I don't know who "Freddie" is ... but I came across "Freddie's Wood" today on my way back from the canal. It was a beautiful winter's day and after our walk down from Bowerhill (see here) we had turned right towards Bath, rather than left towards "The Barge", looking to explore the field path up to the playing fields. Little did we expect to find the gem of Freddie's Wood.

Update I know now ... It's Freddie Giles - a remarkable local gentleman who featured in the "my Wiltshire Life" section of Wiltshire Times a couple of years ago ... [link]



The trees all look young, and a great avenue is cut through them in a gentle arc, removing the starkness of a straight line.


Gypsy met up with Stripe, another hound of mixed and uncertain breed who can run like the clappers, and the two of them chased through the trees before we left to follow the track back up to Brabazon Way. As you can see from this final picture, the track has also been found by the local water course for the melting snows, and we arrived home, after an exhirating walk, the muddiest so far this year.

(written 2010-01-17, updated 2011-11-08)

 M201 - Well House Manor - Around Melksham, Wiltshire
  [3605] Snow comes to Melksham, Wiltshire - pictures - (2012-02-10)
  [3569] Images of the new year in Melksham - (2012-01-05)
  [3543] Some different pictures from Melksham - (2011-12-07)
  [3526] Melksham has a Heart - Montage picture for sale - (2011-11-20)
  [3525] Melksham has a heart - come and see the pictures. Sunday, 11 to 3, Assembly Hall - (2011-11-18)
  [3520] Quintessentially English - scenes from our Wiltshire town - (2011-11-14)
  [3507] Melksham Forward - meeting summary and pictures - (2011-11-04)
  [3502] Sunday Evening ... newest and oldest Melksham pictures - (2011-10-30)
  [3499] Images of Melksham - (2011-10-29)
  [3470] Currently pictured in Melksham - (2011-10-09)
  [3389] Plenty to do in Melksham - (2011-08-13)
  [3337] Home Grown Pigs, near Melksham Station - (2011-06-26)
  [3305] Getting away from the madding crowd - an intercontinental journey - (2011-05-27)
  [3266] Easter on the Canal - near Melksham, Wiltshire - (2011-04-26)
  [3258] Morning in Melksham - (2011-04-23)
  [3248] What have these pictures in common? - (2011-04-16)
  [3232] Around and about Melksham in more pictures - (2011-04-05)
  [3227] Her favourite store - (2011-04-02)
  [3209] Seeing Electricity Pylons near Melksham - (2011-03-21)
  [3050] Views of Melksham - November 2010 - (2010-11-13)
  [3023] Autumn walk from Bowerhill - (2010-10-31)
  [2950] Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, turns first sod in Melksham Link Canal - (2010-09-09)
  [2854] Melksham Food and Drink Fair and Town Crier Competition - (2010-07-04)
  [2829] Dauncey Gardens, Melksham - (2010-06-27)
  [2739] Melksham Scouts - (2010-04-25)
  [2716] Melksham in Pictures - (2010-04-10)
  [2708] The bull on the footpath - (2010-04-04)
  [2691] New brochures for the Melksham area - (2010-03-24)
  [2665] Early Spring walk in Melksham - (2010-03-07)
  [2585] Consultation in Melksham, on Melkshams future - (2010-01-17)
  [2528] Melksham Christmas Lights - (2009-12-05)
  [2497] Brown horses in Melksham - (2009-11-08)
  [2480] Pantomimes around Melksham - 2009/2010 season - (2009-10-28)
  [2349] Businesses effected by road works in Melksham - (2009-08-11)
  [2329] Great to be in Melksham - (2009-08-08)
  [2297] Standing on the corner, Melksham Carnival - (2009-07-19)
  [2262] History is not always pretty - (2009-06-30)
  [2253] Walks in and around Melksham, Wiltshire - (2009-06-21)
  [2175] Melksham in pictures - (2009-05-11)
  [2168] In honour of the photograph, I present ... a walk from Reybridge to Lacock - (2009-05-10)
  [2142] Riverside Development - (2009-04-26)
  [2066] Melksham Industrial - (2009-03-04)
  [2064] East of Melksham Countryside - (2009-03-02)
  [2043] Confidence, Customer Service and Tourism in Melksham - (2009-02-15)
  [2008] The Month Ahead - What is happening in Melksham - (2009-01-25)
  [1986] Walk to Bowerhill - (2009-01-10)
  [1977] Going round the block - (2009-01-04)
  [1928] Melksham Oak Secondary School, Melksham, Wiltshire - (2008-12-07)
  [1451] More PHP sample and demonstration programs - (2007-12-01)
  [1436] A little touring help during a business trip to England - (2007-11-18)
  [1368] Getting the local voice heard - (2007-09-26)
  [1360] Asda in Melksham - Welcome or not? - (2007-09-21)
  [1343] Melksham Laundrette - (2007-09-09)
  [1341] Moving to Melksham? Househunting map. - (2007-09-09)
  [1330] While waiting for Melksham Post Office - (2007-09-02)
  [1271] Till the cows come home - (2007-07-19)
  [1266] Party in the Park - (2007-07-14)
  [1206] Where and When - can you place the picture? - (2007-05-27)
  [1177] Sorting out for a site map - (2007-05-05)
  [1137] Wiltshire Circles - (2007-04-07)
  [1117] Newport Male Voice Choir - (2007-03-24)
  [977] Melksham and Norwich - (2006-12-10)
  [957] Improving the historic town of Melksham - (2006-11-30)
  [929] Presenting Melksham - for a weekend away in Wiltshire - (2006-11-17)
  [879] Tuesday night is party night - (2006-09-26)
  [866] A lazy programmer is a good programmer - (2006-09-15)
  [847] Image maps for navigation - a straightforward example - (2006-08-28)
  [830] Butterflies in a Wiltshire garden - (2006-08-12)
  [811] Melksham in Bloom - (2006-07-22)
  [805] Melksham Carnival Parade - (2006-07-16)
  [676] Melksham, Wiltshire - (2006-04-08)
  [437] Outside of the box - (2005-09-06)

Z521 - Navigable waterways - Canals, Rivers and Sea
  [3483] Canals, watererways in the Melksham area - (2011-10-16)
  [3482] Taking a boat down Caen Hill Locks - (2011-10-15)
  [3345] Cruising - (2011-07-04)
  [3282] The future of canal management and charities - Kennet and Avon Canal bias - (2011-05-08)
  [3183] Redevelopment on the banks of the Avon in Melksham - (2011-02-25)
  [3157] A new monopoly on the ferry to Northern Ireland - (2011-02-04)
  [2807] Canal through Melksham - the options and issues - (2010-06-13)
  [2796] Sunday - waiting for the ferry. - (2010-06-06)
  [2730] Bird Watching on the Melksham Avon - (2010-04-18)
  [1657] Farewell, Newcastle to Stavanger, Haugsund and Bergen - (2008-05-29)
  [820] Robert and William Whitworth - (2006-08-01)
  [793] The Wilts and Berks Canal - (2006-07-05)
  [776] Naming Rooms - (2006-06-24)
  [708] Linescapes of Mull - (2006-05-03)
  [598] Should we cruise around the world? - (2006-02-09)

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