebody who came up with the idea of doing British wildlife life live at kind of springtime, like kind of now. Adam: And this was Springwatch was it? Kate: This was the precursor to Springwatch. Adam: Oh I didn't know there was one. Kate: There were two! Adam: What were they called? Kate: So the first one was called Wild In Your Garden. So I'm just going to put the dogs on a lead here. Hold on, poppet. Just hold on my poppet. That's it. We've got to take Adam up the hill now. So yes, so the first one was called Wild In Your Garden and it was Bill Oddie and Simon King and me. And we did two shows a night, from gardens in Bristol, and it sort of worked as an idea. Adam: Right. OK. Kate: It worked well enough or it wasn't so much of a disaster that there wasn't a thought of let's try it slightly differently, maybe on a farm instead of in the garden, and we went to this wonderful organic farm in Devon and basically made camp for three weeks. And made a series called Britain Goes Wild. And Britain went a tiny bit wild. And so the following year we thought, well, we'll do it again, but maybe we'll just call it something different. Adam: Right. Kate: And someone came up with the idea of calling it spring watch and everyone said, and it always went out at the same time as it does now, sort of end of May and people go, it's not really spring though is it? And we're like, well spring enough, still spring things happening and Springwatch seemed to capture everybody's imaginations and and I presented that for 10 years. Adam: And you presented that for how many, how many years? Kate: Ten. Adam: Blimey! That's a long, Kate: Yeah, I know. I've just grown old on telly and then Autumnwatch came into being and then Winterwatch and I did Seawatch. So I did a series about British Britain's seas and and marine life. Yeah. So I did eventually get my wish of working for the natural history unit. Adam: Oh, that's very good. The fairy godmother in the form of the BBC descended and granted your wish. And now from all of those adventures abroad and on TV and everything you then said, I'm gonna move to this really quite, there's another car coming, quite quite remote parts of Wales. Why that? Kate: We're going to head up here. Hold on, dogs. There we are. Adam: Oh there's some steps. Hallelujah. Kate: OK, only for this little bit. Adam: Look, stop stop taking away the hope. Kate: *laughs* So so I we moved, Adam: Yes so you you picked up sticks and then moved to Wales. Perhaps it's not such a big move because the natural world has seemed to be always the centre of things for you. So but why Wales in particular? Kate: Well, that is a curious question. I had no connection with Wales as far as I was aware. I honestly honestly can't tell you why I felt this extraordinary pull to live here. But it really was it was like a magnetic pull. There is actually a a Welsh word and I'm not sure I'm really allowed to use it in my context, but I can't think of a better word to use for the feeling that I had. And it's hiraeth and is a word that it's sort of more than home sickness. It's like a deep longing for the place that you belong. A yearning, a pit of the stomach emptiness for your home. Adam: You felt this was a spiritual home, did you? Kate: I don't know I really don't know, Adam. I, as I say I just had this extraordinary pull to live here. And yeah, I would look at the, there are these old fashioned things called maps, and I would look at the A to Z of Great Britain. And you know, there I was in the South East and if you look at a thing called a map, Adam: Yes, sorry is this a point about me getting lost on the way to you. Kate: No no not even remotely. No, it's the fact that no one uses them anymore, and yet, they're the greatest treasures we have. So if you look at a map, the South East of England is just this chaos of colour and roads and towns and names. And it's just, you know, there's not a square millimetre that hasn't got a name in it or something in. The further west you go, the browner the map becomes, and when you go over the border into Wales, it's mainly brown and green and it's got beautiful lyrical names like Abergavenny and and it's got mountains and mountains, when you've been brought up in Berkshire mountains are the height of exoticism. To live in a in a country that had mountains all of its own just struck me as being remarkable. I still, 15 years on, find it remarkable that I can I can get up at breakfast, not go terribly far, and climb a bona fide mountain. I love that. And that's what I love about Wales. Adam: And and you've done more than, I mean, people might feel that and move to a beautiful part of the country and live there and more or less carry on with their ordinary life. But you've not done that. I mean, you're not just you don't just go for walks, the natural world is something you've created a a new career out of as well. Is that fair? Kate: I wouldn't call it a career. Adam: OK but you're very much well, but you make money from it and it fills your days. Kate: Well, no, no, I don't think I don't know I don't I don't think that's I don't think that's true at all. I think you know I my working life is peculiar. I've I still am involved making television programmes, some of which involve the natural world. I still write, some of that's about the natural world, but not all of it. The natural world for me is nothing to do with making a living. Making a living. But it is about living. And it was one of the things that I was acutely aware of when I lived in London was I felt cut off from the seasons. This year you know, I know I can tell you that I didn't hear a skylark until the middle of March last year it was Valentine's Day. I can tell you that because that's what I'm experiencing. And I love feeling that instead of the natural world being something I watch on the television or I read about in a book that I am able to be part of it. And that's one of the big problems I think that we face now with trying to engage people with the importance of things like biodiversity, species loss, habitat loss. None of those things sound very sexy, and none of those things appear to matter to us because we as a species so weirdly and inexplicably view ourselves as a species separate from the natural world and the natural world has become something that we just watch for our entertainment. But we are just another mammal in this amazingly complex, beautiful, brilliant web that is the biodiversity web, where everything fits in and everything works together, and one thing feeds another thing and you know, until we feel properly part of that, immersed in it and and wrapped up in it, why are we ever going to worry about the fact that it is now a biodiversity net that's full of holes, and those holes mean that the net becomes less and less effective and the less effective that net becomes, the more it affects us, but we see ourselves as somehow immune from that process and we're not. And what I love about living here, what I love about walking in this area every day, twice a day, is the fact that I feel that I can, I'm I'm more in tune with our natural world and that is sadly, it shouldn't feel a it shouldn't be a privilege, but it is. Adam: And do you feel, I mean, you're you feel passionate about it. Do you feel evangelical about it? Kate: Yes. Adam: So what do you, do you have a prescription to help to bring others on side? Kate: I wish it didn't, I wish you didn't have to ask me that question. I wish it didn't have to be an on side. Adam: Do you do you feel that's an unfair question? Or do you think there's? Kate: No, I don't. I think it's a very fair question because lots of people don't feel or don't perhaps don't experience it experience the advantages of the natural world, or they haven't been they haven't been given the opportunities to properly understand the impact that it can have on us and all those impacts are positive. I mean, there's loads of science. And you know, it was talked about endlessly during the pandemic about how green spaces are good for our mental health, blue spaces are good for our mental health, being outdoors, being in nature, listening to birdsong, sing plants grow, all those things are good for us. But we've got to a place where we've been so divorced from it, where we look for our pleasures in