Port Isaac, Cornwall, England

Port Isaac was a busy coastal port from the Middle Ages to the mid 19th. century when it was an active harbour where cargo like stone, coal, timber and pottery were loaded and unloaded.

Video: Tintagel Castle, Cornwall, England

Little is known about the history of the recent castle. The castle is most famous for its association with legendary King Arthur. The site is known to have been occupied by the Romans for tin mining, but it is as a Royal stronghold of the Cornish Kings during the 5th & 6th centuries that the legend takes hold.

Exeter, Devon, England

Richard Vobes (www.vobes.com) takes a two day journey to West Devon to explore the ancient city of Exeter to see what it’s like and discover some of its fascinating history. The ten minute video below demonstrates some of the beautiful architecture to be found in the city centre and the audio below gives us a flavour of the people who lived there.

The Tank Museum, Dorset, England

With almost 300 vehicles on exhibition from 26 countries it is the most wide-ranging collection of tanks and armoured vehicles in the world. It includes the only working example of a German Tiger I tank and a British World War I Mark I; the world’s oldest surviving combat tank.

Wiltshire White Horses, Wiltshire, England

Wiltshire is the county for white horses. There are or were at least twenty-four of these hill figures in Britain, with no less than thirteen being in Wiltshire, and another white horse, the oldest of them all, being just over the border in Oxfordshire. Most of the white horses are chalk hill carvings, and the chalk downs of central Wiltshire make it an ideal place for such figures.

Polperro Village, Cornwall, England

Polperro is a village and fishing port on the south-east Cornwall coast in south west England, UK. It has a picturesque fishing harbour lined with tightly packed houses which make it a popular tourist location in the summer months.
Visitors cannot take their cars into the village; they leave their vehicles in the main car park [...]

West Kennet Long Barrow, Wiltshire

Richard Vobes is producing a series of 25 minute long Tv style documentaries that looks at the history of the Britain and in particular England. It starts with a study of the first momunments on the landscape, including the West Kennet Long Barrow in Wiltshire and the Belas Knapp Long Barrow in the Cotswolds.

Video: First Class Guide To Cornwall

Tracy was born in Boscastle and been a postman in Cornwall for 11 years. Tracy loves his hometown, not just for its World Heritage Sites and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (not to mention some of the best weather in Britain), but also because its one of the most environmentally sound areas in the country.