SOMERSET'S FLATLANDS
If and when sea levels rise by a couple of metres or more, the Somerset Levels as we know them will be no more. This vast flat land was once a reedy swamp, and one day probably will be again.
Anyway, it's the focus of this day ride, though we start at Podimore services on the A303. It's flat here too, flat enough for the Fleet Air Arm's Yeovilton air base to have been built nearby in 1939. From Podimore roundabout take the A372 (signed Langport) and after a few hundred metres turn right on to a minor road. This