shopping malls and online and and we forget that actually all we need is right here. And, you know, it's a hard sell for some to to somebody who's never experienced this, who hasn't had the privileges I've undoubtedly had, you know who have not grown up in the countryside, who find it fearful or boring or inexplicable, don't understand where they fit in. Adam: And I think one of the perhaps growing debates, I think or interesting ones anyway for me is is the balance between trying to either scare people or make them aware of the environmental challenges and potential for disaster. And then so to sort of go engage with the subject it's really it's really newsworthy, it's it's it's imperative people do things and actually turning people off going well we're we're all going to literally burn, enjoy the party whilst it lasts. So what what do you feel about that? Kate: Yeah, yeah. I mean, all all, all you have to do, all you have to do is watch Don't Look Up. Have you seen that film? Adam: Yes. Kate: And and and that, you know, absolutely embodies what you have just said. Adam: So what do you think about that? Because I think there's a balance between going, offering hope, the power or audacity of hope is a phrase one hears as opposed to the sort of potential to frighten people into action. Actually the opposite, don't frighten them into action. Offer them hope of change. And I wonder where you feel that, if we've got that balance right, or whether, Kate: No, we haven't got it right and I, but I don't know what the balance is because I think there's a real, I think that a lot of programmes that are made about natural history now have become so glossy and so beautiful and and so almost otherworldly that they don't actually reflect the reality of the natural world. And a lot of them again show the natural world without the context of people. And of course, that's sort of how we want to see it, we don't want people muddying those pictures. We don't want, as you say, the kind of the awful stories of the litter and the, you know, the the, the, the negative impact that human have humans have had on the natural environment. So we kind of don't want to see it, but equally if we don't see it, we don't engage with it and we kind of can watch one of those documentaries and even if David Attenborough is telling you that, you know, this is a habitat that's in peril or this is the last animal of its type that you will ever see, you don't really take that in because you're looking at these really stunning pictures and you think it's kind of OK. But I don't know what the answer is because I also know that as you say, if all you peddle is hopelessness and helplessness, no one's going to engage, they're going to stick their heads in the sand and just hope that it all goes away and pass it on to the next generation. So somehow we as communicators need to find a way that really does cut through. That really does make people feel, genuinely feel part of the natural world, that it isn't just another thing. I had the great joy of interviewing Tim Peake not that long ago, and I was interviewing him for a book that I'm writing about the concept of home. And I thought he would have, of anybody, a really unique idea of home having not just left home but left the planet. And he told me that he did a spacewalk, he was out in space for over four hours, and he said the blackness is like a blackness you cannot imagine. But he said, you know, you see Mars and Jupiter and Venus and you see Earth. And he said, when you're there, amongst the planets in that way you see that Earth is, as far as anyone's experience, and any telescope has been able to tell us, unique. You look at it and he said there it is, this colour, this blue and green planet, whereas everything else is, you know silver and and ghostly, ours is a living planet and he said he had this, he had this sort of feeling when he was there looking at Earth and imagining somebody, some other being coming up and tapping him on the shoulder and saying hey, hi, who are you? I'm Tim. And he'd say oh hello so where are you from then? And Tim said I felt this enormous swell of pride to be able to point to our planet and say I'm from that planet there. I'm from Earth. I'm an earthling and I thought if all of us had that experience, could understand what it was like, how special our planet is in a universe that is infinite as far as we know and that we have, we have no idea what's out there, but what we do know at the moment is that our planet is unique and I think we would treasure it that much more and have moments like this of just standing amongst the trees and midges coming out, the drizzle, the mud and go, this is our home, this is where we live. It's really special. Aren't we lucky? Adam: You're taking me uphill again aren't you. Kate: I am taking uphill, but you've done the worst bit and you and and actually you marched. I was impressed! Adam: Oh OK good. You know I'll fall apart after, I'm just doing it so I don't embarrass myself too badly. Kate: *laughs* I'm afraid it is going to get very, very muddy, so you're going to have wet socks, mud up to your knees, you know, that's why I spend six months of the year in wellies. Adam: Right OK. But you know, that is the privilege of being an earthling, isn't it? Kate: It is it is. Adam: So you've been you've got involved with the Woodland Trust. Kate: I've been involved with the Woodland Trust for quite a long time, but it really started when we took on a farm near here. Adam: What's this an arable farm? Kate: No, it was a small council farm. It belonged to the council and people are not really aware that there are such a thing. Adam: I've never heard this one. Kate: No, but there used to be about 16,000 council farms throughout Britain and they were set up as part of the 1906 Smallholdings and Allotments Act and they were there, low rent, small areas, usually 30, 40 acres that sort of size and they would be available to rent for farmers who for whatever reason, didn't have a farm of their own. And over the years, as farming practices have changed as economic models have driven farmers to need to to produce things on a bigger scale, small farms have been basically relegated to either hobby farms or they've been broken up and sold to land that's been added to bigger farms. So we've lost an enormous number of these small farms and with them an enormous opportunity for people with farming skills to stay on the land and produce as food. And that's what was going to happen to this farm. And for whatever reason, I just felt this was not the thing to do and to cut a very, very, very long story short, we ended up taking over the farm and setting up a rural skills centre o prove that a small farm, ours is just over 100 acres, could still be viable. It supports itself and that's really important. But one of the things that we wanted to do, we were really interested to do when we took it over was to add more trees. It's it's got some wonderful ancient trees. There's an oak tree on the farm that we call Old Man Oak, as did the tenants before us. They introduced us to him and we think he's about 600 years old. And but we wanted to plant more trees. But we had this conundrum of how do we increase the tree cover on the farm without taking away the pasture because obviously we needed the pasture for the livestock and it was the Woodland Trust that helped us with that conundrum. So they looked, together we walked round the farm and we identified either areas where there were small copses or where there was a bit of a hedge. So what we did with the Woodland Trust's advice and input was to put in trees as shelter breaks, so not actually impinging on the pasture, just or very much, but adding a kind of a thicker bit of hedge if you like, or making a copse a little bit bigger and in that way we've planted over 1,000 trees on the farm in the last decade that we've had it. And then at home we have a four acre small holding and and so at the beginning of last year I started thinking maybe it's an age thing, you start thinking about legacy and when you when you take over a piece of land, what you start to understand actually very quickly is that you will never own it, that you are simply the caretaker of it for the time that you are around. And I think we've got