Today we went to Turville, better known as Dibley, from the BBC series The Vicar of Dibley. The outdoor scenes from the series were shot here, though the indoor scenes were filmed in a studio. In the opening credits you get a birdseye view of the surrounding countryside, which really is as green and lush as it looks on TV.
It's easy to spot landmarks from the series.Fortunately, there was not much mud, so we didn't see the neck-deep mud puddle Geraldine fell into during one of the last shows.
Nor did we run across the sheep farmer, Owen Newitt, but we did come across a lamb, separated from her mum. We performed a rescue, reuniniting the little lamb with a grateful ewe. (My fellow hikers did, anyway, while I held onto the dog's lead. We did consider using her to herd the lamb toward the open gate, but she informed me she doesn't do herding.)
Turville is also famous for its windmill, featured in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and it was also the location for the film 101 Dalmations. Someone who used to live here said they brought in horses to herd the puppies during the filming. For another film, the producers crashed a plane nearby, after first telling the residents to ignore the plane crash.
You can read more about Turville here, and see better photos than the ones I took, which are below.
"St Barnabus", where Geraldine saves the lost.
This footpath leads toward the Cobstone Windmill.
Some of Owen Newitt's sheep.
Bluebells in the woods near Ibstone, the neighboring village.
