The glory of Wiltshire is its antiquity, the beauty of its landscape and the old-fashioned charm of its villages and market towns. But as the ancient monuments and the settlements show, this tranquil landscape has been used by human beings - farmed, worshipped, lived in - for all these long years.
GWR has been in touch to alert me to the fact that Network Rail will be carrying out essential upgrades to the track in the Acton area between Friday 18 April and Monday 21 April.