Nature reclaims the Railways

Nature reclaims the Railways

Recently The People’s Countryside team have been exploring doing some filming on the old Kennington to Wycombe railway line. That is disused from the BMW car plant in Cowley towards Wycombe. But it is still in use from Kennington to Cowley. It was originally...
It’s Good to be able to Adapt

It’s Good to be able to Adapt

In recent blogs, we have mentioned we will be doing some focused work at Holywell Cemetery in Oxford and also on the Great Orme in Llandudno. Both of these we predicted we would be doing in early 2018 but for various reasons they have been delayed. This has been a...
Ross’s Hands On Experience of Crowdfunding

Ross’s Hands On Experience of Crowdfunding

During November of this year (2017) Ross ran his own crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for a comedy series about a local TV channel. During this, Ross learnt lots of the pitfalls of crowdfunding, and is better informed about it having just had it reach it’s...
Filming in LLandudno, North Wales

Filming in LLandudno, North Wales

On Saturday 28th October, Stuart and Sue paid Llandudno in North Wales another visit. They met with the owners of Albany House Hotel and Jo Hughes who is a yoga teacher and herbalist, as well as Alan Drwm Collinson who is a geologist and professional cartographer. It...
Our visit to Holly Cemetery, Oxford

Our visit to Holly Cemetery, Oxford

Holywell Cemetery in Oxford is the last resting place of Kenneth Graham, the author of Wind in the Willows. The Friends of Holywell Cemetery are looking to raise a substantial sum to get the maintenance of the cemetery back under control with a view to improving the...