• Glastonbury haulage firm features in prestigious new calendar

  By NickCottle

  I believe this says a lot about the standing of this local company within the haulage industry. It...

            

   

  By glastopeep at 16:16 on 26/01/12

  

  Family-owned and run local transport operator, Sparks Transport of Glastonbury has been selected to appear in the annual Scania calendar 2012. Scania is a major manufacturer of trucks, buses, coaches and engines for industrial and marine operations, and this year its calendar features a unique set of images captured and produced by top photographer Bryan Winstanley, who is based in Manchester. Every year the collectible calendar is...

• Railway Rev Up in Meare near Glastonbury

  By glastopeep

  Hi Ivan, Thanks for letting us know that. That's a very respectable amount, especially when you...

            

   

  By VictorMildew at 20:34 on 22/09/11

  

  The annual Railway Rev-Up took place at the Railway Inn in Meare a few miles outside of Glastonbury on17th and 18th September 2011. The Railway is off the beaten path situated next to the Ashcott Corner Visitors' Car Park from where the Acre Wall RSPB Nature Reserve can be visited, but despite its remote location and variable weather conditions with quite heavy showers at times, the crowds were out in force over the weekend. ...

• Fixed speed cameras near Glastonbury have now been switched off

  By NickCottle

  I suspect we will need to wait and see what happens next.. Personaly i like those solar powered...

            

   

  By VictorMildew at 16:55 on 01/04/11

  

  Fixed speed cameras in the Glastonbury area and across Somerset were switched off yesterday after budget cuts led to funding being withdrawn from the Safety Camera Partnership which was disbanded as a result. Avon and Somerset Constabulary will now make use of a team of six (although they may in future increase that number) mobile vans to monitor and enforce speed limits across the region in a move that they state will offer them the...

• Calling concerned users of bus services through Glastonbury

  By tonyreese

  two points to share for tonight's meeting: 1. If you think this year's cuts are bad, then be...

            

   

  By glastopeep at 20:49 on 27/03/11

  

  Further to our recent article about proposed Somerset County Council and First Bus cuts to our local bus services, which will affect many travellers in the Glastonbury area it appears that out of hours bus travel will become almost totally impossible. If the proposals get the go ahead, from the 17th April the last bus back from Bristol Templemeads Railway Station to Glastonbury will be at 7.27pm, while in the opposite direction...

• Bus Cuts affecting Glastonbury

  By bristolrocks

  Hi, for detailed information about how the Council Cuts will affect First bus services in the area...

            

   

  By tonyreese at 09:45 on 28/03/11

  

  I will try to be with you tonight, but here are two things to share.... 1.  If you think this year's cuts are bad, then be aware that over the next two years Somerset intend to make cuts of similar financial magnitude each year.  So this will affect daytime services as well.  At the recent Somerset Public Transport Forum meeting, it was agreed that there will be an extra Somerset Public Transport Forum meeting on 23 June...

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