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Left to right : Chris Mepsted, Rhys Taylor, Solomon Pegden, Dave Beety and Alex Mepsted taking on fundraiser A GROUP of friends are preparing a county-wide fundraising tractor run after their friends died in a car crash. Hundreds of tractors are set to rumble down the streets of towns such as Melksham and Devizes as part of the event on September 26. The charity ride was organised by young farmer Solomon Pegden and his friends after they lost two close pals in a car crash earlier this month. “We recently lost our mates in a car crash on the A36,” he said. “We were trying to find something positive and something in memory of them is a way of getting our minds off what happened instead of dwelling on it. ....
Left to right : Chris Mepsted, Rhys Taylor, Solomon Pegden, Dave Beety and Alex Mepsted taking on fundraiser A GROUP of friends are preparing a county-wide fundraising tractor run after their friends died in a car crash. Hundreds of tractors are set to rumble down the streets of towns such as Melksham and Devizes as part of the event on September 26. The charity ride was organised by young farmer Solomon Pegden and his friends after they lost two close pals in a car crash earlier this month. “We recently lost our mates in a car crash on the A36,” he said. “We were trying to find something positive and something in memory of them is a way of getting our minds off what happened instead of dwelling on it. ....
Fears have been raised about people’s safety after a recent surge in vandalism and antisocial behaviour on historic Roundway Hill and the surrounding area. Farmers have had to spend money on repairing vandalised fences and replacing padlocks cut by trespassers. Parents have even dropped off their children with bags of alcohol. As warmer weather approaches, people have been urged by police to keep to safe areas and take litter home with them. Wiltshire Police have confirmed that they regularly patrol the area. The rolling hills are historically important as the site of Battle of Roundway Down, fought on 13 July 1643, during the First English Civil War when a Royalist cavalry force under Lord Wilmot won a crushing victory over the Parliamentarians under Sir William Waller. ....