Category: Kilkhampton Common
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Kilkhampton Parish News – Spring 2014
Given the dreadful wet weather earlier in the year, we brought all the breeding ewes indoors towards the end of February and of course then the sun came out! Still, they are all happy enough feeding on Dennis’s prize winning hay
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Kilkhampton Parish News – Winter 2013/2014
Dennis and Shaun have been hard at work on the Commons restoring the old wall supporting the tree bank along the track just after the stream crossing at the bottom of the hill. We think that this wall, along with the one along the western boundary, may date back to the 17th century so both…
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Kilkhampton Parish News – September 2013
Goodness me – Summer nearly over and Autumn looms; where has all the time gone? So much has happened so where to start? Probably where I left off last time here in the Newsletter.
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Kilkhampton Parish News – April 2013
As I write this in mid-March, spring is pretty much fully wound up but not yet quite sprung. A welcome spell of dry but very cold weather has given way to yet more rain. We hope this is only a passing deluge!
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Kilkhampton Parish News – February 2013
The young sheep are all in the barn, the trees from the Woodland Trust are all planted, hay stocks are at the ready, the field shelter is constructed and the Common is generally ready for whatever winter has in store. We have even planted a large selection of daffodil bulbs kindly donated by Brooks Nurseries.
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Kilkhampton Parish News – November 2012
So it’s time for the first Commoners’ working party! Mark a note of the date and time – Saturday 4th November at 1000 – meet up by the new pond on the lower footpath. If you have a wheelbarrow that’s sturdy enough for shifting stone, please bring it along. And that gives a clue as…
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Kilkhampton Parish News – October 2012
Animals have been the stars during September. The Balwen sheep are doing very well and have been joined by seven Gotland lambs that have also come from South Yeo Farm. The Gotland breed can be traced right back to the Vikings
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Kilkhampton Parish News – September 2012
Once again, floods feature in the news! Saturday 4th August was a much anticipated day, being the date on which we had arranged to pick up our Balwen lambs and shearling ewes. Armed with a brand new sheep trailer, Dennis and John set out in the afternoon to pick up the sheep from Ian and…
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Kilkhampton Parish News – August 2012
So let’s get the subject of the weather out of the way before anything else! Actually, the Common has stood up quite well to the deluge of the lasts weeks. And it has highlighted a number of areas where we need to do more work in the autumn to improve surface and drainage conditions. It…
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Kilkhampton Parish News – July 2012
Well, the weather these past weeks has certainly tested the drainage on the Common – and generally things have stood up quite well. There will be some fine-tuning to be done this coming autumn to improve some areas where the clay comes to the surface but otherwise we are pretty happy with the work done…