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The fourth Ashridge fun-ride taking around two hours to complete was held on Sunday, over nine miles using some tracks not normally open for riders. Some thirty five horse-riders were able to navigate around the Beacon hills with the help … 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 fifteen events to consider – … Continue reading →

Our last post on harvest-time set some fifty years ago proved inspirational for one of our volunteer members. It triggered recollections of happy boyhood days growing up on a rural Herefordshire farm deep in the countryside. This is some of … Continue reading →

The wondrous fine days of last week have come just right for the harvesters. Although tractors with rack-reapers are not so picturesque as with horses, there remains a flavour of the sacred earth at harvest-time. The more especially in large … Continue reading →

A Country Diary 16th August 1917 A breeze which sets thistle-down flying across the lane shakes the wheat sheaves lightly; you can hear ever so slight a singing as it searches between the stooks and in the hollow of the … Continue reading →

The annual task for the volunteers to purge the ragwort from the Beacon hills before it sets seed and creates another generation, has taken place. Ragwort makes fields of gold, and to walk in them feels far more transgressive than … Continue reading →

One hundred years ago the men would have been walking the sheep to market, but here they are being returned to the field from which they escaped – the result of a careless walker leaving the gate open at Ward’s … Continue reading →

This was a “mindful”walk at it’s most intense – an important therapy for today’s stressful life. The walkers were blissfully unaware of their destination merely concentrating on the amazing flora and flora through which they travelled. Unspoilt chalk downland is … Continue reading →

The packed program of special events continues through the Summer at Ashridge – the following list will help you when organising your volunteering time-table for the next two months. There are at least eight events to consider – either join … Continue reading →

Horses and riders were eager to get started on the third Ashridge fun ride, held last Sunday in ideal conditions. The Trust furthered it’s aim of attracting more of the equestrian crowd to the Estate – there is nothing nicer … Continue reading →