Rodborough Fields: A Curse
A piece of parchment flew through an open window of the number 14 ‘bus today and landed on my lap. It was entitled A BEGGAR’S CURSE. I have made a transcription. If you build on this field, Springs will o’er-turn your water table, Peasants will harrow your dreams, Cut...
Finding the Source of the Frome by Bike
I can’t recommend this enough. Have a look at the pictures that will eventually appear on www.radicalstroud.org.uk in the Landscape section, but here is a recommended route from Stroud. This ride obviously involves quite a few climbs, but get off and push along the...
Searching for the Source of the Frome
This is, at this very moment of writing these words, a virtual exploration of the source of the River Frome. It will eventually become real, booted and begrimed, but until I get my head around Cotswold Green’s rickety-rackety ‘bus timetables, this riverine...
Gainey’s Well
Do you know Gainey’s Well? I know you’ve probably heard of it, You can obviously google it, But that’s not knowing it, is it? It’s only knowing of it. It lies at the end of a street with a rec, Through a seeming suburban garden, (That is in fact a secret...
The Heavens: Saturday January 19th 2013
Landscape Archaeologist, Neil Baker, led about a dozen assorted adults and dogs on a guided tour of The Heavens on Saturday, January 19th. We met outside – I said outside – the Crown and Sceptre at two of the clock, for a two and a half hour stroll and muse. Many...
Map 163
Re-imagining the landscape’s mapping, Envisioning an old-new cartography: Erasing the blue of the motorways, The red and yellow of roads and thoroughfares, The lines of footpaths, byways, bridleways, All that pale blue signification That denotes tourist amenities,...