cleverer now. Our knowledge has become greater. We understand that just planting trees isn't the answer. We need to think about we need to think of landscape as a mosaic and so what we wanted to do was to create a little mosaic. Plant trees, create water or make a space for water, make sure that there was going to be areas that had glade that was good for insects, that was good for wild flowers. And so I talked to the Woodland Trust and said, are you going to be into this idea, because it's not just planting trees and they went, that's exactly what we're into. That's exactly what we want to do. We want to create habitat. It's not about blanketing a landscape with trees. It's about planting the right trees in the right places at the right density to create something that you know, in a generation's time will have real lasting value, and that's what's been so wonderful about working with, you know, an organisation like that that sees big picture, sees longevity as as an advantage rather than as a disadvantage. And and that's what's been so lovely is that, you know, I can go to them and say so I've got this plan. I mean, I'm not even going to be alive to see it kind of come to fruition but do you care? And they went, we don't care, do you care? No. Let's do it. And that's wonderful. Adam: Wonderful. OK sorry, this is a bit, this is the bit where I'm going ohh well, I'm swimming effectively swimming now. Kate: Sorry. This is a very wet bit. Adam: Hold on a second. OK. Right. That's a very Norman Wisdom walk I seem to have. OK. Yeah. OK, so ohh sorry, hold on. Kate: It gets, that's the that's the wettest bit now, now we're now we're more or less home and dry. Adam: Oh well you know what we we might be home, but we are not dry. That would be inaccurate at this point. So well, that's a neat story to bring us back to home with isn't it. So you know things are looking good. It's all hopeful. A a long journey and a long one ahead, you know, not just for you, but for that natural world you're creating. Kate: Well, I hope that you know the the I I think going back to to what you said about how we can, we can help us all feel that we are actually, you know part and parcel of the natural world rather than observers of it or visitors of it and things like planting trees or being aware of the seasonal joys of the bluebells coming through, or, you know the leaf fall in the autumn and the colour, all those things if if i you know if we can build that awareness that brings with it huge joy and reward, then maybe we'll start to cut through again and people will start to feel more like the natural world is their world and not just another part of the planet that they live on. Adam: Well having arrived back at Kate's home, let me just say there are lots more woodland walk podcasts for you to enjoy wherever you get your podcasts from. And indeed, if you want to find an actual wood near you well, you can go to the Woodland Trust website www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/findawood. Until next time, happy wandering. Thank you for listening to the Woodland Trust Woodland Walks with Adam Shaw. Join us next month, when Adam will be taking another walk in the company of Woodland Trust staff, partners and volunteers. Don't forget to subscribe to the series on iTunes or wherever you're listening to us and do give us a review and a rating. And why not send us a recording of your favourite woodland walk to be included in a future podcast? Keep it to a maximum of five minutes and please tell us what makes your woodland walk special or send us an e-mail with details of your favourite walk and what makes it special to you. Send any audio files to podcast@woodlandtrust.org.uk. We look forward to hearing from you.
Today we're in south Wales near Abergavenny and Ben is meeting Huw Evans who runs Three Pools Farm. Three Pools is a 141 acre farm made up of a mixture of pasture and woodland. Located in the foothills of the Black Mountains, the farm is inspired by permaculture design. In addition to the farm enterprise Huw organises a number of different events to get more people onto the farm. About BenBen Eagle is the founder and Head of Podcasts at RuralPod Media, a specialist rural podcast production agency. He is also a freelance rural affairs and agricultural journalist. You can find out more at ruralpodmedia.co.uk or benjamineagle.co.uk Please subscribe to the show and leave us a review wherever you are listening. Follow us on social mediaInstagram @mtf_podcastTwitter @mtf_podcastWatch us on Youtube here A-Plan Rural InsuranceThis episode is sponsored by our primary sponsor A Plan Rural. Show ReferencesImage credit: Huw Evans Timestamps00:27 Ben introduces the show.01:16 Huw comes in.02:00 Huw talks about the landscape around the farm.03:12 How did Huw get into permaculture?05:05 Huw buys the farm.05:18 Huw's first year on the farm.05:53 What is permaculture?06:42 Permaculture on a larger scale.07:23 Permaculture outside of the UK.08:02 What is being produced on the farm?09:47 Sponsor message from A Plan Rural10:33 Aspirations for the future.12:18 Vision for going forwards.14:00 Perception.16:00 Rural Pod Media message.16:48 What are the similarities between permaculture farms?19:30 Sponsor message from A Plan Rural.20:01 What have Huw's learning points been?21:12 Huw's message for the public.22:10 Huw's message for farmers.22:57 Huw shout out for Blind Boy Podcast24:12 Ben rounds up the episode.
It's Pride month! Come join the celebration!Join The L Word star Rachel Shelley and DIVA Magazine editor extraordinaire, the resplendent Roxy Bourdillon, as they celebrate June's rainbow-tastic Pride issue! Toot toot!With the all-sparkling, all-inspiring Amber Whittington on the cover.Together they dig deep into your favourite LGBTQIA plus glossy magazine, with love and laughter.Discussing:Our Proud cover star Amber Whittington aka Amber's ClosetPride in the city AND in rural areasYour very first Pride (everyone remembers their first time)Plus an exclusive Beyond Borders feature starring you, the DIVA listener.Wherever You Are In the World.This month: Vicki Blight from Abergavenny, WalesVicki is a presenter, producer and voice over artist, for BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio Wales and Virgin Radio.Thank you Vicki!The DIVA Debrief - one gorgeous glossy in your ear.Want to hear more of all things LGBTQIA? Grab your copy of DIVA's June issue here.Edited and produced by Rachel Shelley with love and support from #TeamDIVApodDIVA: Queers for your EarsDIVA - the world's leading brand for LGBTQIA plus women and non-binary peopleGet in touch: poddiva@diva-magazine.comWarning: this episode contains some whistling. It's Pride baby! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What are we to make of the stories of revival in places like Asbury and Wales? Should we seek revival in church life? In this episode of In:Dependence, Adrian Reynolds (FIEC Head of National Ministries) is joined by Jonathan Thomas, pastor at Cornerstone Church in Abergavenny, South Wales, to talk about revivals: global, national, in the local church, and individual. This episode was recorded on location at Word Alive 2023. 00:00 - Introduction02:05 - The Asbury Revival05:13 - Revivals in Wales09:14 - Is there such a thing as 'a revival'?19:17 - Should we pray for revival?23:44 - Joint prayer meetings: a concert of prayer25:53 - Personal revival28:38 - Revival for church leaders You can watch a video of this episode on the FIEC website. Related links from this episode 2023 Asbury revival (en.wikipedia.org) 1904–1905 Welsh revival (en.wikipedia.org) About In:Dependence: In:Dependence is FIEC's official podcast, where you'll hear teaching and resources for church leaders from the FIEC Ministry Team and guests from FIEC churches and partners. You can access video podcasts by subscribing to the FIEC YouTube channel. About FIEC: We are a fellowship of Independent churches with members of the family across England, Scotland and Wales. Our mission is to see those Independent churches working together with a big vision: to reach Britain for Christ. Being part of FIEC links you to a growing number of Independent evangelical churches and there are now more than 50,000 people who are part of churches affiliated to FIEC. Follow FIEC on social media: Instagram Facebook Twitter
