Highland hipster

SIR – As a lifelong Highland deerstalker, I sympathise with Sir Andrew Murray’s concern about his hip (report, January 3). I damaged mine by pulling deer carcases down from the hills to the game larder.

I now have two full prostheses but stalk with the help of a walking stick made from the head of one of the original femoral bones. I urge Sir Andrew to retire from tennis while his muscles are in good shape and take up another outdoor, but less challenging pursuit, on his Scottish estate. Iain Thornber

Morvern, Argyll