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English Journeys Podcast

English Journeys Podcast

Written by: Martin Ellis
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True stories and real journeys through England’s landscapes, guiding you through a world of beauty, history, myth and discovery. English Journeys sets out to introduce you to a different vision of England. To tease out the stories which haunt our countryside, as we embed ourselves in its rich rural landscapes, of medieval fields, orchards and farmsteads, ancient churches, vibrant towns, modern follies. We travel Roman roads and ancient lanes, and scratch the surface of this eccentric place, to encounter the lives, loves, fears and pleasures of countless generations.

Hosted and written by Martin Ellis

Executive Producer: Mike Ellis

Martin Ellis 2025
Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Episode 6: Dilwyn to Brinsop
    Apr 5 2026

    Dilwyn to Brinsop

    In this, the last episode of Part 1 of our Borderland Journey, we reach the halfway stage of the story. Leaving Dilwyn, and its herd of heroic Hereford cattle, we visit beautiful, ancient Weobley with its dancing pigs and demon-haunted farms, to travel into some of the loveliest country in England. Our ideas of the picturesque landscape, and of the countryside as something for our aesthetic delight were developed here, two and a half centuries ago – ideas as powerful now as they have ever been. But as we wind down Raven’s Causeway, over hill and valley to reach the open country of the river Wye, we are plunged back into a world of poetry and legend, meeting Wordsworths, St George and his battle with the terrible dragon. And we find Part 2 now beckoning. The golden valleys and mist-shrouded hills of western Herefordshire are calling. Watch out for the summons to join us on the journey.

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    26 mins
  • Episode 5: Leominster to Dilwyn
    Mar 8 2026

    Episode 5 takes us through Leominster’s great Priory church, only to be dunked in a ducking stool before travelling on past Welsh triumph and despair to reach the village of Dilwyn. In this place of ancient powers and deep country, we hear the distant voices of gypsy singers in songs of death, love and judgement.

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    26 mins
  • Episode 4: Bodenham to Leominster
    Feb 21 2026

    In episode 4, we leave Saxon treachery behind us, as we encounter ghosts, witches and the lost Legion on our way to the pretty town of Leominster. In spite of Welsh depredations, we enjoy all the pleasures of a properly comfortable life - ignoring the savage administration of summary justice and violent death. But that's all after we skip along to join one of the most bizarre dance troups ever formed.

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    22 mins
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