Welcome to Season 9! It's great to be back. Get ready to tantalise your taste buds and whet your appetite, because today we are joined by the master of all things delicious, Chef James Martin.James has been cooking up a storm on TV screens for over 20 years, and has written over 20 cookbooks as well, selling millions of copies worldwide.Born and raised in Yorkshire, James remains a Yorkshire lad through and through and still spends plenty of time in his home county, which he tells us about today. You'll hear that James has had a huge passion for food since childhood, and he was just 22 when he gained his first Michelin star working as the head chef at the Hotel du Vin in Winchester. His down-to-earth personality and infectious enthusiasm quickly caught the attention of TV producers, and it was his regular appearances on "Ready Steady Cook" that really brought him to the public's attention.From there, he landed his own cooking show, BBC's "Saturday Kitchen,” which he hosted for over ten years, while opening restaurants in Manchester and at Chewton Glen hotel in Hampshire. Now he's the host of Saturday Morning with James Martin on ITV, alongside several foodie travel shows like "James Martin's French, Mediterranean and American Adventures” - so travel has been an incredibly important feature in his career so far. James' travel diaries today take us from the west coast of Scotland to the golden Caribbean sands of St Barths, from the quintessential British seaside of Blackpool to a culinary road trip through Wales, and much more. Whether you're a seasoned chef or a culinary novice, sit back, relax, as we kick off a big new season of the travel diaries with James Martin.Destination Recap:Holly's travels -Lilycombe Farm, Somerset, EnglandThe Nook, Hillside Hangouts, Worcestershire, EnglandJames Martin -The Lygon Arms, Worcestershire, EnglandRobin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire, EnglandBlackpoolMalton, North Yorkshire, EnglandHotel de Plaisance, Vitrac, FranceChewton Glen, Hampshire, England West Coast of ScotlandSt Paul-de-Vence, FranceL'Isle sur la Sorgue, France Lake Annecy, FranceSt BarthsMonacoFood Road Trip in Wales: The Hardwick, Abergavenny, The Walnut Tree, Abergavenny and Ynyshir Restaurant and Rooms, MachynllethGreeceTurkeyJapanSpainIf you'd like to experience a taste of James' signature dishes, head to The Lygon Arms, and book a table at GRILL or TAVERN.With thanks to today's sponsor -Kip Hideaways - The best of UK travel is just around the corner and with places already booking up fast now is the time to find and book a spring or summer break. Head to kiphideaways.com to find your perfect escape or give them a follow on Instagram @kiphideaways for the dreamiest U.K. travel inspiration. If you want to be the first find out who is joining me on next week's episode, follow me on Instagram @hollyrubenstein, You'll also find me on Twitter and TikTok. Don't forget that all the destinations mentioned by my guests are included in the episode show notes here on your podcast app, and listed on my website, thetraveldiariespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
UFOs and The Angel Committee - Born in the United Kingdom, in the South Wales market town of Abergavenny in 1970. Jason has always been fascinated by science and the unexplained. During the nineties he researched a lot of UFO sightings both in the UK and the Unites States of America. In 1995 he embarked on a road trip to the state of Nevada to learn the truth about Area 51. A massive fan of The X Files and Dark Skies and science fiction Jason started to write in the early nineties. Articles for various UFO and paranormal themed magazines. In 2012 Jason set about writing The Angel Committee developing and entire franchise focussing on the UFO phenomenon, and the government cover up. Jason has also written a short story series called Tales From Majestic, set in the wake of the Roswell incident of 1947 and a spinoff from The Angel Committee. He is currently working on the sequel novel The Angel Conspiracy as well as developing other writing projects for publication. - http://angelcommittee.blogspot.co.uk/The XZBN Network Programming is brought to you by BEAUTIFUL MIND COFFEE - For the coffee that your brain will love, visit Beautiful Mind Coffee, www.beautifulmindcoffee.ca.
Veterans In Politics- Season 6, Episode 7- Councillor Hannah Jarvis- The Iraq veteran on her work in Ukraine, being a mum in politics as well as her service as a local councillor.Cllr Hannah Jarvis is a long standing supporter and friend of CampaignForce and the Veterans In Politics Podcast. A veteran of Iraq, she had a unique military career, serving on the frontline attached to the infantry. We talk about this, including her role as a searcher.She has stood as a candidate in many elections, and that includes being on the Conservatives' Parliamentary Candidates list. We delve deep into her work in Ukraine, delivering aid to the front line, helping others and making a difference. She's many things, a campaigner, humanitarian and most of all- a mum! We ask her about some of the abuse she has received, but she takes all of this in her stride.Her work in Ukraine is current, and she does this via friends of the podcast Bridge to Unity whom we have promoted in the past.Thanks Hannah for being so generous with your story! And here's a little about Hannah:I grew up in the north west of England. After taking A-levels in English, French and Politics, I went on to study English at university in Wales, where I joined the University Officer Training Corps, eventually leading to mobilising as an Army Reservist and serving in Iraq.Whilst in Iraq in 2007, I compiled and delivered Intelligence for six months. I was also the female searcher for strike operations into Basra City, during some of the heaviest fighting the British Army has seen in this generation.Eager to continue to fight to protect and serve those who need it, I went onto to serve in a number of other locations, including Cyprus as a UN Peacekeeper.I then enjoyed a few years of city life in Cardiff, working for a large insurance firm, before moving to the more rural location of Abergavenny, where I joined the Civil Service. Firstly, at the Ministry of Justice in Newport, where I gained invaluable knowledge of the courts and tribunals system, as well as the prison service. Then later, for the Ministry of Defence, working in finance, developing skills which will be invaluable when it comes to budgets and precepts.An experienced campaigner and Deputy Chairman of Monmouth Conservative Association, I stood in the 2019 General Election as the candidate for Rhondda, where I increased the vote share and knocked Plaid Cymru into third place for the first time in decades. I also played a key role on the campaign team in Monmouth, which saw David TC Davies re-elected.As a parliamentary caseworker within Gwent, I am acutely aware of the policing and crime related issues facing the people of Gwent and is keen to apply her fighting background to tackling these issues. I do not believe the precept should have been raised to the current level, when it appears all the incumbent has done is to close police stations.Outside of work I am a Community Councillor, dog lover, enjoys time in the great outdoors and am a very proud single-mother to children, Harriet and Hugo.Bridge to Unity: https://www.bridgetounity.co.uk/For more information on our epic sponsors Salesforce, see here: https://www.salesforce.com/uk/and Vetforce, here: https://veterans.force.com/s/
With our politics in turmoil and many people in despair, now, following the centenary of his birth, is a good time to revisit the works of Raymond Williams. Born in Pandy near Abergavenny in 1921, Raymond Williams is known in many countries throughout the world as an important socialist academic, who broke ground with his writings in the of sphere of culture. What can we learn from Williams for today's problems? What hope can he offer us? I talk to community development worker and Raymond Williams advocate Russell Todd about a range of subjects - what Williams had to say about football, hope and the strength in our communities, what he might have to say about covid, pubs, autonomy and a post-work future, were he still with us today.
