Update John Coles Park now open. The Chippenham park now open after the government relaxed restrictions for open spaces. Photo Trevor Porter 66824 1.. A pensioner has described how she “just froze” as she was bitten several times in a Chippenham park by a dog that was out of control and running around. Carol Williams, 68, said she went to John Coles Park yesterday afternoon for her daily exercise during the Covid-19 pandemic. “I usually do three or four laps of the park for my exercise. I have been going for a few years,” she said today. “I walked through the gate opposite Greenway Avenue and down the circular path and this dog came bounding up to me. It was barking a lot and quite a big dog, mid brown in colour.