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Why I nominated the Strawberry Line Society for The King’s Award for Voluntary Service
In November 2025 I nominated the Strawberry Line Society for The King’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK. Today they were named as recipients. Here is why I nominated them. Because it is a story of community. Since the early 1980s, volunteers have turned a closed…
Read MorePaths That Connect Us
I was invited to contribute to a film celebrating the Strawberry Line — a path that’s become something of a lifeline for our local community and our sense of wellbeing.
Read MoreA people’s path, in pieces, while determined as a train on the track to be a Somerset Circle.
Have you ever wondered why the Strawberry Line appears in parts of Mid-Somerset in fragments — stops and starts, interrupted with gaps of busy roads? The answer is a history lesson, and a story of remarkable persistence spanning many decades. Recently I attended a packed meeting of the Pilton Village History Group, where Richard Jones…
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