I walked out - just a very short distance - to
Bowerhill drop off the post earlier today. A fine, crisp, frost bedecked trip; here is a selection of the pictures as these articles have got very technical of late!
The Old Spa houses, on the very edge of Melksham, still look out over fields
This isn't the time of year I would expect to find a butterfly... but I did... and some more things to picture.
| River Avon Loops
Wilts & Berks Canal Wharf
Rear of Spa Houses |
Conigre Mead | Web on Leylandia | Kings Arms |
(written 2009-01-10, updated 2013-02-23)
Associated topics are indexed as below, or enter http://melksh.am/nnnn for individual articles
Z521 - Navigable waterways - Canals, Rivers and Sea [598] Should we cruise around the world? - (2006-02-09)
[708] Linescapes of Mull - (2006-05-03)
[776] Naming Rooms - (2006-06-24)
[793] The Wilts and Berks Canal - (2006-07-05)
[820] Robert and William Whitworth - (2006-08-01)
[1657] Farewell, Newcastle to Stavanger, Haugsund and Bergen - (2008-05-29)
[2588] Freddies Wood and the K and A Canal - (2010-01-17)
[2730] Bird Watching on the Melksham Avon - (2010-04-18)
[2796] Sunday - waiting for the ferry. - (2010-06-06)
[2807] Canal through Melksham - the options and issues - (2010-06-13)
[2950] Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, turns first sod in Melksham Link Canal - (2010-09-09)
[3023] Autumn walk from Bowerhill - (2010-10-31)
[3157] A new monopoly on the ferry to Northern Ireland - (2011-02-04)
[3183] Redevelopment on the banks of the Avon in Melksham - (2011-02-25)
[3266] Easter on the Canal - near Melksham, Wiltshire - (2011-04-26)
[3282] The future of canal management and charities - Kennet and Avon Canal bias - (2011-05-08)
[3345] Cruising - (2011-07-04)
[3482] Taking a boat down Caen Hill Locks - (2011-10-15)
[3483] Canals, watererways in the Melksham area - (2011-10-16)
[3815] The Melksham News - July 2012 - Part 2, TransWilts Rail, Wilts and Berks Canal - (2012-07-23)
[3998] Travelogue - from the Netherlands to London via Hook and Harwich - (2013-02-07)
[4472] Rosslare to Fishguard - foot passenger on the ferry - (2015-04-24)
[4577] An update - Melksham Link Canal and river - (2015-11-14)
Z202 - Just Pictures [298] Sharing pictures of Wiltshire - (2005-05-02)
[360] Spring turns to Summer - (2005-06-26)
[365] Letterbox Pictures - (2005-07-01)
[412] Bristol Balloon Festival - (2005-08-13)
[416] Mixing up swallows and martins - (2005-08-16)
[548] San Francisco - (2005-12-30)
[557] A new sign - (2006-01-07)
[625] February pictures - (2006-02-26)
[713] Pictures from my travels - (2006-05-07)
[772] Training in Liverpool - (2006-06-21)
[786] First Light, Bootle Docks, Liverpool - (2006-06-29)
[870] Autumn comes to Wiltshire. - (2006-09-17)
[958] Plain Ole nice pictures - (2006-11-30)
[1005] Stirling at night - (2006-12-23)
[1064] Light and shadows at Beach - (2007-02-04)
[1099] Passenger flows - (2007-03-04)
[1152] Course, right place, right time - (2007-04-17)
[1162] Cheddleton, Staffordshire - (2007-04-26)
[1172] May day 2007 in pictures - (2007-05-02)
[1216] Five of the best - pictures from London - (2007-06-03)
[1233] Horses of Brugge - (2007-06-15)
[1234] A review of a week and a trip to Brugge - (2007-06-16)
[1392] Autumnal lighting on a London trip - (2007-10-15)
[1398] Someone else's wedding - (2007-10-21)
[1400] Dark Dawn - (2007-10-22)
[1489] Pictures of December - (2007-12-30)
[1546] The geometry of East London - (2008-02-19)
[1620] Norwich and London - (2008-04-23)
[1740] Vertical London - (2008-08-06)
[1770] 3 hours from Milton Keynes - (2008-08-24)
[1818] Icelandic Badge - (2008-10-01)
[1838] Oxford in Pictures - (2008-10-13)
[1854] Three Seasonal Pictures - (2008-10-25)
[1919] Transition - (2008-12-03)
[1931] Frosty Morning, foggy evening - (2008-12-08)
[1981] Bitter cold - (2009-01-07)
[2006] Contrast - (2009-01-23)
[2034] Through Snow and Flood to Linux and Tomcat - (2009-02-10)
[2093] Leading Lines - (2009-03-20)
[2098] A room without a view - (2009-03-22)
[2101] A B C D of GA and TN - (2009-03-23)
[2121] Out in the Vale of Pewsey - (2009-04-07)
[2140] Beware - giving copyright away when you upload a picture - Dogs Trust - (2009-04-25)
[2146] An evening excursion to Devizes and Avebury - (2009-04-30)
[2168] In honour of the photograph, I present ... a walk from Reybridge to Lacock - (2009-05-10)
