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Argus, took a drive around the Caldicot Levels. He wrote about his journey in the Weekly Argus on April 2, 1921. We re-print it here with comments (in italics) by Peter Strong, secretary of the Gwent County History Association and volunteer with the Living Levels project. In the land of the reens Easter exploration of the Welsh Holland By J Kyrle Fletcher IT WAS at the fifth milestone out of Newport on the high road to Chepstow that we turned sharply to the right towards the land of the reens. The tourists who wrote our famous books on the topography of South Wales travelled on foot or t...