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The TrainWest Model Railway exhibition takes part in Melksham at Christie Miller Sports Centre - one of the largest venues in the area - on 12th and 13th April 2014.   See http://www.trainwest.org.uk

For the first time, the organiser are laying on a minibus shuttle from Melksham station as well as vintage buses from Chippenham Station.   It should be a great day out - with an opportunity to use the Melksham train one way and the vintage bus the other if you like.

One of my roles is to help promote use of the TransWilts service, and I've done so in this case by posting on Facebook.  Cheaky of me - can I ask members (and guests, moderator and admins) with a Facebook account to share the post please and help us reach a wider audience.   Thanks!

https://www.facebook.com/TransWilts/posts/490450234388357

Wow!  Something to look forward to!  Sorry grahame, I don't do Facebook or Twitter, but I'll post it on the Practical Caravan forum later on.  Pity there's no reduction in ticket price for seniors, she said, moan, moan.

Shared.

Just for those who can, Cynthia ... the beauty of social media is that we each have our own reaches and know our own groups and with a genuinely interesting item it can reach all sorts of places.    No reduction for seniors, but as a local you can get a ticket in the tic in Melksham at 2 pounds less.


Appreciated, thanks.

May actually get along to it this year. I've heard there's now this improved, more user friendly, big train service to the station nearest the venue!

There has been a strange phenomenum in these parts - a coming together of local and central government, of mainstream political parties, of the rail industry and campaigners, of businesses and workers, of young and old, of faithed and unfaithed, of cynic and optimist, and of petrolhead and sustainable camps.  And between us (for I fit in there - somewhere) we have researched, analysed and developed the case for an appropriate user friendly big train service that actually runs when it will be used.   And we've actually got that service running.  The word "miracle" comes to mind, and so does the word "logical"!

Oh, whoopy doo!  Thanks for that grahame.  I was wondering where I fitted in in terms of the
labelled 'types' in your list; my petrolhead hat is not quite the snug fit it once was, and I am trying hard to get the 'sustainability' label to stick.  Lots of people might think that because I'm still towing a caravan, that I should not be considering myself in the least bit conscientious about sustainability!  (It is only a very small caravan!)  Years ago I found a website that compared CO2 useage between different types of holiday.  Even then, happily, I did not have the biggest carbon footprint of all holidaymakers!  I note FGW does a CO2 count for journeys on their website, but I haven't explored it in any great detail yet, perhaps fearing a negative result.



Edited to fix quote. bignosemac

From This Is Wiltshire (http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/11125339._/?):

TrainWest Model Railway Show, Christie Miller, Melksham.

Vintage bus connections from Chippenham and Melksham (09:50, 11:50, 13:50) Stations

http://www.trainwest.org.uk

Shared with pleasure

@BNM I don't know if you have any interest in OO Gauge but I notice Hornby have released some new HST sets one of which looks very much like the graphic on your signature :)

I already have an original livery Hornby 00 HST set. From the late 1970's. Not in the best of nick and unboxed. But the last time I ran it a couple of years back it still worked. Sadly I don't have the space for a permanent layout. Trying to convince my brother in law to let me build a layout in his garage. Purely for the benefit of the nephews of course!  :P

Well I shared your Facebook post a couple of hours ago Graham, and have had a "like" from a friend in M^lyi, Hungary, so the word seems to be spreading quite well  :)

How very considerate of you BNM :)

Simply to avoid any possible confusion, I've removed the link to the 2014 diary dates in the Coffee Shop forum ... err, Diary.  :P

I can't find any reference to a minibus shuttle service on the Trainwest website. Does this mean only the vintage bus service is running?  In that case, as I am planning to come up from the far West, I will have to make sure that I catch the Melksham connection(s) that meet the vintage bus.