Thanks to supporters of the Brook Group for putting me in touch with the Waterlife Recovery Trust. This group is running a national campaign to remove invasive mink from the countryside. Mink are an invasive species and can cause devastation to a lot of wild fowl stocks, water voles and
This morning it was the summer solstice sunrise, and as I did last year, I obtained permission to enter Lodge Park and to view the solstice as it rose over the long barrow, framed between the two ancient 500-year-old oak trees. I took some careful measurements using a
Okay, I'm exaggerating. I admit it.But there's something really interesting going on. I was encouraged to post this story by reading a press report this morning at this link, describing the discovery of some prehistoric features aligned to the summer solstice sunrise, and of course
Biodiversity Net Gain has been generating quiet interest in Sherborne for some time. The parish council minutes have carried references to it since September 2024. Earlier this year, the Gloucestershire Local Nature Partnership sent its members a newsletter announcing the first registered BNG site in the county. I wrote a
This is another YouTube video where I discuss some of the implications of the landscape design involving two lakes at Lodge Park. I think there are some important implications to what the close examination of the archives reveals. As a reminder the lower weir in Sherborne has 18th C masonry
Sometimes Sherborne hides its most special secrets, but they are hidden in plain view. The triangle of grass as you enter the village is one such special spot. Here's a short video explaining. I'm in the early stages of getting my head around posting videos and
My last couple of posts have involved YouTube videos where I provide a commentary on some PowerPoint presentations on the history of the local area. If I'm honest, I was a bit embarrassed by the quality of my speech, with a lot of ums and ahs and errs,
In this presentation I discuss some conjectures about the lay out of Lodge Park 100 years before Bridgeman arrived on the scene.
A new venture for the Sherborne Brook Support Group's blog this evening, and this is a video hosted by YouTube that you can connect to from the link below. Earlier today, the Sherborne Archives hosted an exhibition in the village, in the Sherborne Village Club, focused on the
Tonight as it begins to get dark, step outside and listen to the wild settle for the night. The sky fades and the blackbirds mark their perch for the night. Chink, Chink, Chink. It’s a version of their alarm call, but steady and insistent. “I’m here I’m
Next Wednesday , 27 May is the date of the annual Parish meeting. It's at 7 p.m. in the village club. This meeting is important. It's the chance for the entire village to get together to discuss what's important to us and see what
My work with geographic information systems has an interesting spin-off. Above is an annotated map where I've collected place names from a gentleman in the village who's lived here an awful lot longer than I have. Some of the older names of places in the