The theme: All Creatures Great & Small Winner: Lee Jane Hawkes Runners up This month we had some clearly identifiable spots of our locale submitted, and the photos were very much in keeping with the time of year. It was a difficult choice between the three finalists. Well done, Read more…
Burton Cycle Route 4 Burton – Grittleton – Hullavington – Fosse Way – Alderton – Littleton Drew – Acton Turville – Burton 15.5 miles, 520 ft (160m) climbing Blog by Ian Wilson Inevitably there is overlap of routes as we add more to this series, Read more…
Burton Cycle Route 3 Burton – The Gibb – Kington St Michael – Stanton St Quintin – Grittleton – Littleton Drew – Burton 16 miles, 500 ft (154m) climbing Blog by Ian Wilson Inevitably there is overlap of routes as we add more to this series, but Read more…
Wine, Words & Chords Thursday 24 February, 7pm St Mary’s Church, Nettleton & Burton An evening in conversation with local author, Amanda Read, with readings from her novel Lost & Waiting. Plus poetry reading from Nettleton poet, Dr Steve Williams, and live music from pianist Nick Goodall. LOST & WAITING The discovery of a Read more…
The poppy project is underway At the inaugural meeting in January, knitters and crochet-makers of all abilities came together at the Old House at Home. They marvelled at the wonder that is the magic circle and pondered the intricacies of the slip stitch. Sue Clark, who got this whole Read more…
Burton – Castle Combe – West Kington – Burton Blog by Peter Broadhurst This walk has four options. Full Route 120 – 180 mins Mix of Road/Path Leave the back of the Burton triangle heading south on the Nettleton road. Follow the road past the dairy and chicken Read more…
Burton – Nettleton Green – West Kington – Drifton Hill – Gypsy Cross-Roads – Burton 7.5 miles, 490 ft climbing (150m) Blog by Ian Wilson This is a short ride but including some fairly steep though short hills. A slightly longer alternative is indicated. Head west on Read more…
The Albatross at Burton blog by Ian Wilson Unlikely as it may seem, Burton was once host to an airliner for a while, when a de Havilland Albatross named Fingal was stored at the garage following a forced landing at Pucklechurch. The Albatross was a 22-seat airliner which had entered Read more…
Book news, reviews and reading highlights. All books mentioned in this blog have been read and carefully curated by Bookmark. News In the year ahead, we can look forward to new writing from Ali Smith, Marlon James, Elena Ferrante and the follow up to the 2020 Booker Prize winning Shuggie Read more…
Burton – West Kington Circular Route Blog by Peter Broadhurst This walk has three options: full, medium, short. Full: approx. 70 – 90 mins Road/Field Leaving Burton by the chestnut tree triangle head west along the B4039 towards Acton Turville, after 200m fork left onto Toll Down road. Follow the Read more…