More Than Words – 🍬Stage 44: Good Wilt Hunting 🍬
From Yorkshire caves discovered by miners who were trying to find lead, to Wiltshire villages collecting eccentricity like Nectar points, episode 44 delivers subterranean drama, prehistoric glow‑ups, dyed pigeons, medieval barns the size of cathedrals, and a man that once invited a horse to tea.
Featuring:
• 🕳️ Stump Cross Caverns: Victorian “health & safety” = abseil into darkness holding a candle and a prayer
• 🍰 Pateley Bridge: home of the world’s oldest sweet shop and afternoon tea capable of defeating a grown adult
• 🏰 Hinton Waldrist — birthplace of Henry V’s mum and a Colditz escapee’s final resting place
• 📸 T.R. Williams — Victorian 3D pioneer later rediscovered by Brian May because of course he was
• 🫀 Buckland — home of a man who had his heart buried separately like medieval cloud storage
• 🎨 Faringdon — dyed pigeons, frivolous signs, and a folly built purely out of vibes
• 🐴 Lord Berners — the man who invited a horse to tea and meant it
• 🏛️ Great Coxwell Barn — a medieval barn so huge it makes cathedrals feel underdressed
• 🎓 Shrivenham — where someone is currently writing a thesis on buying tanks
• 🌬️ Watchfield — a fog‑landing RAF school with the most perfect name
• 🪦 New Zealand — Wiltshire’s most confusing place name
• 📜 Bremhill — medieval widow, 15th‑century causeway, and a poet who rewired English literature
It’s caves, clotted cream, Colditz, coloured pigeons, colossal barns, and countryside that refuses to behave normally. Episode 44: eccentricity with altitude.