Roads, the way backwards ....

It's becoming clearer each day that roads and cars are no answer to future transport needs either in Wessex or elsewhere. We need to provide an easily accessible mix of private and public transport as oil runs out and the weather gets wilder. We need to make a gradual transfer of traffic from roads to rail, starting with freight traffic.




A mile from the first picture this is the remarkable revival of the Somerset and Dorset Railway at Midsomer Norton, a line closed and demolished over 35 years ago. Five years ago this was a derelict site, with no track, falling-down buildings and trees growing where the track now runs. This is the way forwards - eventually this line will run southwards to Shepton and hopefully Templecombe (and Bournemouth eventually) and northwards to Bath .