Somerset Scythe School

Somerset Scythe School Somerset Scythe School is here to teach the traditional art of mowing with a scythe. Woodland, meadow, lawn, allotment, footpath: scythe manages them all
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I’ve travelled to some beautiful places around the country this summer but nowhere does “golden time” quite like the Bla...
12/08/2026

I’ve travelled to some beautiful places around the country this summer but nowhere does “golden time” quite like the Blackdowns 🥰

Wonderful Meet and Mow session yesterday with the lovely rangers and volunteers at the Borders Forest Trust site at Dryg...
09/08/2026

Wonderful Meet and Mow session yesterday with the lovely rangers and volunteers at the Borders Forest Trust site at Drygrange site just north of Jedburgh. Plus our mate John Grundy ran a course for 8 new beginners.
Lots of difficult (and some easier) grass got cut in their new meadow.

Bye bye Scotland - see you next year. You’ve been awesome 😍
09/08/2026

Bye bye Scotland - see you next year. You’ve been awesome 😍

Jedburgh - such a classy place!
08/08/2026

Jedburgh - such a classy place!

50 shades of grey (?) in Dumfries
08/08/2026

50 shades of grey (?) in Dumfries

Summer tour part 2Exploring Loughborough, new home of my eldest younglingWaterways and countryside aplenty
07/08/2026

Summer tour part 2
Exploring Loughborough, new home of my eldest youngling
Waterways and countryside aplenty

Scything with a View in the Shropshire Hills - he’s not joking!Had a wonderful few days with a select band of mowers in ...
04/08/2026

Scything with a View in the Shropshire Hills - he’s not joking!
Had a wonderful few days with a select band of mowers in the beautiful Shropshire Hills AONB.
Thanks to Simon Cooter for boosting my fitness levels (and for organising everything) and sorry I had to leave before the competition.

Fantastic weekend at the Northern Scythe Festival at the stunning Lower Winskill, north YorkshireThanks to Tom Lord and ...
04/08/2026

Fantastic weekend at the Northern Scythe Festival at the stunning Lower Winskill, north Yorkshire
Thanks to Tom Lord and everyone involved in organising.

It’s so green in Cumbria - and I’m sitting waiting for a downpour to stop!
04/08/2026

It’s so green in Cumbria - and I’m sitting waiting for a downpour to stop!

My retrospective planning application for my wildlife pond has now been validated and should be live on the Somerset por...
22/07/2026

My retrospective planning application for my wildlife pond has now been validated and should be live on the Somerset portal any time now.
If you could take a few minutes to comment on the application with any messages of support I would be very grateful.
(Pictures below are not my pond but represent what it should end up looking like)

How do I track my application?
Go online to the Somerset Planning Portal.
Scroll down the homepage to ‘Planning Search’
Insert the reference 26/01503/FUL
Click on the ‘Documents’ tab to view consultations and representations

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