That I don’t mind, but the wretched A39 from Bridgwater to Minehead needs scrapping and making into a dual carriage way, all the way – it’s entire length. Do it the Spanish way – just say that’s what’s going to happen, then make it happen! For nearly two whole hours I spent travelling from Bristol to this quaint little village just outside Dunster – it was worth the time, because it was just a lovely day and Somerset was really looking at her best. The cottage that I saw didn’t look too bad either, but there will be plenty to do when my Clients get there, at the week-ends for their retreat, as it has a large garden, and I’ve noticed, over the years, that things in gardens, when left to their own devices seem to have nothing other better to do than to grow! The cottage was of slightly indeterminate age, but the remaining roof timbers, nicely eaten away by death watch beetle, suggest the 1700’s and that it was an ‘end of terraced’ cottage, maybe even semi-detached many, many years ago, when Somerset was even greener…   more »