Following the success so far of the Towpath Challenge there was much encouragement for the Trust to recruit a new project manager to follow up the excellent work done by Tim Pyatt.
The challenges of restoring the Wilts & Berks in and around Swindon were also highlighted following the completion of the Examination in Public of Swindon Borough Council' s Local Plan.
If you had thought that all had gone quiet about the purchase of the Peterborough Arms I am delighted to report that the Trust has reached
agreement in principle on the deal. As ever with a property purchase much detailed discussion on the sales contract still continues and we hope to bring more news
shortly. Regarding finance there is still an opportunity to help with the funding scheme- please see the Trust web site for more details.
The Melksham Link project team met on Tuesday to get updates from project manager Paul Lenaerts on the detailed work that is going on to satisfy the requirements for the Environment Statement that will be submitted as part of the planning application.
We are all hoping that the current settled spell of weather will continue over next weekend when the Canal Heritage days will be held at Pewsham Locks near Chippenham. A joint event with Chippenham museum , and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund , over two days schools (Friday) and then the local community (Saturday) will be able to find out why this site was so important to the operation of the canal.
Ken Oliver
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