Bowling for a Pig

1924 on the lawn of Sherborne House

I was unable to attend the cricket match last weekend on the lawn in front of Sherborne House, but I understand it was very well attended, supported, and a great community event. Well done to all, especially Ed Richardson and Jonathan Benson for organising, and to the House residents for giving permission, and Philip for preparing the wicket.

The community benefits go way beyond watching a game of cricket, of course, as important as that is.

One hundred years ago, village events such as this were quite frequent and regular. The picture here was of another village sporting event in 1924 at the village fete, but clearly a hard-fought one. Perhaps we should repeat this in the future, but we'll need to source a pig!

A love letter to the Sherborne Brook

A few weeks ago, I wrote about paddling in my canoe with George, who was taking film along the Sherborne Brook. If you recall, I got a bit carried away with my own thoughts as George was filming. Anyway. George has put together the following video using what he filmed

More detail and insight on the potential wildlife bridge at Sherborne.

This is a follow-up to my last post where I raised some questions about a county council strategy that seemed to include the possibility of a wildlife bridge over the A40 at Sherborne. I engaged with the Gloucestershire Local Nature Partnership, who have a coordinating role in this. Although

A Bridge over Troubled Tarmac? A wildlife crossing on the A40 at Sherborne

I have picked up in my research some county level strategy development that might, possibly, include some significant and expensive engineering on the A40 here in Sherborne to create a "wildlife bridge". What is a Local Nature Recovery Strategy? First, some context. A Local Nature Recovery Strategy is

Clearing Sherborne's Broadwater in history

I spent some time today talking to a gentleman called Vaughan Taylor. Vaughan was brought up in Sherborne. The Taylor family go back several generations, and indeed his ancestor was the Sherborne turbine electrician who ran the turbine house down by the lower weir. His parents ran the village shop

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A love letter to the Sherborne Brook

More detail and insight on the potential wildlife bridge at Sherborne.

A Bridge over Troubled Tarmac? A wildlife crossing on the A40 at Sherborne

Clearing Sherborne's Broadwater in history