[2202] Bright Colours - (2009-05-26)
[2266] Travelling - (2009-07-02)
[2298] Melksham Carnival Parade - the people - (2009-07-19)
[2404] Low Sun - Autumn is here - (2009-09-13)
[2412] Autumn Fruits and Bristol Old Station - (2009-09-20)
[2464] Beauty in pictures - (2009-10-20)
[2518] Through the arches - (2009-11-29)
[2549] Christmas Day ... - (2009-12-25)
[2553] On a short walk from home - (2009-12-27)
[2582] Starting to arrange the picture library - (2010-01-16)
[2611] Sunday Evening, City of London - (2010-01-31)
[2677] Blowing out the winter cobwebs - (2010-03-14)
[2756] Same subject - different pictures - (2010-05-09)
[2760] Views of Scotland - (2010-05-11)
[2767] Back from a Python course in Glasgow - (2010-05-16)
[2819] Some more pictures ... - (2010-06-19)
[2888] Recent Pictures - (2010-07-27)
[2914] Older picture. - (2010-08-10)
[2989] Oddballs in Plymouth - (2010-10-08)
[3096] Contrast in pictures - (2010-12-20)
[3101] The week before Christmas - (2010-12-23)
[3195] Sunny day - Clanger and Picket Woods, Shearwater, and Westbury - (2011-03-06)
[3220] Panasonic Lumix TZ20 - (2011-03-28)
[3241] Spring in the countryside near Melksham - (2011-04-10)
[3289] New Camera - very first picture, and next from first films - (2011-05-14)
[3350] A set of pictures without point - (2011-07-08)
[3356] Holiday patterns - just the art, not the content - (2011-07-13)
[3473] Picture - Havant Station at Dusk - (2011-10-11)
[3562] Christmas Day - for unique pictures - (2011-12-26)
[3616] Bus top - colours of London - (2012-02-17)
[3655] Sights and scenes - more London trip pictures - (2012-03-16)
[3678] Potteries and Staffordshire in the Sunshine - (2012-04-01)
[3713] Verticals ... last month - (2012-04-29)
[3837] Evening behind Melksham Spa - (2012-08-12)
[3846] Signs of Autumn - (2012-08-22)
[3894] A wet Saturday - (2012-10-13)
[3907] Weather pictures - (2012-10-29)
[3925] Red sky at night - (2012-11-17)
[3990] Stripes of Snow - (2013-01-25)
[4133] In the hills above Harlech, and on the coast too - (2013-07-06)
[4740] Labelling images - (2017-06-24)
[4741] Catching up on labelling more images - (2017-06-24)
[4742] Third and final set of older picture for today - (2017-06-24)
[4743] Further picture labelling! - (2017-06-25)
[4744] Updating image labels - (2017-06-25)
[4745] More pictures - final labelling set for today - (2017-06-25)
[4746] Image library - labelling continues! - (2017-06-26)
[4747] Image feed for Tuesday ... - (2017-06-27)
[4748] A second batch of images for today - (2017-06-27)
[4749] Pictures for Wednesday - (2017-06-28)
[4750] Thurday images - (2017-06-29)
[4752] Welcome to July. Picture labelling continues! - (2017-07-01)
[4754] A quiet Sunday afternoon - (2017-07-02)
[4755] Back and continuing to feed pictures! - (2017-07-08)
[4768] 2017 - the final six months - (2017-12-31)
M201 - Well House Manor - Around Melksham, Wiltshire [437] Outside of the box - (2005-09-06)
[676] Melksham, Wiltshire - (2006-04-08)
[805] Melksham Carnival Parade - (2006-07-16)
[811] Melksham in Bloom - (2006-07-22)
[830] Butterflies in a Wiltshire garden - (2006-08-12)
[847] Image maps for navigation - a straightforward example - (2006-08-28)
[866] A lazy programmer is a good programmer - (2006-09-15)
[879] Tuesday night is party night - (2006-09-26)
[929] Presenting Melksham - for a weekend away in Wiltshire - (2006-11-17)
[957] Improving the historic town of Melksham - (2006-11-30)
[977] Melksham and Norwich - (2006-12-10)
[1117] Newport Male Voice Choir - (2007-03-24)
[1137] Wiltshire Circles - (2007-04-07)
[1177] Sorting out for a site map - (2007-05-05)
[1206] Where and When - can you place the picture? - (2007-05-27)
[1266] Party in the Park - (2007-07-14)
[1271] Till the cows come home - (2007-07-19)
[1330] While waiting for Melksham Post Office - (2007-09-02)
[1341] Moving to Melksham? Househunting map. - (2007-09-09)
[1343] Melksham Laundrette - (2007-09-09)
[1360] Asda in Melksham - Welcome or not? - (2007-09-21)
[1368] Getting the local voice heard - (2007-09-26)
[1436] A little touring help during a business trip to England - (2007-11-18)
[1451] More PHP sample and demonstration programs - (2007-12-01)
[1928] Melksham Oak Community School, Melksham, Wiltshire - (2008-12-07)
[1977] Going round the block - (2009-01-04)
