Author Archives: kelstonroundhill

A Friend sends a picture of the Pilton Tithe Barn. So much more spacious than flat beams It was newly reroofed in 2005 after a fire 40 years earlier. It was purchased with a benevolent grant from Glastonbury Festival’s Michael … Continue reading →

Two odd bits of social history: the human side of the old county council, and a link with a 1960s folk album. First a lovely story about Kelston Roundhill: Lindsay Smith, an Avon County Council planner, fretted that all the … Continue reading →

After a period of quiet, this sounds like an attempt at progress on the ash dieback front (from BBC): The government is to plant a quarter of a million ash trees in an attempt to find strains that are resistant … Continue reading →

Here’s a lovely and unusual January pic of the clump from 2008 by veloden (via Flickr)  The colours are quite different. It shows the clump as a vulnerable integrated whole, blasted by south westerly winds into a single shape as … Continue reading →

The charity Plantlife wrote to Doug who chairs Kelston parish council: Wild plant charity Plantlife is hoping to reach out to many wild plant enthusiasts and nature lovers by inviting them to become wild plant ‘pioneers’ and subscribe to a free … Continue reading →

Here are pictures from Saltford CofE Primary School Ascension Day walk and school assembly outing up Kelston Roundhill earlier this year. We’ll try to do our part to keep the tradition going; we’ll keep the permissive paths open, tidy up … Continue reading →

Ash dieback is an unhappy prospect for all of us. There are few enough mature trees on Kelston Roundhill as it is, and ash is the one that works best. The trees we just planted included a load of ash. … Continue reading →

Shortly off to my first ever Parish Council meeting at Kelston this evening. No idea if usual attendance is two people, 20 or more. Agenda looks like introductions, then discuss general Kelston Roundhill aims and policies. We’d cover viable farming (incl tenancy, … Continue reading →

Sobering report from the wildlower charity Plantlife called Our Vanishing Flora charts 10 national extinctions and a far higher rate of county wide extinctions (source:  The Indy). Warwickshire for example lost 78 species in 60 years, and of Shakespeare’s lines … Continue reading →