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What a difference a couple of months makes…

Thanks to Phil Avery, whom I bumped into on the Clump last November, for these. He writes: I found by coincidence that the last photos I had taken were from exactly 2 months earlier in the same location. I picked … Continue reading

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Epic photo from Matt in Keynsham

Matt Prosser, who lives in Keynsham, has sent in this photo: it’s the first thing I look at as I leave the house each morning. I took this shot looking through a rainbow from my bedroom window He also suggests … Continue reading

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Pete “the Street” to exhibit local landscape paintings in Feb

© Peter Brown The locally based international landscape painter Peter Brown evidently has an affectionate eye for the Clump. He’s exhibiting work from abroad right now at Messums, and  paintings of the Bath countryside at Victoria Art Gallery (Bridge St, Bath) … Continue reading

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AWT social media campaign: what to make of it?

AWT has been tweeting that we should all write to our MPs about CAP expenditure. But they dont actually say what we should say, or what the hardworking Don Foster can do about it. Now they’ve emailed; here’s what they … Continue reading

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This photo merits a caption competition…

What a pleasure to get this extraordinarily dramatic image sent in by photographer Pete Souster, who reports he took it from a little dirt track just off Lansdown Lane. My big sister calls this natural light effect “and God spake”. But … Continue reading

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Last June: an orgy of ox-eye daisies

Here’s a cheery sight from last June on a field that only three years ago was cleared and re-sown simply with rye grass and clover mix. At least some of Britain’s wild flowers have no problem regenerating. OK, so Leucanthemum … Continue reading

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Spot the treehouse

Daily Telegraph has an article on the “Mirrorcube” room, part of a Swedish hotel in Harads, about 50km outside Lulea in northern Sweden. You wouldn’t notice that on Kelston Roundhill. Perhaps there’s one there already?

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English Heritage 2002 entry on Kelston Park

Here’s the 2002 English Heritage description of Kelston Park, the estate of which Kelston Roundhill was formerly a part. It offers a thorough and concise description of the history and layout the estate. It’s pretty dry (won’t even stoop to … Continue reading

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Kelston village fete 2013

Can’t say how much fun this was last year (even though it rained solidly). This year is set to be a complete cracker of a classic village fete. We’ll be there…see you there too!

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Sun, rain and thunder on 3 August 2013

Photo by Benjamin Ellis

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