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Full steam ahead at Moulden Hill The Trabitiona(
The dream of driving steam trains into Swindon is but a whistle stop away according to members
of the Swindon and Cricklade Railway Society. 'r foot of
Plans are well advanced Reiki Weaitng
to extend the track south
from the society's head- Learn this ancient
quarters at Blunsdon Sta- healing art
tion to a new country park Reiki is safe, completely natural and
at Moulden Hill situated be- highly effective complementary
tween Moredon Road, Taw therapy to all other forms of
Hill and Woodhall Park.
health care. Reiki is not a religion
Over two years ago the or a belief system
Haydon Development
An important difference between
Company built major fea- Reiki and other energy therapies is
tures including a lake, foot- that once activated in your hands, you
paths and the trackbed for
have it for life and can treat yourself.
the railway. When opened
the park will have a visitor
centre, nature trails and a lot more north, past Cricklade to Moulden £200,000 in materials alone. The
tree planting. Hill, over the Wilts and Berks ca- Haydon Development Company
The Great Western Community nal, to a station at Sparcells, West has donated £75,000. All the work
Forest and the Woodland Trust Swindon, a total of eight miles. will be done by volunteers."
organised a well attended public Geoff Austin, chairman of the He added that the society is al-
tree plant on part of the park 18 railway society trustees, and chief ways raising funds for a variety of
months ago. engineer, below, said the projects to develop the railway.
Moulden Hill is the steam open days at New members of all ages are al-
southern end of an envi- Blunsdon Station are ex- ways very welcome to help in a Courses available at all levels,
ronmental and leisure popular amongst wide variety of projects on the rail- nail informal groups, individual attention,
tremely
corridor along the River railway enthusiasts and way. comprehensive manual, certificated.
Ray, which runs from * families who want to in- Companies able to offer spon- After course guidance and support.
Swindon to the Cotswold troduce children to the sorship to one of Swindon's major Reiki Association Master
water park, taking in the , charm of steam railways. tourist attractions, and people who F. J. Taylor, (01793) 849914
canal restoration project, s, "Our aim is to run an would like to become volunteers or 07775 932984 (mobile)
steam railway, footpaths pen air museum for the on the railway, should call Geoff Reiki treatments available £10 per
and the lottery funded people of Swindon and Austin on 726807. half-hour or £20 per full hour
national cycle way. he tourists who visit the
By the end of the year, own. We are creating a
subject to planning per- living example of Swin-
mission, the society don's steam heritage.
hopes to be laying track and build- The society is entirely run by vol-
ing a station next to the lake. It will unteers and it has taken us many
be modelled after the old years to build the infrastructure
y
Savernake station at Marlborough for the railwa . Now we are able
on the former Midland and South to announce a major expansion of
Western Junction line. our project.
When completed, steam trains "The extension from Blunsdon
will run from the water park in the station to Moulden Hill will cost

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