Great to see boats on the river in Melksham this weekend - something new, and hopeful y something to be repeated - as a trail boat rally initially, but then with the Wilts and Berks canal coming through to connect the Kennet and Avon cana just south of the town via Chippenhen, Wootton Bassett, Swindon, and Wantage to Abingdon.
I've already spoken with quite a few train users at Melksham, waiting to travel a long distance, who have come off boats at Seend and Semington - villages within the Melksham catchment - and going back to London and will be picking the boat up again a couple of weeks later. And for every person on a boat passing on the canal, it's expected that around 25 will come to walk, to gongoozle, to cycle ...
