Highlights of 2024

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.ClipsEp 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 2024Rachel Bowers, Director, Bath Film OfficeCharlie McCloud, ActorEmma Morris, Chief Operating Officer, Holburne MuseumProfessor Maurice Tucker, Bath Geological SocietyMike WIlliams, Landscape Historian and EcologistSimon Hart, Managing Director and Owner, Hartham Park Stone MineCarol Stone, Volunteer Manager, Alice Park Community GardensProfessor Marion Harney, University of Bath Amie Cook, Community Ecologist, Team Wilder Ecological Advisory ServiceCat Baker, Ecologist and Manager, Wild About BathLucy Starling, Birding ExpertEd Drewitt, Peregrine SpecialistMarika Kovacs, Birding ExpertStaff, Volunteers and Members, Bath City FarmColin Maggs, Author and Railway HistorianMike Beale, Secretary, Bath Railway SocietyKarl Baxter, Runner, The Tunnel Ultramarathon Mike Reed, Hedgelaying Expert Dave Pegler, Scything...