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.
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The August 2022 heatwave which ended with a torrential downpour on 16th August had lasted for about ten days. The temperature peaked here in the south-west at about 34 degrees (93 degrees Fahrenheit). This followed the driest July since 1935 when there was a record UK temperature at Coningsby, Lincolnshire of 40.3 degrees (104 degrees Fahrenheit). The fields are looking a tad dry but, interestingly, no drier than in July 2018 - see photo of the By Brook Valley below and compare with the photos of the By Brook Valley taken on 27th July 2018 here: high summer - Jul 2018. The title photo is a bit of a 'by the by' shot - it shows one of the many horse chestnuts in Cross Keys Road afflicted with leaf blight causing brown spots and yellow discoloration. Whilst this causes the discoloration shown in this and other photos below, it appears to have no long-term effect on the life of the tree.
The By Brook Valley on Monday, 15th August 2022. Compare with photos taken on 27th July 2018 at the link given above.
The By Brook Valley on 27th July 2018
The Stafford/Gladman 'development field' (the one speculative development that, thankfully, failed) on 15th August 2022
The dry verge at the brow of Box Hill on 15th August 2022
The By Brook Valley from the brow of Box Hill on 15th August 2022
The dry stubble at Stafford's wheat field to the north of Rudloe Estate
Maidment's field to the north of the A4; the Copenacre development at right
A dry Corsham Park even after the 16th August deluge
A dry Corsham Park even after the 16th August deluge
South Avenue, Corsham Court - 18th August 2022
Got any chips? Maybe he's admiring his reflection? Ethelred House, 18th August 2022.
The following gallery shows the afore-mentioned horse chestnuts in Cross Keys Road suffering from leaf blight. The penultimate photo is reproduced below the gallery as it shows that one tree seems to be suffering less than the rest.
The nearer horse chestnut appears to be more resistant to leaf blight than the others
Half-Hitler on High Street wall. Mother-in-law had a full-Hitler many years ago.
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