SIR — I continue to be amazed by the correspondence about Dunster Yarn Market. How can anyone even consider moving it? Have we sold our souls to the motor car completely? The best solution by far would be to declare Dunster a car free zone, as it is for Dunster by Candlelight, when it regains the magic and beauty of the medieval jewel which it is. If Dunster were in any other European country or in America, it would be preserved, treasured, and kept traffic and pollution free, as such a unique and marvellous place with its glorious old buildings deserves. Have people in this country completely lost all sense of wonder at such a beautiful medieval village? Do we perhaps take it all for granted? I agree that people matter more than cars. Which is precisely why I would like to ban all cars and lorries from villages like Dunster. If this is impossible, then at the very least why not have a strictly enforced, very slow speed limit through it? Far from removing the Yarn Market, I would in fact put lots more of them in every town and village to slow the traffic down!! But a better solution by far would be to remove the real cause of the problem, namely the cars and lorries. People could then walk safely and enjoy this treasure of a place without fear of being run over by impatient motorists. And the buildings would not suffer from pollution or physical damage by vehicles. The worship of the car has gone too far. Life is about more than driving to as many corners of the earth as we can, as fast as we can, and putting tarmac on every inch of land. There should also be a strict speed limit of 40 mph in Exmoor National Park - Dartmoor has one, why not us? Don't people care about our wonderful heritage of wild animals, or the unique and rare Exmoor ponies? Or the need to retain a few places where there really is peace and quiet, and a slower pace of life? Let's get back to what really matters in life - quality of life, beauty of surroundings, wild places and our cultural heritage. Otherwise life becomes hardly worth living. Lesley Evans, Bossington Lane, Porlock.
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