ON a recent visit to Minehead, I noticed with sadness that the

cafe and putting green in Blenheim Gardens were closed

.

My family and I have been visiting this park to play a game of putting for years, it had become a annual event we all enjoyed very much.

A sign on the door told us they regretfully had to close due to increased business rates and overheads.

In a seaside town as popular as Minehead, visited by families of all ages, how does it make any sense to force a much-loved establishment to close?

It reminds me of the saying, killing the goose that lays the golden egg.

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Charging these establishments more than they can afford is a lose lose situation in my opinion.

I would like to think that while these decisions are being made, the people responsible, who work for your council aren’t getting six-figure salaries, because failure on this scale doesn’t deserve it.

PETE BERTHIAUME

Bridgwater