I arrived at the end of the single track road that leads out from the village of Blunsdon, just north of Swindon. The weather was not the best, heavy cloud cover had moved in through the day and rain was on the wind. From the end of the track it is a 20-25 minute walk to reach the field where the ring is located. It is in fact in a field on the other side of the footpath from where the tapered ring had appeared in 2011. There was no direct access into the field, so I had to walk along the edge of the adjacent field until I could gain access through a barbed wire fence. It was evident upon entering the field that I was not the first person to have been in, a pathway had been made through the wild plants that bordered the canola plants. I then made my way along the tramlines towards the ring and the ground underfoot was extremely sodden and within minutes my boots were thick with mud. It was also evident that the crop had been recently sprayed as fresh tractor tyre marks were clear to see.
 
Anyway, on reaching the ring, I found the crop had recovered quite considerably back towards their upright position, the flowers were all in good health and there was no apparent evidence of mud laden boots being used to flatten the crop. The width of the ring was 5 meters and the standing circle of crop had a diameter of 50 meters, so the overall diameter was 60 meters. I could not find any evidence at the "centre" of the formation of a pole having been inserted into the ground to create the ring. I then proceeded to walk around the ring, lifting the plants and looking at regular intervals at the condition of the crop. The vast majority was unbroken. In fact, in comparison to other rape seed circles I have been in, this is without doubt the least damaged I have ever seen. The plants were flattened in a clockwise direction and the edges of the ring were not clear and well defined.

Paul Anderson