Lodge Park before Bridgeman
In this presentation I discuss some conjectures about the lay out of Lodge Park 100 years before Bridgeman arrived on the scene.
Lodge Park before Bridgeman
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Removing Mink from the Sherborne Brook
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
Careful solstice measurements will blow your socks off.
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
Lodge Park Long Barrow is the centre of the Universe!
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 in Sherborne: What We Know So Far
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