Jules Williams is a Natural Intuitive, Originally from the UK. Jules grew up in Abergavenny, South Wales. He is a gifted spiritual healer alongside a three year intensive certification In the sub conscious mind. Jules moved to London in 2004, where he was one of the founding Psychics on Sky Television, Psychic TV. In 2009, he established a production company and directed 35 episodes of Sky Arts showcase called” Living the life”. Where he interviewed and worked with Elliot Gould, Joanna Lumley, Sir John Hurt, Anna Friel, Twiggy and David Bailey. Jules now resides in Malibu, California with his wife Alison. Together they are continuing his quest for emotive healing and storytelling, through books, film, coaching and retreats. These are offered under the umbrella of Inside Out Retreats and his new production company, 21 Mile Films.
In this special episode, I'm joined by Kim Waters, from the iconic Abergavenny Food Festival. Here we chat about what to expect from this year's festival, the energy that live cooking demos bring, how Abergavenny is helping to shape the future of food, recipes and so much more. If you're heading to the festival this year – or are a lover of food festivals, then this episode is for you. All about food You can follow host James Golding on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/james_golding_chef/ and Maple from Canada UK https://www.instagram.com/maplecanadauk/ for more seasonal recipe inspiration James' recipes are available here: https://www.maplefromcanada.co.uk/benefits-of-maple/ambassadors/james-golding/ Check out Abergavenny Food Festival here: https://www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com/ where you can purchase tickets online. Resources mentioned in the episode: Sam and Shauna https://www.instagram.com/samandshaunaofficial/ and their podcast interview is here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/always-in-season/id1568532215?i=1000532544426 DJ BBQ https://www.instagram.com/djbbq/ Georgina Hayden https://www.instagram.com/georginahayden/ Jeremy Pang https://www.instagram.com/jeremypang_official/ Felicity Cloak https://www.instagram.com/felicitycloake/ Fire Pits UK https://firepitsuk.co.uk/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwxveXBhDDARIsAI0Q0x3auIdL0s-ejI7LgzngjLo8hMTOfIg9i1C_6YKH8eLNLMXzsmLiuFcaAhDlEALw_wcB Cyrus Todiwala OBE DL https://www.instagram.com/cyrustodi/ and Cyrus' podcast episode can be listened to here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/always-in-season/id1568532215?i=1000535593022 Thomasina Miers https://www.thomasinamiers.com/ Santosh Shah https://www.chefsantoshshah.com/ Melissa Thompson https://www.instagram.com/fowlmouthsfood/ Anna Shepard https://www.annashepherdfood.com/ Matt Tebbutt https://www.instagram.com/matt.tebbutt/ Saturday Kitchen Live https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006v5y2
UFOs and The Angel Committee - Born in the United Kingdom, in the South Wales market town of Abergavenny in 1970. Jason has always been fascinated by science and the unexplained. During the nineties he researched a lot of UFO sightings both in the UK and the Unites States of America. In 1995 he embarked on a road trip to the state of Nevada to learn the truth about Area 51. A massive fan of The X Files and Dark Skies and science fiction Jason started to write in the early nineties. Articles for various UFO and paranormal themed magazines. In 2012 Jason set about writing The Angel Committee developing and entire franchise focussing on the UFO phenomenon, and the government cover up. Jason has also written a short story series called Tales From Majestic, set in the wake of the Roswell incident of 1947 and a spinoff from The Angel Committee. He is currently working on the sequel novel The Angel Conspiracy as well as developing other writing projects for publication. - http://angelcommittee.blogspot.co.uk/For Your Listening Pleasure for these Lockdown / Stay-At-Home COVID and Variants Times - For all the radio shows available on The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network visit - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv.Our radio shows archives and programming include: A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle; Alien Cosmic Expo Lecture Series; Alien Worlds Radio Show; America's Soul Doctor with Ken Unger; Back in Control Radio Show with Dr. David Hanscom, MD; Connecting with Coincidence with Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD; Dick Tracy; Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow Radio Show; Flash Gordon; Imagine More Success Radio Show with Syndee Hendricks and Thomas Hydes; Jet Jungle Radio Show; Journey Into Space; Know the Name with Sharon Lynn Wyeth; Lux Radio Theatre - Classic Old Time Radio; Mission Evolution with Gwilda Wiyaka; Paranormal StakeOut with Larry Lawson; Ray Bradbury - Tales Of The Bizarre; Sci Fi Radio Show; Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes; Space Patrol; Stairway to Heaven with Gwilda Wiyaka; The 'X' Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnell; Two Good To Be True with Justina Marsh and Peter Marsh; and many other!That's The ‘X' Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv
UFOs and The Angel Committee - Born in the United Kingdom, in the South Wales market town of Abergavenny in 1970. Jason has always been fascinated by science and the unexplained. During the nineties he researched a lot of UFO sightings both in the UK and the Unites States of America. In 1995 he embarked on a road trip to the state of Nevada to learn the truth about Area 51. A massive fan of The X Files and Dark Skies and science fiction Jason started to write in the early nineties. Articles for various UFO and paranormal themed magazines. In 2012 Jason set about writing The Angel Committee developing and entire franchise focussing on the UFO phenomenon, and the government cover up. Jason has also written a short story series called Tales From Majestic, set in the wake of the Roswell incident of 1947 and a spinoff from The Angel Committee. He is currently working on the sequel novel The Angel Conspiracy as well as developing other writing projects for publication. - http://angelcommittee.blogspot.co.uk/ For Your Listening Pleasure for these Lockdown / Stay-At-Home COVID and Variants Times - For all the radio shows available on The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network visit - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv. Our radio shows archives and programming include: A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle; Alien Cosmic Expo Lecture Series; Alien Worlds Radio Show; America's Soul Doctor with Ken Unger; Back in Control Radio Show with Dr. David Hanscom, MD; Connecting with Coincidence with Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD; Dick Tracy; Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow Radio Show; Flash Gordon; Imagine More Success Radio Show with Syndee Hendricks and Thomas Hydes; Jet Jungle Radio Show; Journey Into Space; Know the Name with Sharon Lynn Wyeth; Lux Radio Theatre - Classic Old Time Radio; Mission Evolution with Gwilda Wiyaka; Paranormal StakeOut with Larry Lawson; Ray Bradbury - Tales Of The Bizarre; Sci Fi Radio Show; Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes; Space Patrol; Stairway to Heaven with Gwilda Wiyaka; The 'X' Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnell; Two Good To Be True with Justina Marsh and Peter Marsh; and many other! That's The ‘X' Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv
