{"id":23058,"date":"2023-01-25T09:26:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T08:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/?p=137717"},"modified":"2023-01-25T10:35:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T09:35:31","slug":"podcast-caving-in-the-mendips-with-storyteller-amy-jeffs","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/rss_feed\/podcast-caving-in-the-mendips-with-storyteller-amy-jeffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Caving in the Mendips with storyteller Amy Jeffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Fergus Collins\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 25 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Head deep into Goatchurch Cavern in the Mendips with historian and artist Amy Jeffs and Plodcast host Fergus to hear ancient tales, myths and legends as we enter the bowels of the earth. Amy\u2019s new book, Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain<\/a> explores how our ancestors viewed nature and landscape through their stories, poetry and song. Listen on as ancient magic is conjured deep in the earth.<\/p>\n\n<p>A huge thank you to Daniel Matthews from the Mendip Caving Group for leading the adventure.<\/p>\n<p>This is episode 2 of season 15 of the Plodcast: Mindful Walks in Nature<\/p>\n<p>Contact the Plodcast team and send your sound recordings of the countryside to: <a href=\"editor@countryfile.com"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">editor@countryfile.com<\/a>. If read out on the show, you could WIN a Plodcast Postbag prize of a wildlife- or countryside-themed book chosen by the team.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the Countryfile Magazine website: <a href=\"\/\/open.acast.com\/shows\/61ba02b31a8cbe4c8c3cf0b2\/episodes\/countryfile.com"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">countryfile.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Write to us:<\/p>\n<p>Plodcast, Countryfile<br\/>\nEagle House<br\/>\nBristol BS1 4ST<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fergus Collins Published: Wednesday, 25 January 2023 at 12:00 am Head deep into Goatchurch Cavern in the Mendips with historian and artist Amy Jeffs and Plodcast host Fergus to hear ancient tales, myths and legends as we enter the bowels of the earth. Amy\u2019s new book, Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain explores how […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":23059,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/01\/podcast-caving-in-the-mendips-with-storyteller-amy-jeffs.png",972,804,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/01\/podcast-caving-in-the-mendips-with-storyteller-amy-jeffs-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/01\/podcast-caving-in-the-mendips-with-storyteller-amy-jeffs-300x248.png",300,248,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/01\/podcast-caving-in-the-mendips-with-storyteller-amy-jeffs-768x635.png",768,635,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/01\/podcast-caving-in-the-mendips-with-storyteller-amy-jeffs.png",800,662,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/01\/podcast-caving-in-the-mendips-with-storyteller-amy-jeffs.png",972,804,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/01\/podcast-caving-in-the-mendips-with-storyteller-amy-jeffs.png",972,804,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Fergus Collins Published: Wednesday, 25 January 2023 at 12:00 am Head deep into Goatchurch Cavern in the Mendips with historian and artist Amy Jeffs and Plodcast host Fergus to hear ancient tales, myths and legends as we enter the bowels of the earth. Amy\u2019s new book, Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain explores how…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/23058"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}