IT is clear to me that (Taunton Deane Borough) council is engaged in a praiseworthy attempt to strengthen Taunton’s environmental credentials. 

What other county town can boast an unspoilt heathland at its heart?

I suspect that the botany departments of Bristol and Exeter Universities are vying to have the Firepool area declared a site of special botanical interest.

If the council can only resist the blandishments of the developers for a few score more years, we might have a Taunton Forest surrounded by croc-infested waters.

Surely, a tourist magnet! Hopefully.

PETER GOOCH
Bishops Lydeard