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Test Valley Tales Podcast

From dragons and magical fish, to enchanted trees and spectral horses, storyteller Amanda Kane-Smith brings the landscape of Test Valley in Hampshire to life with folk tales and local legends.Accompan... Read more

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Ranked #1

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Episode 10: The Wild Horses of Wellow

Episode 10: The Wild Horses of Wellow

This episode's Test Valley Tale is a spookily magical tale. It’s a mash up of a local ghost sighting of a horse drawn ca... Read more

16 Mar 2022

46mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 9: The Enchanted Flute of Sadler’s Mill

Episode 9: The Enchanted Flute of Sadler’s Mill

This episode's Test Valley Tale is a magical tale with environmental themes and is perfect listening for folktale lovers... Read more

4 Jan 2022

43mins

Ranked #3

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Episode 8: The Magical Fish of Mottisfont

Episode 8: The Magical Fish of Mottisfont

This episode's Test Valley Tale is a magical wish story. As Mary makes her weekly trip along the Sprat and Winkle Railwa... Read more

26 Nov 2021

43mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 7: The White Trout of Stockbridge

Episode 7: The White Trout of Stockbridge

This is a magical tale of love and tragedy, set in one of Test Valley’s beautiful chalk rivers. Isolda and Benen discove... Read more

10 Nov 2021

35mins

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Ranked #5

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Episode 6: The Wandering Tree of Danebury Ring

Episode 6: The Wandering Tree of Danebury Ring

Set in one of Hampshire's most famous landmarks: the Iron Age Hillfort of Danebury Hill, this week's episode is a magica... Read more

28 Oct 2021

30mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 5 - The Cockatrice of Wherwell

Episode 5 - The Cockatrice of Wherwell

In this episode I tell one of Hampshire's most famous stories. And best of all it's about a dragon! With the head of a c... Read more

6 Oct 2021

39mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 4: The Deadman‘s Plack of Harewood Forest

Episode 4: The Deadman‘s Plack of Harewood Forest

In this episode I tell a historical tale full of deceit and murder based in Harewood Forest. 'Halfway along The Middlewa... Read more

21 Sep 2021

40mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 3: The Baker‘s Daughter of Amport

Episode 3: The Baker‘s Daughter of Amport

In this episode I tell a story based in the beautiful village of Amport. Based on an old English folk tale, 'The Baker's... Read more

7 Sep 2021

38mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 2: The Feuding Farmers of Harmony Woods

Episode 2: The Feuding Farmers of Harmony Woods

This is a brilliantly jolly tale with a great environmental message: 'Can we really own a piece of land? And if the land... Read more

30 Aug 2021

35mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 1: The Ghost Vicar of Vernham Dean

Episode 1: The Ghost Vicar of Vernham Dean

Hello, I'm Amanda. In this episode I retell a local ghost legend from Vernham Dean in Test Valley, set in the time of th... Read more

23 Aug 2021

36mins

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