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We talk about births, and we talk about marriages. But we don’t talk much about death. But talking about death won’t make it any more likely to happen. Or any less likely for that matter. On that basis we’re going … Continue reading →

We’ve engaged a seriously good new young theatre company to put drama on Kelston Roundhill 14 July 2023. Troubadour Stageworks are coming to the hill to perform The Odyssey. Here’s the story: 20 years have passed since Penelope and Odysseus … Continue reading →

Some hardy sledders made it up to the top for a greytone view and a bumpy ride down. She celebrated International Womens’ Day by knocking off two men’s hats with snowballs.

We get enquiries from people whose late relative loved Kelston Roundhill. Can they scatter their ashes up in the clump? First: it’s always good to hear from people who love the place. Second: it’s nice of people to ask, because … Continue reading →

Today we planted some oak and elm saplings. The iconic elm largely died out in the UK in the 1970s (see Wikipedia on Dutch elm disease), but there are now disease-resistant strains. There are no mature oak trees on the … Continue reading →

Roundhill Barn hosted two funeral events in Jan 2023, making the point that funerals and memorials can be more beautiful and memorable in a rural setting. One was a Quaker Meeting with tea after the family had attended Haycombe Crematorium. … Continue reading →

by Jon Hamp Walk on star-field bridge-fur long, sea-swept grasses,here at this wheeling world’s end,the long year shrugs,and passes. Luminary cities throwtelegraphed jabs of light,over the star-field bridgesto fracturewinter night. 2022 winter Solstice just after sunset

Attention walkers: the permissive paths from the Cotswold Way to Kelston clump will be closed all day Tue 20 Dec and Weds 21st Dec (until 1430). This is for essential tree works inside the clump, undertaken for reasons of public … Continue reading →

There are – for our money – no more accomplished and exciting musicians in the south west than Modulus III, the improvisation trio of Dan Moore, Drew Morgan, and Matt Brown. Dan and Drew are multi-instrumentalists covering synths, cello and … Continue reading →

Tom Teague discovered this web site which evoked childhood memories. He writes When I was a boy in the 1960s, once or twice a year, I remember being taken with my younger brother and sisters from our then home in … Continue reading →