Hi
I've been admiring the photos but found the one meant to be showing wild carrot is not actually wild carrot! It looks like Cow Parsley to me. Hope you can find a replacement photo ok. As well as different leaves and flower bracts, wild carrot always has a small red flower in the centre of the white disc (inflorescence).
Ralph Hobbs
I'll be there...but there's one piece of litter which I'd think twice about moving; a piece of discarded laminate flooring on the south slope is very popular with slow worms, every time my son or I look there are at least two beneath it.
I thought the astronomers did a really good job at engaging with the young people that turned up. Have a look at their website: www.bathastronomers.co.uk
I think trees would be beneficial to The Roundhill. Not on the mound itself, as to be honest they would struggle with the wind. A small copse would be great for the area.
Several years ago a professional photographer took a series of great pictures of the Roundhill. These have been on display at Trimbridge House and have been brought back for display at the Roundhill on occaissions since.
The Council has now vacated Trimbridge House and the people working there have moved to offices in Lewis House opposite the Manvers Street car park.
I am pleased to report that, after discussion with the senior management there, several of these photos will be put up on display around Lewis House.
Cllr Paul Crossley
The event app I'm using requires an exact date, so I made one up for now. I haven't seen a "nationally agreed" date yet, but I've guessed they'll go for the same weekend in mid-July.
Why does it say "Exact date to be decided" and then give an exact date? Which is correct please? If the 18th July is that "nationally agreed" by "the Powers that be"? Eeek.
I remember sledging at Roundhill in the early 1990s. One year (I think about 1992) we had a really good snowfall. People were sledging on trays, plastic sacks, purpose built sleds and a panel from an old cooker. One lad came gliding down the hill on a metal seat from the building that was the Roundhill Project (now the YMCA), smoking a cigarette as he went.
All the activity would cause the snow to thaw a little and then it would freeze at night into a sheet of ice. The next day you could hardly get to the top of the hill for slipping over.
The snow always seems to transform the community into what we wish it would be all year round. So many people coming together, having fun, sharing and relating to each other in the same positive moment. Everything looks fresh, hopeful and new. But soon it goes and the sense of separateness and struggle returns.
I exchanged emails with the contact at the council this week and got a contact for a signmaker in order to get a quote.
What progress has been made with the interpretive sign?
Hi
I've been admiring the photos but found the one meant to be showing wild carrot is not actually wild carrot! It looks like Cow Parsley to me. Hope you can find a replacement photo ok. As well as different leaves and flower bracts, wild carrot always has a small red flower in the centre of the white disc (inflorescence).
Ralph Hobbs
I'll be there...but there's one piece of litter which I'd think twice about moving; a piece of discarded laminate flooring on the south slope is very popular with slow worms, every time my son or I look there are at least two beneath it.
I thought the astronomers did a really good job at engaging with the young people that turned up. Have a look at their website:
www.bathastronomers.co.uk
Gosh, my jeans look baggy in that. I'd lost a lot of weight by running to keep fit - that's why. Got some decent trousers from Marks and Spencer now.
I think trees would be beneficial to The Roundhill. Not on the mound itself, as to be honest they would struggle with the wind. A small copse would be great for the area.
Glad that you're following this up, Simon. The bio-diversity of the hill is the thing I most treasure, and the issue I most care about.
Paul - thanks for the update. A selection of these photos are also available in our Gallery section, here.
Thanks Emma! Assuming it all goes ahead, it looks like we may have a planting event towards the end of November. Hope to see you there!
Several years ago a professional photographer took a series of great pictures of the Roundhill. These have been on display at Trimbridge House and have been brought back for display at the Roundhill on occaissions since.
The Council has now vacated Trimbridge House and the people working there have moved to offices in Lewis House opposite the Manvers Street car park.
I am pleased to report that, after discussion with the senior management there, several of these photos will be put up on display around Lewis House.
Cllr Paul Crossley
Sounds marvellous, glad the council take an interest.
The Big Lunch will definitely be on 18th July.
The event app I'm using requires an exact date, so I made one up for now. I haven't seen a "nationally agreed" date yet, but I've guessed they'll go for the same weekend in mid-July.
Why does it say "Exact date to be decided" and then give an exact date? Which is correct please? If the 18th July is that "nationally agreed" by "the Powers that be"? Eeek.
I remember sledging at Roundhill in the early 1990s. One year (I think about 1992) we had a really good snowfall. People were sledging on trays, plastic sacks, purpose built sleds and a panel from an old cooker. One lad came gliding down the hill on a metal seat from the building that was the Roundhill Project (now the YMCA), smoking a cigarette as he went.
All the activity would cause the snow to thaw a little and then it would freeze at night into a sheet of ice. The next day you could hardly get to the top of the hill for slipping over.
The snow always seems to transform the community into what we wish it would be all year round. So many people coming together, having fun, sharing and relating to each other in the same positive moment. Everything looks fresh, hopeful and new. But soon it goes and the sense of separateness and struggle returns.
~ Joe
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