Author Archives: kelstonroundhill

Photo by Sarah Prag Below the hill, where buzzards glide, All alone the stone barn lies, And people walking care not why The  barn’s alone and still. The barn has seen splendid  times When masons made her walls with lime, … Continue reading →

Rufus from OpenKnowledge started a series of “digital suppers” and we’re doing one at Kelston. This requires something to sit on and something to eat off so we’re assembling some trestle tables and benches. The trestles are made by our … Continue reading →

So here’s a thing. Matt Prosser saw the picture below and went to repeat the same view with a contempory photograph. But guess what: there is no vantage point that offers that view. Matt writes: Your last blog of the … Continue reading →

(rather poor photo by me, with permission. Where’s Matt Prosser when you need him??) This view of Bath skyline form the south west shows the clump was already prominent in 1820. The print appears in the current Jane Austen exhibition … Continue reading →

  Photo: Matt Prosser We’ve been working on the old barn for a year to make it secure, give it a floor, loos showers and a food prep space. The idea is you can open up the space for workshop, … Continue reading →

Matt Prosser did this fab moonrise timelapse: lovely set to music.  

Today sees ecstatic news by a smalltime prospector about a supposedly “strategic” amount of oil under Gatwick. So what’s the score in Kelston? Thanks to the UK Infrastructure Act (2015), there’s a legal duty to maximise the economic recovery of … Continue reading →

Matt sent over a link to his timelapse and slides of the 2015 Total Solar Eclipse as seen from Kelston Roundhill (keep an eye out for this and more on his blog here). This one needs a special soundtrack I … Continue reading →