Ashdown Forest
Nature preserve in Wych Cross, EnglandWikipedia
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Oct 5, 2026
Fruits, Ferns, Clocks, and Sounds! | Daily Trivia quiz for October 5th!
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Family Destinations
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1:20DanHOST
Ashdown Forest in Sussex, England is as family friendly as it gets, since it's the location that inspired the setting behind what beloved literary toy? Ashdown Forest in Sussex is as family-friendly as it gets, since it's the location that inspired the setting behind what beloved literary toy?
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1:49speaker_1UNKNOWN
Question 2.
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1:51speaker_1UNKNOWN
Tropical Fruits
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4:54DanHOST
It became one of the most influential comedy shows ever produced, spawning movies, stage shows, and the next line that I'm going to say now in order to get into the answer section.
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5:02DanHOST
And now for something completely different.
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5:11DanHOST
The beloved literary character whose setting was inspired by England's Ashdown Forest is...
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5:17DanHOST
Winnie the Pooh.
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Unknown podcast
Room in the Tower, and Other Stories-E. F. Benson
Sep 28 · 1 Mention
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13:53speaker_3NARRATOR
And then something happened.
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13:56speaker_3NARRATOR
I had been in London this year up till the end of July, and during the first week in August went down to stay with a friend in a house he had taken for the summer months, in the Ashdown Forest district of Sussex.
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14:08speaker_3NARRATOR
I left London early, for John Clinton was to meet me at Forest Row Station, and we were going to spend the day golfing, and go to his house in the evening.
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14:17speaker_3NARRATOR
He had his motor with him, and we set off, about five of the afternoon, after a thoroughly delightful day, for the drive, the distance being some ten miles.
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Unknown podcast
Room in the Tower, and Other Stories-E. F. Benson
Sep 25 · 1 Mention
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14:07Andrew GottsNARRATOR
And then something happened.
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14:09Andrew GottsNARRATOR
I had been in London this year, up till the end of July, and during the first week in August went down to stay with a friend in a house he had taken for the summer months in the Ashdown Forest district of Sussex.
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14:22Andrew GottsNARRATOR
I left London early, for John Clinton was to meet me at Forest Row Station, and we were going to spend the day golfing, and go to his house in the evening.
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14:31Andrew GottsNARRATOR
He had his motor with him, and we set off about five of the afternoon after a thoroughly delightful day, for the drive the distance being some ten miles.
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Unknown podcast
Room in the Tower, and Other Stories-E. F. Benson
Sep 20 · 1 Mention
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13:35speaker_2NARRATOR
And then something happened.
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13:38speaker_2NARRATOR
I had been in London this year up till the end of July, and during the first week in August went down to stay with a friend in a house he had taken for the summer months in the Ashdown Forest district of Sussex.
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13:50speaker_2NARRATOR
I left London early, for John Clinton was to meet me at Forest Row Station, and we were going to spend the day golfing, and go to his house in the evening.
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13:59speaker_2NARRATOR
He had his motor with him, and we set off about five of the afternoon after a thoroughly delightful day, for the drive the distance being some ten miles.
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Unknown podcast
Room in the Tower, and Other Stories-E. F. Benson
Sep 16 · 1 Mention
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14:37speaker_5NARRATOR
And then something happened.
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14:40speaker_5NARRATOR
I had been in London this year, up till the end of July, and during the first week in August went down to stay with a friend in a house he had taken for the summer months, in the Ashdown Forest district of Sussex.
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14:53speaker_5NARRATOR
I left London early, for John Clinton was to meet me at Forest Row Station, and we were going to spend the day golfing, and go to his house in the evening.
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15:01speaker_5NARRATOR
He had his motor with him, and we set off, about five of the afternoon, after a thoroughly delightful day, for the drive, the distance being some ten miles.
Piddington protest and the donation dispute
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15:25Allison PearsonHOST
They're dealing with a huge base that's occupied by illegal migrants there.
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15:30Allison PearsonHOST
Sarah says that charities like the Care for Calais have been taking the illegal migrants to children's playgrounds and to Ashdown Forest, which is a well-loved beauty spot.
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15:40Allison PearsonHOST
There's a big protest there.
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15:42Allison PearsonHOST
planned in Cobra on this Sunday, if any Planet Normal listeners want to go, and people from Braintree now planning to attend in solidarity.
100yrs of Winnie-the-Pooh
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27:00MandaHOST
There is a place that inspired the Hundred Acre Wood.
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27:02MandaHOST
It's called Ashdown Forest, and there is the bridge that is in, I think, the last book where they play Poohsticks.
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27:10OliviaHOST
Yes.
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27:10MandaHOST
Drop the sticks and then run over to see whose stick is winning.
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27:12OliviaHOST
Oh, yeah, we played that a lot when I was a kid.
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27:13MandaHOST
So we are gonna go to Ashdown Forest during our trip because Winnie-the-Pooh has been such a big part of our childhood.
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27:20MandaHOST
So I'm super excited, and I will have to send you pictures of all the Pooh things.
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27:25MandaHOST
Can I read you this really sweet thing from the book?