I'm co-chair of the Melksham Party in the Park committee, so if you have any constructive criticisms or ideas for next year, feel free to feed them back to me here...

Thanks Sasha, yes that was very much my impression of the s-called Wiltshire Game and Country Show at Bowood as well - not very much Wiltshire on display! In fact the only local stall I could find was the "Wiltshire Gun & Rod" shop. No rods, but plenty of guns. Having said that, it was a brilliant event with plenty of interesting things to see and do. I was especially taken by the glass blowing demonstration, and particularly impressed at how well organised it all was.

My point about the Party in the Park is basically that we're always looking to keep it fresh and interesting, with new things every year, so anything that people see at other events which they particularly like then it's always good to hear about them. One idea I had at Bowood was maybe inviting the company who had "Water Balls" there, basically huge plastic balls floating on a shallow pond which children rolled around inside (the ball, not the water!). It looked fun and fairly easy to set up, just requiring a bit of space and a water supply.

Phil