UFOs and The Angel Committee - Born in the United Kingdom, in the South Wales market town of Abergavenny in 1970. Jason has always been fascinated by science and the unexplained. During the nineties he researched a lot of UFO sightings both in the UK and the Unites States of America. In 1995 he embarked on a road trip to the state of Nevada to learn the truth about Area 51. A massive fan of The X Files and Dark Skies and science fiction Jason started to write in the early nineties. Articles for various UFO and paranormal themed magazines. In 2012 Jason set about writing The Angel Committee developing and entire franchise focussing on the UFO phenomenon, and the government cover up. Jason has also written a short story series called Tales From Majestic, set in the wake of the Roswell incident of 1947 and a spinoff from The Angel Committee. He is currently working on the sequel novel The Angel Conspiracy as well as developing other writing projects for publication. - http://angelcommittee.blogspot.co.uk/ For Your Listening Pleasure for these Lockdown / Stay-At-Home COVID and Variants Times - For all the radio shows available on The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network visit - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv. Our radio shows archives and programming include: A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle; Alien Cosmic Expo Lecture Series; Alien Worlds Radio Show; America's Soul Doctor with Ken Unger; Back in Control Radio Show with Dr. David Hanscom, MD; Connecting with Coincidence with Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD; Dick Tracy; Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow Radio Show; Flash Gordon; Imagine More Success Radio Show with Syndee Hendricks and Thomas Hydes; Jet Jungle Radio Show; Journey Into Space; Know the Name with Sharon Lynn Wyeth; Lux Radio Theatre - Classic Old Time Radio; Mission Evolution with Gwilda Wiyaka; Paranormal StakeOut with Larry Lawson; Ray Bradbury - Tales Of The Bizarre; Sci Fi Radio Show; Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes; Space Patrol; Stairway to Heaven with Gwilda Wiyaka; The 'X' Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnell; Two Good To Be True with Justina Marsh and Peter Marsh; and many other! That's The ‘X' Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv
UFOs and The Angel Committee - Born in the United Kingdom, in the South Wales market town of Abergavenny in 1970. Jason has always been fascinated by science and the unexplained. During the nineties he researched a lot of UFO sightings both in the UK and the Unites States of America. In 1995 he embarked on a road trip to the state of Nevada to learn the truth about Area 51. A massive fan of The X Files and Dark Skies and science fiction Jason started to write in the early nineties. Articles for various UFO and paranormal themed magazines. In 2012 Jason set about writing The Angel Committee developing and entire franchise focussing on the UFO phenomenon, and the government cover up. Jason has also written a short story series called Tales From Majestic, set in the wake of the Roswell incident of 1947 and a spinoff from The Angel Committee. He is currently working on the sequel novel The Angel Conspiracy as well as developing other writing projects for publication. - http://angelcommittee.blogspot.co.uk/For Your Listening Pleasure for these Lockdown / Stay-At-Home COVID and Variants Times - For all the radio shows available on The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network visit - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv.Our radio shows archives and programming include: A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle; Alien Cosmic Expo Lecture Series; Alien Worlds Radio Show; America's Soul Doctor with Ken Unger; Back in Control Radio Show with Dr. David Hanscom, MD; Connecting with Coincidence with Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD; Dick Tracy; Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow Radio Show; Flash Gordon; Imagine More Success Radio Show with Syndee Hendricks and Thomas Hydes; Jet Jungle Radio Show; Journey Into Space; Know the Name with Sharon Lynn Wyeth; Lux Radio Theatre - Classic Old Time Radio; Mission Evolution with Gwilda Wiyaka; Paranormal StakeOut with Larry Lawson; Ray Bradbury - Tales Of The Bizarre; Sci Fi Radio Show; Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes; Space Patrol; Stairway to Heaven with Gwilda Wiyaka; The 'X' Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnell; Two Good To Be True with Justina Marsh and Peter Marsh; and many other!That's The ‘X' Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv
UFOs and The Angel Committee - Born in the United Kingdom, in the South Wales market town of Abergavenny in 1970. Jason has always been fascinated by science and the unexplained. During the nineties he researched a lot of UFO sightings both in the UK and the Unites States of America. In 1995 he embarked on a road trip to the state of Nevada to learn the truth about Area 51. A massive fan of The X Files and Dark Skies and science fiction Jason started to write in the early nineties. Articles for various UFO and paranormal themed magazines. In 2012 Jason set about writing The Angel Committee developing and entire franchise focussing on the UFO phenomenon, and the government cover up. Jason has also written a short story series called Tales From Majestic, set in the wake of the Roswell incident of 1947 and a spinoff from The Angel Committee. He is currently working on the sequel novel The Angel Conspiracy as well as developing other writing projects for publication. - http://angelcommittee.blogspot.co.uk/For Your Listening Pleasure for these Lockdown / Stay-At-Home COVID and Variants Times - For all the radio shows available on The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network visit - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv.Our radio shows archives and programming include: A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle; Alien Cosmic Expo Lecture Series; Alien Worlds Radio Show; America's Soul Doctor with Ken Unger; Back in Control Radio Show with Dr. David Hanscom, MD; Connecting with Coincidence with Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD; Dick Tracy; Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow Radio Show; Flash Gordon; Imagine More Success Radio Show with Syndee Hendricks and Thomas Hydes; Jet Jungle Radio Show; Journey Into Space; Know the Name with Sharon Lynn Wyeth; Lux Radio Theatre - Classic Old Time Radio; Mission Evolution with Gwilda Wiyaka; Paranormal StakeOut with Larry Lawson; Ray Bradbury - Tales Of The Bizarre; Sci Fi Radio Show; Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes; Space Patrol; Stairway to Heaven with Gwilda Wiyaka; The 'X' Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnell; Two Good To Be True with Justina Marsh and Peter Marsh; and many other!That's The ‘X' Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv
The River Usk, or Afon Wysg in Welsh - is 100km or around 62 miles, rises on the slopes of the Black Mountain, in the Brecon Beacons, weaves it's way through Abergavenny before joining the Bristol Channel at Newport. But all is not well....agricultural pollution, sewage leaks, climate change - they're all adding up to loss of habitat for wildlife and depleted fish stocks on this iconic river and what's happening in this catchment, campaigners say, is reflected on waterways across Wales. Steffan Messenger travels along the banks of the river Usk to explore the issues, beginning his journey with Guy Mawle, the author of a report "A Dying River: The State of the River Usk" and continues on to find out what needs to be done to prevent further decline and restore it.
