As many predicted, entries were down for this year's Pewsey Carnival. On the face of it, that's a bad thing. But is it really? I know quite a few spectators and who don't go any more because they feel that the event has been spoilt by the drunks. There are potential entrants who won't take part for the same reason - a bandsman told me that he was fed up with having coins thrown at or into his expensive instrument.

Pewsey Carnival was always a bit of a boozy event but it does seem to have got out of hand lately. The organisers have made a stand. In years to come, this could be the making of the Carnival as more families come back and more people want to take part - albeit with a little less of the old sauce inside them. At least until the parade is over, that is.