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| Giant Olympic rings appear in Bath field | |
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| Giant Olympic rings, the size of two football pitches, have begun to appear in a field in Somerset. | Giant Olympic rings, the size of two football pitches, have begun to appear in a field in Somerset. |
| Gerald Addicott, from Corston Fields Farm near Bath, planted the five rings of white-flowered linseed in a crop of blue linseed in March "just for fun". | Gerald Addicott, from Corston Fields Farm near Bath, planted the five rings of white-flowered linseed in a crop of blue linseed in March "just for fun". |
| Now each 55m (180ft) diameter ring has begun to flower to reveal the massive 196m (643ft) wide Olympic logo. | Now each 55m (180ft) diameter ring has begun to flower to reveal the massive 196m (643ft) wide Olympic logo. |
| Mr Addicott said: "It's amazing what you can do with five sticks and a bit of string." | Mr Addicott said: "It's amazing what you can do with five sticks and a bit of string." |
| Visible from the A39, between Corston and Marksbury, the white-flowered crop is currently "well ahead of the blue" and "the rings are showing well". | Visible from the A39, between Corston and Marksbury, the white-flowered crop is currently "well ahead of the blue" and "the rings are showing well". |
| "It's changing by the minute and when the white linseed runs out of steam, then it will be green rings on a blue background," said Mr Addicott. | |
| 'Job done' | 'Job done' |
| "But linseed flowers are illusive, they bloom for a few hours each day and for a few weeks in June. | "But linseed flowers are illusive, they bloom for a few hours each day and for a few weeks in June. |
| "Exactly when the crop blooms during the day and how long that display will last can't be predicted." | |
| Mr Addicott, who was born in 1948, the year of the last London Olympics, is also celebrating his birthday on the same day as the London 2012 opening ceremony. | |
| "This year, they open on my birthday and I thought it would be quite a nice idea to make something on the farm that we all would remember, " he said. | "This year, they open on my birthday and I thought it would be quite a nice idea to make something on the farm that we all would remember, " he said. |
| "And if somebody drives past and looks up and sees these rings and smiles then it's job done I think." |