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I interview fascinating people in the Cotswolds and beyond
A huge break-up Part 2: Dismantling a Boeing 747-400 with Neil Robbins of Smiths (Gloucester) Ltd.
I went to see the final BA 747-400 being dismantled and taken away in pieces. Fascinating and emotional all at once.
Can organic beer save the world? A Conversation with Greg Pilley MD of Stroud Brewery
“I have a passion for creating a product that people enjoy, but ultimately it is all about drinking it with other people.”
More Tree Talk! Q&A with Technical Arborist Joe Porter at Westonbirt, The National Arboretum.
When you are over 100 feet high in a tree, knocking out lumps from the trunk with a chainsaw, you will appreciate that’s quite dangerous work.
A huge break-up Part 1: Aircraft disassembly and recovery. A conversation with Mark Gregory of Air Salvage International.
I live with a plane spotter. So, out of the pair of us who is more likely to go and have a poke around an airplane scrapyard? Well, actually it’s me. Mainly because I am nosy and the diesely smell of unburnt jet fuel excites me. We talk movies, caches, planes and classic cars.
The Language of Woodland. A conversation with Joy Lo Dico.
I spoke to Financial Times journalist, broadcaster and forester Joy Lo Dico in her 100 acre wood in Gloucestershire
Is it me, or is it hot in here? A look inside the Gloucester Incinerator
I called Gloucestershire Energy from Waste and organised a tour; to celebrate our 2nd wedding anniversary, of course.
Estelle St John Smith a guardian of ancient woodland
On paper Estelle gives me Snow-White but keeping-it-real vibes. She sits under her tree canopy boiling a blackened kettle on a log fire. We have a chat and a look around her ancient woodland.
Treasure it, a conversation with Bristol’s cuddle therapist
“As soon as we commit to try a hug, nothing matters except the hug.”