Buddleia in broad gauge bloom down on Stroud station, Crazy golf flags out at the Brunel Goods Shed, As I lazily read the Stroud News on the train to London, Until I came across Rodda Thomas of Crown and Sceptre fame: ‘’ The whole game, in real time, kicking off at 3pm read more
Category: Write Up
Rodborough Gardens Sculpture Trail: A Day in a post-Brexit Life
It was strange returning to the Old Endowed School, Where just three days before we had voted In the referendum; Members of the Rodborough branch Of the People’s Republic of Stroud Gathered in Church Place, Sharing their sense of vote-shock, Over soup, tea and cake, Ben read more
Swapping Shirts with Shakespeare: Dover versus Forest Green
Enter Edgar, King Lear, Jon Parkin, Ye Beast, Dale Vince as Duke of Frocester, Scotty Bartlett and various morris dancers as footballers Scene ; The white cliffs of Dover ‘Come on, sir; here’s the place: stand still. How fearful And dizzy ’tis, to cast one&# read more
Thursday, 25 February 2016 The Brunel Goods Shed Maze
When you explore the Brunel Goods Shed’s maze, You might want to reflect on the parallels Between mazes and labyrinths and the human mind – Amaes: Old English, delusion or delirium … A maze: A representation of self-analysis and mystification, A wander through the mind read more
May Day Walk: from the Source of the Slad Brook to its Confluence with the Frome
May Day Walk: from the Source of the Slad Brook to its Confluence with the Frome Seventeen of us gathered at Bulls Cross, (Oblivious of the midnight ghost coach spectre) To cross longitude line 88 and a threshold To another liminal world, Where the hangman swung in Dead read more
Rodborough Fields 9th July 2012
It was just another sultry Tuesday At the Clothiers Arms on the Bath Road, Beer and fags and crisps and mobile ‘phones, When a flash contingent of walkers popped up, All arrayed in Stroud Scarlet uniform: T-shirts, frocks, dresses, jackets, tunics, leggings, Seventy -fi read more