Blackberries growing up the apple trees. We did the first blackberry picking today. They surprise, like padron peppers. Most are delicious, with the odd one surprisingly sweet, and the other odd one surprisingly sharp.
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This Sat 6 June, as the climax of Bath Fringe Festival, Adrian Utley (of Portishead and much else besides) has invited free jazz legend Evan Parker for an evening of improvisation at Kelston Roundhill Barn. They will be joined by Mark Sanders on percussion.
It’s safe to say the cows grazing in the next field will have never experienced anything quite like it.
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Here were some of the memorable points of 2025 up at Roundhill Barn:
Important Liminal Time end of life workshop (we must do more)
Activated hybrid energy system for winter events
Welcomed Bath City Farm
Woodland survey done of our 12 year old plantation
Welcomed our neighbours the Kelston villagers
Launched offer for corporate events
Launched offer for memorials and funerals
Hosted B&NES Council leadership and Future Ambition Board
Concert by Three Cane Whale
Live-recorded the sensational Fairfield Ethio Jazz Project
Welcomed Bath inter faith group
Had full hedgerow survey done
Said goodbye, with great sadness, to our dear friend Craig
Hosted a very successful family pre-Christmas gathering
Marked Solstice
and saw a good number of happy couples launched into married life amid copious celebration. Congratulations and best wishes to you all!
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A bunch of us marked the Solstice, joined by three passers-by from Weston. A lot has happened this year for many of us.
It’s a great help to mark the shortest day and longest night, and embrace the darkness.
A sudden high wind at dusk meant we had to tuck the candle in a rotting gollow stump.
Supper and drinks available. Catering by Kenyan chef Shadrack Ndegwa in support of Merigwet primary school in Laikipia county, Kenya. He will deliver the funds personally in August. Licensed cash bar.
12 July the sensational Fairfield House Ethio Jazz Project plays. Musical director Ross Hughes has added the exceptional talents of Laura Jurd, Adrian Utley, and Will Gregory to what was already a storming lineup. In addition we welcome as special guests from Bristol Rastafari percussionists Ras R U B B A and Blaggy.
It’s set to be a memorable tribute to Bath’s most famous resident HIM Emperor Haile Selassie I, who is believed to have walked regularly over Kelston Roundhill to North Stoke church. The performance will be recorded live as a benefit for Fairfield House.
Roundhill Barn hosted the Bath and NE Somerset Future Ambition Board (FAB) 5 June, with additional business guests joining for a drinks reception after.
The Universities presented an ambitious plan for innovation in B&NES. Later Bath Soft Cheese founder Graham Padfield told his entrepreneurial story (inset).
Under its new independent chair Sonya Chowdhury the FAB meeting heard about ambitious plans for housing that would better meet real community needs, more effective regional transport and the vision of an innovation quarter stretching along the River Avon. It also had a first briefing on the focus and ambition of the new West of England Mayor Helen Godwin (Lab) from WECA CEO Stephen Peacock.
To get the best of any event at Roundhill Barn it’s best to walk the five minutes to the top to get the full NE Somerset countryside and Bristol view. That’s what happened. That excursion was followed by a drinks reception when we heard from Bath Soft Cheese founder Graham Padfield (inset pic), and sampled the award-winning cheeses.
[Production note: this was a serviced meeting for 24 people, with teas and coffees, wifi, screen and remote joining options. For enquiries email Clare [at] roundhillbarn dot com]
Local leadersenjoy the view after a Bath & NE Somerset Future Ambition Board meeting (photo via LinkedIn.
It’s not a Hilton, its not a Travelodge. It’s more original than that. Here’s Roundhill Barn set up for a significant board meeting this week. At 24 people, that’s probably as big as it goes in this format. Comes complete with screen and wifi for remote participants.
If you want a creative, quiet environment for an unhurried and effective board meeting email clare@roundhillbarn.com.
We’ve done three funerals now at Roundhill Barn. It’s just transformative; entirely different from the usual offerings. The remoteness and sense of peace and open ended time create a special atmosphere for intense memorial events. We’ve worked it all through with Filippa at Bath Funeral Directors in Twerton; she’s now ready to offer funerals here. We’d welcome others.
As it happens, Roundhill Barn is configured and laid out very much like an English church. The coffin can enter the main entrance on the south side, and are carried off towards the setting sun in the west, entirely in the ancient tradition. The interior of the barn has the feeling of a secular chapel, without any religious or municipal clutter.
We’re happy to work with any other sympathetic, contemporary local independent funeral directors who put the bereaved customer first and are flexible enough to offer them what they want at an affordable price. We won’t have anything to do with that culture of “upselling on instructions from head office” which seems to prevail in the mainstream funeral services duopoly (insiders know what we’re talking about).
Take your time. Save your money. Do it right. Funerals are important.
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