43. The League of Legends, Kings Lynn
This week Neil follows the money!By the C13th the Hanseatic League had crystalised its power base and was busy spinning lucrative trading routes right across northern Europe, from the Baltic to the Br...
16 Mar 202128min
42. Lost in the Mire, Morecambe Bay Sands, Lancashire
This week, side by side with Neil, we’re striding across a vast, treacherous bay where one false move could see us paying for it with our lives.Almost 500 years ago, in 1548, the people of Morecambe B...
9 Mar 202124min
41. Last Stands of the Brave, Harlech Castle
This week Neil comes face to face with the mighty walls of an almost impregnable castle, which down through its history inspired many heroic ‘last stands’ and a song that famously features in one of N...
2 Mar 202132min
40. The Wars of the Roses, Westminister Abbey
This week Neil steps into the middle of a brutal family feud - the Wars of the Roses.The warring family, the Plantagenets, have been described as ‘a race dipped in their own blood. The factions within...
23 Feb 202132min
39. Making A King, Robert the Bruce
This week Neil steps foot into Cambuskenneth Abbey, a place that was to prove crucial in the making of a legendary king - Robert the Bruce.The Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 was a defining moment in th...
16 Feb 202139min
38. Europe’s Oldest Living Thing, Perthshire
This week Neil’s journey takes us to one of the most beautiful glens in Scotland where we discover, what is believed to be, the oldest living thing in Europe - the Fortingall Yew.The legendary Forting...
9 Feb 202129min
37. Glastonbury, Somerset
This week Neil takes us to a place of legends, a place where, with a glint in his eye, he proudly tells us he was once the warm-up act to Bono and U2 on the Pyramid stage.Glastonbury Tor is a magical ...
2 Feb 202133min
36. Robert the Bruce and the Declaration of Arbroath
This week we travel with Neil to Angus where the glowing red eye of Arbroath Abbey casts a watchful look over us.It was here at the Abbey in 1320 that the Declaration of Arbroath was written, a revolu...
26 Jan 202131min
