AT last some imaginative thinking! Yes, the present Wicker Man needs a new site and updating.
He has become iconic by the M5 but his weak arms and hands need to be stronger and show power to the past and present folk who work the Somerset Levels.
He could be made larger and stronger looking on a new site, as suggested, on the levels beside M5 and the South West Railway Line.
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The present statue has become too small and powerless next to the developments of recent years.
Seeing the holiday vacations on many canal and rivers in England shown on recent TV programs, perhaps the Somerset Levels could be earmarked for a waterways tourist area.
Reading Rebecca Pows concern about Woodland areas, perhaps she could promote more tree planting alongside the waterways on the levels?
P A PERDEAUX
Taunton
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