If anyone wonders what I do in the time I'm not here supporting the public transport connections of Wiltshire and pushing for appropriate levels of service ... well - I run training courses in niche computing subjects.  That's a story for another web site and you can catch up on my day to day life through my blog there.

Over 80% of our customers travel long distances to be trained in Melksham (hence the train interest - that's how many people have historically got here) and so need to stay in local accommodation during the week.   From a flood of hotels and B&Bs in 1999/2000, we've seen a shrinkage of places as landladies retire, places concentrate more on their restaurants, and (in one case) a hotel turns into a hostel for battered women.

So - three weeks ago now - we opened our own hotel. The primary intent is for it to provide a place for our course delegates to stay - and they require large rooms with workdesks, internet connection at all times, en-suite facilities, etc, so the accommodation is rather on the "luxury" end of the market.  But we are open to other visitors too when we're not full with a course ... and we'll continue to offer complimentary pickups from Melksham station at - let me see - 19:07 and return trips to catch the 07:17 as they will be from December.


Bedroom 4 ... all rooms are large, en-suite, doubles or twins

Links ...
Initial bookings and details
The hotel's main web site
Some early pictures