Welcome to the Rudloe and environs website.

Here you will find news, articles and photos of an area that straddles the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in north-west Wiltshire.

Contributions in the form of articles or photos are welcome. Even those with completely contrary views to mine!

Thanks to the website builder 1&1 and Rob Brown for the original idea.

Rudloescene now, in January 2014, has a sister, academic rather than anarchic, website about Box history here: http://www.boxpeopleandplaces.co.uk/

It contains thoroughly professional, well-researched articles about Box and its people.

Contact rudloescene through the 'Contact' page.

Getting all the way to Swanage by train should be possible, again, from 2017

Twas a miracle, the weather held up for much of this trip to Swanage. Three old gits took the scenic route through such places as Sixpenny Handley, Worth Matravers, Toller Porcorum, Ryme Intrinseca, Melcombe Regis, Gussage St Michael and Scratchy Bottom. Talking about Scratchy Bottom ...