Monthly Archives: September 2018

Summer has gone, the wild flowers are finished so no more buzzing around the Beacon for the beneficial insects. The honey bees have flown home to the safety of their warm hives, while the worker wasps have all died in … Continue reading →

The packed program of special events continues through the Autumn and Winter at Ashridge – The following list will help you when organising your volunteering time-table for the next four months. There are at least fourteen events to consider – … Continue reading →

Forty  years ago in 1978 George Lucas became the creative myth of today’s Hollywood, at a time when the Ashridge Visitor Centre was run solely by the volunteers! Star Wars the movie – a scrappy little underdog of a sci-fi … Continue reading →

The ragwort, a really beautiful weed, has been shining out on the hills but, perhaps thanks to the volunteer’s labour, it was not over-abundant as in earlier years. Ragwort makes the hills glint o’ gold, and to walk there feels … Continue reading →