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Tim Graham took this photo at dawn on 27 December 2017 from the top of Lansdown Lane, just below the Blathwayte Arms pub. This photo in from Tim Graham. Tim started the excellent Kelston Roundhill Flickr group which he and … Continue reading →

Nice to see a couple of greetings cards with different interpretations of a familiar icon. Both are by local artists, with prints are available on sale. Nick Cudworth has this print on sale in his gallery in Walcot Street, Bath. … Continue reading →

Terrific video by Costwold AONB “Magnificent Meadows” project, starring our very own local conservation officer Eleanor Reast. She’s a bit diffident about the film career, which is just as well: saving our meadows is way more important.  

first  voice  Ice broke this land to life, this humpbacked hill, water split it open and drank the light, wind blew these trees out of kilter, their lanky limbs boxing like love-struck hares. second voice The land stretched out like … Continue reading →

Three Kelston Records events coming up at the Old Barn on Kelston Roundhill: Sat 7 Oct: Eyebrow; Kolophon: a duo of duets with video art by Kathy Hinde. Eyebrow is the duet of Pete Judge (trumpet) and Paul Wigens (drums). … Continue reading →

One thing we don’t know well is the bird life on the Roundhill. So we’re grateful to environmentalist David Goode for sending us this list of birds he observed during the Quaker day of quiet. Kestrel Raven Crow Magpie Robin … Continue reading →

Today Tessa Strickland and Sue Boyle organised a “Walking into Words” writing workshop up at the Old Barn. It was part of B&NES’ trial Heritage Lottery funded “Bathscape” programme to celebrate the landscape around the World Heritage City. The writing workshop … Continue reading →

Many years of benign neglect have made the hedgerow in Barrow’s Style fascinating. Cut and laid hedge has grown to the size of mature trees; saplings have knotted themselves into each other. Ivy thicker than a young tree has merged … Continue reading →

From pictures of Saltford by Rick Crowley,  via Pictures of England  

Roundhill from Ashton Court Deer Park, Bristol. Credit – the excellent Amy’s Antics account on Flickr. (Can’t  comment without logging into vile Verizon-owned Yahoo!)