Matt sits down with Jonathan Thomas to talk about creation care. JT was with us on Sunday, and rather than follow up on the sermon, this week we've asked him to speak about something topical he did at his church in Abergavenny.
In this episode we talk to two stalwarts of Abergavenny Cricket Club, Paul Sussex and Ryland Wallace, both of whom were significant players in the 1995 season. This was the season they secured the services of a young Indian cricketer by the name of Aashish Kapoor.who between committing himself to come to the town that is the gateway to Wales and arriving in Abergavenny made his test debut for India.Paul and Ryland talk about the 1995 season, Aashish's impact on the club and his record breaking innings of 300 against Swansea during that Summer.Here below are some extracts from the club's official history of the 1995 season:Abergavenny for the 1995 Season secured the signing of Aashish Kapoor of India as Club professional.Born: 25 March 1971, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil NaduMajor Teams: Punjab, Tamil Nadu, India, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh.Batting Style: Right Hand BatBowling Style: Right Arm Off BreakTest Debut:India v West Indies at Mohali, 3rd Test, 1994/95Latest Test:India v South Africa at Kanpur, 3rd Test, 1996/97ODI Debut:India v Australia at Dunedin, NZ Centenary Tournament,1994/95Latest ODI:India v Zimbabwe at Rajkot, 5th ODI, 2000/01Abergavenny 375-6 A.Kapoor (300) M.Coles (31) Swansea 189-8 M.James 2-23,R.Beaumont 3-2Abergavenny were the victorious Macey Shield Winners after defeating Newport at Llanarth in the Final. Abergavenny batted first and put on 68 for the first wicket in just 9 overs. M.Morris (24) was the first to go but Kapoor went on to a great fifty well supported by Mike Powell who finished on (43*) as Abergavenny scored 158-5. The strong Newport side made a very useful bid for victory, but excellent bowling and good catching and fielding made it difficult for them to sustain the run rate and they finished on 140-6 Kapoor taking 3 wickets and a catch to go with his fifty to easily win the Man of theMatch award.Paul and Ryland give colour to these basic statistics mentioning Aashish's stylish batting and accomplished spin bowling as well as his all round professionalism and approach to playing the game. Although Aashish was clearly a crucial element of their success that season Paul and Ryland talk about the rest of the team that contributed to the succesful year as well as mentioning two young Abergavenny cricketers who were to go on and have first class careers with Glamorgan, Mike Powell and Ryland's son and the current director of cricket at Glamorgan CCC, Mark Wallace.As well as Aashish's record breaking efforts with the bat, the county game supplied another world record performance. Andrew Symonds, playing for Gloucestershire, hit a mammoth 16 sixes in his innings of 254 in the first innings against Glamorgan. He followed that up with 4 more sixes in his second innings making a grand total of 20 in the match, another record. David Hemp scored a career best 157 and Mathew Maynard 164 in a match that saw over 1500 runs being scored.Paul and Ryland reflect on their time with the club and the enjoyment it has given them. they also talk about the importance a club's history is to its present and its future.
With the 2021 Leaders' Conferences taking place in five different locations, a local pastor was asked to preach in the second session of each conference on the glorious future of the church. In Cardiff, Jonathan Thomas, Pastor of Cornerstone Church in Abergavenny, preached from Ephesians 5:25-33, on the church as the bride of Christ. You can watch or listen to all the talks at the 2021 Leaders' Conferences on the FIEC website.
Hello babies! Thank you for listening to our podcast, which is technically STEAM education. On today's episode, Lisa sits next to a rude passenger on a flight, and Emily's dog Alan is doing better. On Chunch Chat, we judge Martha's recent exploits. On Wiki of the Week, we read the Wikipedia page for "Vulcana," an early fitness influencer. Miriam Kate Williams (6 May 1874 – 8 August 1946) sometimes called Kate Roberts and better known by her stage name Vulcana, was a Welsh strongwoman born of Irish parents in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.
Be calmed by the relaxing giggle of a stream tumbling off Sugar Loaf mountain in the Brecon Beacons near Abergavenny. BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a gentle postcard from the British countryside each week that allows you a soothing few minutes escape into the wild, wherever you are. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In my latest episode I am joined by Hope Factory Racing rider, Ffion James.Ffion has grown up cycling with her sisters and found a passion for off road racing, competing Nationally and Internationally in both Cyclocross and Mountain bike.I first saw Ffion race in Abergavenny and have followed her racing ever since. It was great to chat to Ffion about her cycling career so far and hopes for the future.Find all episodes of Cycling Talk Podcast on Spotify, Podbean, Apple podcasts and all the usual places.All episodes are also available on my Buzzsprout website www.buzzsprout.com/1218755Follow me on Instagram @cycling.talk.podcast for all the latest news and updates as well as competitions from podcast supporters @bigbobblehats.Get 15% off at www.bigbobblehats.co.uk using the code CYCLINGTALK15Head to veloskin.cc to check out all their awesome products and receive at 10% discount using the code CTP10. Every purchase made using this code will support me and my podcast as a VeloSkin Ambassador.I'm on Facebook @cycling.talk.podcast and Twitter @cycling_talkSee You On The BikeSupport the show
June 6th, 2019 - Veteran car dealer Stewart Cleary (54, Abergavenny) details the little-known challenges of operating a used car business. Title introduction by Cliff Cumber. Music written and performed by John Tucker.
During this week's Leadership in Lockdown webinar, FIEC National Director John Stevens gave an update covering the latest situation with coronavirus restrictions in England. Also during the webinar, Jonathan Thomas, pastor at Cornerstone Church in Abergavenny gave an update on the situation in Wales. You can access more resources for church leaders on the FIEC website.
