Happy New Year and welcome back to Footprints!
In this our first episode of 2025, we look back at our highlights from 2024. More than 40 people took part in the shows last year and we'd like to offer them all a huge thanks for the time, knowledge and passion they put into their work and which shows through in their contributions to each episode. They and the organisations they represent are at the very heart of the Bathscape and we will hear from many more in 2025.
Clips
Ep 26 March - Geology of Bath: Professor Maurice Tucker tells us about his hero William Smith who is dubbed the Father of Geology. He lived locally at Tucking Mill and designed the first geological map.
Ep 27 April - Bath Goes Gardening: Professor Marion Harney shows us around Sydney Gardens describing what the pleasure gardens were like in the time of Jane Austen.
Ep 26 March - Geology of Bath: Simon Hart takes us down his mine - Hartham Stone Mine where we hear about the work of the pickers before mechanisation.
Ep 30 July - Full Steam Ahead!: Writer Colin Maggs talks about his lifelong passion for steam trains, a passion which has led him to write 114 books!
Ep 25 February - Bath in Film: Actor Charlie McCloud talks about what it is like to be an extra on the set of Bridgerton.
Ep 30 July - Full Steam Ahead!: Karl Baxter enthuses about running the gruelling 200 mile ultramarathon race backwards and forwards through the Combe Down Tunnel.
Ep 27 April - Bath Goes Gardening: Carol Stone shows us around Alice Park Community Gardens and tells us how to manage slugs.
Ep 31 August - Hedgelaying, Scything and Dry Stone Walling: In this clip, Dave Pegler describes the ancient art of scything.
Ep 28 May - Birding in Bath: Birding expert Lucy Starling takes us to Bathampton Meadows in search of a pair of sedge warblers returning to their nest.
Ep 33 October - Take a Walk on the Wansdyke: Local historian Mike WIlliams shows us the ancient monument at the top of Stantonbury Hill Fort.
Ep 29 June - Bath City Farm: Farm Manager Ella Holmes takes us to meet the pigs and we hear from a participant of the mental wellbeing group.
Ep 34 November - Renewable Bath: Architect Funda Kemal talks about her animation video which shows what Bath might look like with wind turbines, solar panels and green walls.
Ep 35 December - A Community Pub Crawl: Simon Coombe outlines the challenges the community faced, bringing the Hop Pole Inn up to scratch, ready to be opened on 25th January 2025.
Ep 32 September - Surfing the Generations: Bath College student Abi and Twerton's Forget-Me-Not club member Mary are in conversation.
Our thanks to all our contributors throughout 2024
Rachel Bowers, Director, Bath Film Office
Charlie McCloud, Actor
Emma Morris, Chief Operating Officer, Holburne Museum
Professor Maurice Tucker, Bath Geological Society
Mike WIlliams, Landscape Historian and Ecologist
Simon Hart, Managing Director and Owner, Hartham Park Stone Mine
Carol Stone, Volunteer Manager, Alice Park Community Gardens
Professor Marion Harney, University of Bath
Amie Cook, Community Ecologist, Team Wilder Ecological Advisory Service
Cat Baker, Ecologist and Manager, Wild About Bath
Lucy Starling, Birding Expert
Ed Drewitt, Peregrine Specialist
Marika Kovacs, Birding Expert
Staff, Volunteers and Members, Bath City Farm
Colin Maggs, Author and Railway Historian
Mike Beale, Secretary, Bath Railway Society
Karl Baxter, Runner, The Tunnel Ultramarathon
Mike Reed, Hedgelaying Expert
Dave Pegler, Scything Expert
Rob Morley, Dry Stone Walling Expert, Cotswolds Wardens
Robin Oldland, Dry Stone Walling Expert, Cotswolds Wardens
Chris Gannon, Health and Wellbeing Officer, Bath City Football Club Foundation, Reconnecting Twerton Club
Members, Reconnecting Twerton Club
Nicole Daw, Trails and Access Officer, Cotswolds National Landscape
Rob Mitchell, Supplementary School Coordinator, Bath and North East Somerset Council
Members, Black Families in Education Group, Bath and North East Somerset Council
Members, Forget-Me-Not Dementia Club, Twerton
Mitchell Horman, Coordinator Prince's Trust Programme, Bath College
Young People, Prince's Trust Programme, Bath College
Melanie Barge, Inspector of Ancient Monuments, Historic England
Robert Vermaat, Dutch Historian and Archivist
William Heath, Organiser, Kelston Roundhill Old Barn
Funda Kemal, Architect and Climate Activist
Robin Spalding, Programme Manager, Renewable Energy Team, Bath and North East Somerset Council
Steve Henwood, Member, The Bell Inn
Wendy Matthews, Member, The Bell Inn
Dom Moorhouse, Managing Director, The Packhorse
Credits
Music: Audionautix
Produced by Pommy Harmar
Links
Bathscape - www.bathscape.co.uk