[2008] The Month Ahead - What is happening in Melksham - (2009-01-25)
[2043] Confidence, Customer Service and Tourism in Melksham - (2009-02-15)
[2064] East of Melksham Countryside - (2009-03-02)
[2066] Melksham Industrial - (2009-03-04)
[2142] Riverside Development - (2009-04-26)
[2175] Melksham in pictures - (2009-05-11)
[2253] Walks in and around Melksham, Wiltshire - (2009-06-21)
[2262] History is not always pretty - (2009-06-30)
[2297] Standing on the corner, Melksham Carnival - (2009-07-19)
[2329] Great to be in Melksham - (2009-08-08)
[2349] Businesses effected by road works in Melksham - (2009-08-11)
[2480] Pantomimes around Melksham - 2009/2010 season - (2009-10-28)
[2497] Brown horses in Melksham - (2009-11-08)
[2528] Melksham Christmas Lights - (2009-12-05)
[2585] Consultation in Melksham, on Melkshams future - (2010-01-17)
[2665] Early Spring walk in Melksham - (2010-03-07)
[2691] New brochures for the Melksham area - (2010-03-24)
[2708] The bull on the footpath - (2010-04-04)
[2716] Melksham in Pictures - (2010-04-10)
[2739] Melksham Scouts - (2010-04-25)
[2829] Dauncey Gardens, Melksham - (2010-06-27)
[2854] Melksham Food and Drink Fair and Town Crier Competition - (2010-07-04)
[3050] Views of Melksham - November 2010 - (2010-11-13)
[3209] Seeing Electricity Pylons near Melksham - (2011-03-21)
[3227] Her favourite store - (2011-04-02)
[3232] Around and about Melksham in more pictures - (2011-04-05)
[3248] What have these pictures in common? - (2011-04-16)
[3258] Morning in Melksham - (2011-04-23)
[3305] Getting away from the madding crowd - an intercontinental journey - (2011-05-27)
[3337] Home Grown Pigs, near Melksham Station - (2011-06-26)
[3389] Plenty to do in Melksham - (2011-08-13)
[3470] Currently pictured in Melksham - (2011-10-09)
[3499] Images of Melksham - (2011-10-29)
[3502] Sunday Evening ... newest and oldest Melksham pictures - (2011-10-30)
[3507] Melksham Forward - meeting summary and pictures - (2011-11-04)
[3520] Quintessentially English - scenes from our Wiltshire town - (2011-11-14)
[3525] Melksham has a heart - come and see the pictures. Sunday, 11 to 3, Assembly Hall - (2011-11-18)
[3526] Melksham has a Heart - Montage picture for sale - (2011-11-20)
[3543] Some different pictures from Melksham - (2011-12-07)
[3569] Images of the new year in Melksham - (2012-01-05)
[3605] Snow comes to Melksham, Wiltshire - pictures - (2012-02-10)
[3644] The way of the Prioress - Melksham history pictured today - (2012-03-09)
[3646] Exploring Melksham with a film maker - (2012-03-09)
[3647] Along the brook - East Melksham to Melksham - (2012-03-10)
[3656] TrainWest 2012 - 14th and 15th April, Melksham, Wiltshire - (2012-03-16)
[3657] Basham Festival, Melksham, early August 2012 - a welcome - (2012-03-16)
[3659] Welcome to Melksham - our new communities - (2012-03-18)
[3692] Deeper than Art - An exhibition of the tattoo Canvas - Melksham - (2012-04-10)
[3697] Events in Melksham - read all about them, and tell us about yours - (2012-04-15)
[3703] A Museum for Melksham History. Open from 12th May 2012. - (2012-04-21)
[3704] The Bowerhill Villager - a newsletter for Bowerhill, Melksham - (2012-04-22)
[3712] Some unpublished and historic pictures - Museum of Melksham - (2012-04-28)
[3720] Melksham ATC - freedom of the town - (2012-05-05)
[3735] A walk around Melksham this morning. Can you place all of these? - (2012-05-17)
[3744] Short Web Addresses for Melksham - (2012-05-30)
[3771] Fine evening, country walk from Melksham - pictures - (2012-06-21)
[3822] Town Clean - Melksham - (2012-07-29)
[3864] Guest Guide for Well House Manor and Melksham - (2012-09-18)
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[3897] Autumn scenes from Melksham - (2012-10-16)
[3944] Melksham Christmas Lights, 2012 - (2012-12-05)
[3949] Melksham Spa from Woolmore Farm - (2012-12-09)
[3960] Picture - between Lacock and Melksham - (2012-12-21)
[3962] Melksham welcomes visitors - new blue plaque trail and more - (2012-12-27)
[4084] New Pictures - Melksham Pack Horse Bridge - (2013-05-12)
[4119] Melksham - Flower Town - (2013-06-20)
[4141] My pictures of Melksham Carnival, 13th July 2013 - (2013-07-14)
[4145] After the storm - (2013-07-29)
[4151] Tell me a bit about Melksham - (2013-08-10)
[4169] Around and about - Melksham - (2013-09-08)
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