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Our neighbour Gerald did some beautiful cutting and laying over the holiday period. Thisnis mainly ash, so may well be susceptible to dieback and may not last. So we plan to check out the sales with a view to underplanting … Continue reading →

Drawn Back It is not dug with pick and spade something buried, not man made. Something older, something still, rooted hard there, under hill. A murmur made to draw us back footfall soft on winter track.

Dark to the north and out on the flats, Dark as ravens asleep with bats, Dark as the bottom of church cellar mats, Dark to the north and dark on the flats.

A 3D rendering of the geology of Kelston Roundhill towards Bristol, showing the Avon on the left and Lansdown escarpment (yellow, right). The British Geological Survey has a superb new “Geology of Britain” service offering 3D visualisation of the geology … Continue reading →

Kelston winter hurt Branch back Earth black Colour in dirt. Broken light Fence wire tight Life inert. Light cuts Wind shuts Winter hurt. Words and photo by Jon Hamp.

We’re no theatre critics but this was a great and memorable evening: beautifully constructed, really funny, and forcing us to think differently with different language, ideas and examples. Thank you for the writing and the performance Daisy Campbell, also for … Continue reading →

We need more storage space by the barn. We could use a recycled container, we could do a shed. But the right material is local stone cleared off the land. A kind neighbour has offered to help us out with … Continue reading →

Balmy October weather continues, with a soft mist across the south west that lingered all morning. Gerald deploys his smaller digger (we broke the big one). Hayley and Harry spent the morning planting out snowdrops and English bluebells, Antonio strimmed … Continue reading →