Author Archives: williamheath

Attention walkers: the permissive paths from the Cotswold Way to Kelston clump will be closed all day Tue 20 Dec and Weds 21st Dec (until 1430). This is for essential tree works inside the clump, undertaken for reasons of public … Continue reading →

There are – for our money – no more accomplished and exciting musicians in the south west than Modulus III, the improvisation trio of Dan Moore, Drew Morgan, and Matt Brown. Dan and Drew are multi-instrumentalists covering synths, cello and … Continue reading →

Tom Teague discovered this web site which evoked childhood memories. He writes When I was a boy in the 1960s, once or twice a year, I remember being taken with my younger brother and sisters from our then home in … Continue reading →

Roundhill Barn hosted the Kelston Records fest – a simple celebration of life and summer – 15-17 July. Around 100 guests from locally, Germany and as far away as New Zealand enjoyed Bath Soft Cheese meals, local lamb, a specialist … Continue reading →

Ali and Tom used Roundhill Barn for a wedding reception, with a stretch marquee and furniture from local firm Abbas Marquees. We commissioned a second generator for backup just in time to make sure their home made cream cakes stayed … Continue reading →

We’ve got some senior doctors from Bath’s Royal United Hospital using Roundhill Barn tomorrow for a medical charity strategic awayday. We’d love to more for the local NHS, and we’ve tried to set up a soothing and creative environment for … Continue reading →

Jon Hamp writes: HAH HAH! the bridges say,You do not walk in Wales today…. But I have walked and I have seen,your rain, your light , your grey, your green. A gentle ‘SO?’these Cotswolds say….we hold close counsel here today. … Continue reading →

The Kelston Laureate Jon Hamp sends us these words: Through The gate latchfalling lifts the head.Antlers reach to touch the veilresting soft against it. The key is entered, upside down.Lock turns, and timebreathes outward, throughto somewhere else. And gently, dust … Continue reading →

This Sat 21 May Three Cane Whale are back at Roundhill Barn for an intimate concert. The trio play delicate, original instrumental folk tunes, and deploy rich array of original instruments many of which would be unfamiliar. “It’s fantastic: Three … Continue reading →

This was nice to see after our December bluebell planting efforts. We’re very much hoping these are Hyacinthoides non-scripta and not the other ones; we love Jamon iberica but Hyacinthoides hispanica not so much… Here’s the key to distinguish them…