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August 09, 2007
Weymouth, Poor Provisional, and Sunday
Today, I have been in Leeds, and tomorrow I'm off to New Jersey. Life has got more rather than less manic in the past two months, and personal messages on this "background" blog have been few and far between.
There has been activity - considerable activity - in the "Save the Train" campaign with an active attendance at the West Wilts Show about 10 days ago, and in the Melksham Railway Development Group with a lottery bid, a stand at Party in the Park, and a glorious outing - mostly by train - to Weymouth last Sunday. You'll find pictures, details, and discussions in the forum.
Looking to the future, there's a big blow in the provisional timetables for December in that they show not a scrap of movement forward - it really looks as if everyone we've been talking to have been too busy "managing our expectations" to achieve an appropriate service. But I've been careful to say "looks as if" and there's no proof - and it would be churlish of us to move forward and take actions based on that assumption.
A further rumour, from an "Insider", talks of an improved service on Sundays from December - no longer Northbound only. As they say "the world's longest journey starts with just a single step". Let's hope that might be the start of a long journey in the right direction.
Posted by gje at August 9, 2007 11:16 PM