Stourhead

um-Just being more sustainable with the way we look after woods.

Um, last summer I did a, a month for the National Trust at Stourhead.

Um, and, um, we...

I worked for a few estates as well locally.

Um, and, uh, he's, he's a fantastic logging horse.

Mm-hmm.

What surprises the public about what you do and how Flynn works when you meet people at Stourhead and other venues?

Yeah, I guess, um, F- well, Flynn's, Flynn's temperament, he's a very relaxed and chilled out horse, and I work him in a bitless bridle, um, uh, an, an open bridle, which means he doesn't have blinkers on.

Over 150 water voles were released in North Devon in June, and 300 more were released into the Northway River in the South Downs, thanks to a partnership between local people, landowners and organisations, including the Trust.

Den boxes for pine martins have been installed at Stourhead in Wiltshire, and some of the elusive musterlids have already been spotted on the estate.

The Trust is working with Wiltshire Mammal Group and the Vincent Wildlife Trust to monitor their presence, with the hope that they'll thrive here.

Fungi Future A farm at Wallington in Northumberland will be the first site in the UK to trial an innovative, if unexpected, new carbon capture and food production technique.

Take your little elves to meet Father Christmas and buy a Christmas tree to take home.

Light up the dark winter nights at a Christmas illumination event.

At Stourhead in Wiltshire, light installations including a sea of light, fire garden and winter cathedral will be set against the backdrop of the Palladian Gardens.

Step into a winter wonderland at Wimpole in Cambridgeshire, with its illuminated trail and festive food and drink, and at Belton in Lincolnshire.

He's on the committee of the walking festival.

He'll take you around Stourhead and the source of the Stour on Saturday the 5th at 10 o'clock.

If you just Google Gillingham Walking Festival, you'll get all the information you need.

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The shape of the ridge probably explains it, because an approaching enemy may have been forced to follow the high ground before turning back towards the enclosure.

So whoever built Castle Rings was asking a very practical question about where trouble was most likely to come from.

From the hill, Sumner could see towards Mere, Stourhead and Alfred's Tower, with the Vale of Warder, White Sheet Hill and Wynn Green elsewhere on the horizon, and the ridges connected these places.

Tracks connected them, and people were moving around this landscape long before our modern roads existed.

You need to get to Wyncombe Park for the four-mile stroll.

and Alfred's walking expert Tom Perrott is leading a stroll around Stourhead Estate and the source of the river Stour on Saturday the 5th, an 8-miler, and that sets off at 10 in the morning from Stourhead's car park.

All the information on the Gillingham Walking Festival website or look out for the leaflets.

The Rock Choir starts its autumn programme at Shaftesbury Arts Centre, 10 till midday on Tuesday the 1st.

Shaftesbury may be a one-time thing, but the region is wonderful.

What's been your best surprise on this trip then? Oh, Stourhead.

That was gorgeous.

That was really gorgeous.

I remember somebody telling me that there'd been RAF zeals and there'd been some kind of incident there.

That's where it took off from, which is, of course, Stourhead.

It's right next to Stourhead, almost, as you can see.

I think they used the airfield, what was the airfield now, as part of their car parking overflow.

It's just up in the actual woods itself where they crashed.