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Cut up like birthday cake  The light beneath birds on Spring morning. Pink light of new dawn holds them up. Perfect silhouettes. All set against a day not fully formed as yet idly haiku scrawled across by passing jet. Comet … Continue reading →

This has been brewing for months: a new renewables installation at Roundhill Barn that opens the way to zero-emissions events and extends a warm welcome to every season. The beautiful, discreet installation provides electricity and hot water from innovative hybrid … Continue reading →

By Jon Hamp Kestrel pinned at still pointto limestone strata sky Watch the walkers make the crestand let the old year die.

Corrugated iron Autumn fields.Flat brown doors of earthopen south. A tattered cloak of crows pulls fast for the woods to bury evensong.I mime along to their twilight choir(but know the words are wrong) The soft smell of damp light fadingon … Continue reading →

We were pleased to welcome local guests and Australian visitors for a September celebration on Kelston Roundhill. Visibility was wonderful, as was the food, music, company. Very best wishes to this young couple who wanted to gather their local friends … Continue reading →

Special thank you to the local couple who celebrated their recent union at Roundhill Barn this weekend. They had a great time and left it immaculate. We’re replacing our “please leave it like this” photos.

Thanks to the Cotswold Wardens for repairing one of the styles around Kelston clump. They do good work, to a high standard but without municipalising the place.

Billie has set up half a dozen bell tents in the meadow next to Roundhill Barn for the guests of Mark and Emma, who are celebrating at Roundhill Barn this weekend. They sit on new discreetly improved sites: actually level, … Continue reading →

It’s cowslip season on Kelston Roundhill. There’s nothing like a big view with a load of cowslips in the foreground. It’s also the end of mushroom season for the tasty St George’s variety:

Roundhill Barn hosted an important and moving conversation this week as 24 people gathered to share feelings, experiences and expertise about death. Participants included doctors, independent undertakers, social prescribers, ritual designers and celebrants, also bereaved friends, children, parents and spouses. … Continue reading →