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Wilts-based garden and music presenter Verity Sharp made some insightful comments about the Roundhill and landscape on Record Review Sat 8 April – to hear it check out the blog post over at Kelston Records.

Sunrise photo by Tim Graham. He says he’s always up early…beautiful today!

We’ve revised the Kelston Roundhill permissive path agreement with B&NES. This is the contract which allows people to walk on private land from the Cotswold Way and Cullimore’s Lane up to Kelston Clump to admire the views without creating a … Continue reading →

Our Doris casualty is a lovely pollarded ash maybe 60-80 years old. The stem isn’t huge but it might make a long bench for the smaller people who will be visiting in increasing numbers thanks to our new schools partnerships. … Continue reading →

Barrow’s Style is a huge field. Formerly a quarry, then used for landfill it now has several plantations coming along well. But the border along the new track laid by our neighbour looks bare, and looks as though it needs … Continue reading →

Storm Doris took down the lovely, quirky but flawed ash tree in Quarter Acre field. We’ll see if there are any planks to be had, but it’s more likely firewood.

After the BGS volunteers had left, the apple trees they were going to plant showed up. So we planted them out today. From a weather point of view that turned out well; two days ago we had storm Doris brewing … Continue reading →

The eminent composer and Pataphysician Professor Andrew Hugill has started a new blog about musical composition. And he has decided that the inspiration for his next symphony – also the location it will first be performed – is to be … Continue reading →

It was a joy to welcome a party of 20 teachers from Bristol Grammar School (BGS) for lunch and the afternoon of Weds 22 Feb. Led by the irrepressible outdoor activities teacher Mrs Kelly Murphy they came for a half … Continue reading →

Jon and Harry Holder in the Kelston Forge. Answer: you don’t. Kelston’s one industry is the Kelston Forge, where father and son Jon and Harry Holder work as blacksmiths. We discovered an old gate behind some brambles, but we won’t … Continue reading →