Jonathan Thomas, the pastor at Cornerstone Church Abergavenny, explains what the implications of the coronavirus restrictions are for churches in Wales, and how Cornerstone has been serving during lockdown. You can find more resources for church leaders on the FIEC website.
A performance of William Shakespeare's Macbeth by Abergavenny's Suitcase Theatre Company. Episode 3 covers Act I Scene 7 and Act II Scene 1 of the play. Macbeth is uncertain whether or not to kill King Duncan, but his wife persuades him to continue with their plan. Banquo confesses to Macbeth that he has dreamt of the Weird Sisters. As he prepares to murder Duncan, Macbeth sees a phantom dagger, leading him towards the fatal act.
In this special episode of the ACTUALIZE podcast series, host, Alison Pothier, introduces her extraordinary husband, Jules Williams, a natural born intuitive applying his gifts as coach, author, director, filmmaker ... and storyteller. Sharing his story of growing up in Abergavenny, Wales and its influence in inspiring his career and personal journey with self-actualization, Jules speaks about the role and power of intuition in his life ... and that of this next generation. We are at a crossroads as a society, a choice between honing our magic or surrendering to its digital override. Listen as he shares not only his wisdom and insights, but his life and upbringing that honed them. Host Links:ALISONPOTHIER.COMINSIDEOUTRETREATS.COMGuest links:JULES WILLIAMSwww.juleswilliams.comIBULIEVEwww.ibulieve.comTHE WEIGH FORWARD - Book THE WEIGH FORWARD - KINDLETheme Song:"From the Inside Out"Lyrics by Alison PothierMusic and Voice by Sarah WarwickSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Actualize)
Sharing their story of how an "I Cannot Believe" moment lead to an "I BUlieve" marriage, husband and wife duo, Alison Pothier and Jules Williams , discuss how sometimes, reconciling our resistances to BUlieve, restores our ability to BUlieve. By accepting what we don't believe or simply cannot believe, sometimes opens our hearts to BUlieving. Links referenced in this episode:https://www.ibulieve.com/https://www.alisonpothier.com/https://www.juleswilliams.com/The Weigh Forward Kindle BookExcerpt from the original song and composition by Deepak RamapryianSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/IBULIEVE)
A performance of William Shakespeare's Macbeth by Abergavenny's Suitcase Theatre Company. Episode 2 covers Act I Scenes 4-6 of the play. King Duncan names his eldest son, Malcolm, as his heir apparent, placing an obstacle in Macbeth's path to the Scottish throne. Lady Macbeth welcomes the king to their castle at Inverness, but is secretly plotting to persuade her husband to kill Duncan during the visit.
A performance of William Shakespeare's Macbeth by Abergavenny's Suitcase Theatre Company. Episode 1 covers Act I Scenes 1-3 of the play. After defeating the rebels on the battlefield, Macbeth encounters three Weird Sisters as he returns to the court of King Duncan. Their prophecies lead him to consider how he might become the next king of Scotland.
This webinar aims to help church leaders in Wales think through church ministry during the coronavirus lockdown, and to hear what some churches are currently doing. The webinar is hosted by Jonathan Thomas, pastor of Cornerstone Evangelical Church in Abergavenny. He is joined by FIEC National Director John Stevens to look through the current coronavirus guidelines for Wales, and three church leaders in Wales to share what ministry currently looks like in their churches: Jonny Raine (Pontrhydyrun Baptist Church), Tim Gill (Newtown Evangelical Church), and Dafydd Cunningham (Ebenezer Baptist Church). You can access further resources for this webinar on the FIEC website.
Originally from Abergavenny in South Wales, journalist Nicole Rayner spent her early twenties travelling in South America. On the final leg of her travels, she found herself in her dream city, Buenos Aires, Argentina - A country she says she fell in love with. But her romance with Argentina came to an abrupt end when a taxi ride turned to total terror and she was abducted at gunpoint. This is Nicola's story in her own words. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Now that the Welsh Government has given guidance for churches in Wales to reopen their buildings after lockdown, church leaders in Wales can begin to plan for their congregations to meet again. This webinar was hosted by Jonathan Thomas, pastor at Cornerstone Evangelical Church in Abergavenny, and he was joined by John Stevens (FIEC National Director) to explore the Welsh Government's guidance for church buildings reopening after lockdown. Jonathan, Pete Campbell (Capel Fron, Penrhyndeudraeth), and Steve Levy (Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Swansea) also shared their churches' plans for responding to the new guidance. You can access further resources on the FIEC website. nb. Pete's opening devotional from God's word was lost due to internet connection issues
In episode 19 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering portrait photography competitions, a recent editorial commission to photograph a photographer and commenting in online photo-forums. Plus this week photographer Rob Hudson takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he answer's the question ‘What Does Photography Mean to You?' Rob Hudson, is based in Cardiff, Wales. That latter fact is more important to him than it might initially appear, because as he struggles towards some form of personal philosophy for his landscape photography he finds himself increasingly focusing on his immediate environment. In fact, for the past few years Hudson has rarely traveled beyond a 15 minutes drive from his home and during his whole life as a landscape photographer he has rarely stretched beyond 30 miles from the landscape of his youth around the town of Abergavenny where his grandparents lived and where his appreciation for the landscape of Wales was first nurtured. He believe's that "the photographic series is essential not only to give space to develop ideas, but also to communicate them to my viewers. If I were to draw out one thread in all my recent work, it is this relationship that is paramount. And this continued search for a unity of representation, that is local, honest, un-romanticized and yet allowing for the personal relationship that drives me forward." www.robhudsonlandscape.net You can also access and subscribe to these podcasts at SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/unofphoto and on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-photographic-life/id1380344701 Grant Scott is the founder/curator of United Nations of Photography, a Senior Lecturer in Professional Photography at the University of Gloucestershire, a working photographer, and the author of Professional Photography: The New Global Landscape Explained (Focal Press 2014) and The Essential Student Guide to Professional Photography (Focal Press 2015). His next book #New Ways of Seeing: The Democratic Language of Photography will be published by Bloomsbury Academic in January 2019. His documentary film, Do Not Bend: The Photographic Life of Bill Jay will be screened across the UK and the US in 2018. © Grant Scott 2018
This week Bush gives Mel the greatest gift of all... his old Filofax! Plus as always Mel is telling it as it is in Tell Mel.
It's Food Festival month, and the delicious podcast has been to Wilderness, Abergavenny and Bath to discover the impact on local food after the festival band wagon has rolled out of town. Plus the stories behind Sabrina Ghayour's recipes which are featured in the September issue of the magazine, Jamie Oliver's Sugarsmart campaign and Andrew Bake Off Smyth on the new Channel Four show this autumn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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