Lone walkers shouldn’t suffer for others’ idiocy
SIR – I live in North Yorkshire, in the village of Grewelthorpe, at the eastern end of Wensleydale and Nidderdale.
I have stopped driving to even more remote places for my occasional walks. I now walk, two or three times a week, from my cottage, and I continue along small country lanes for about 60 to 90 minutes, without meeting anybody.
If, because of the unbelievable stupidity of other people, I am denied this “freedom to exercise” (report, April 8), I will probably disregard the government directive.
I can understand that urban life at the moment is more oppressive than ours in the country. Most citydwellers chose to live where they are, as I chose, many years ago, to live where I am. They include young “wheeler-dealers” earning vast salaries, with properties many times the value of my own.
I should not be penalised because of their arrogance and lack of consideration. Peter Ellis
Grewelthorpe, North Yorkshire
SIR – Living within the Dartmoor National Park, I went for a bike ride from home yesterday over the moor and through narrow lanes.
It was a joy. I’ve been a keen cyclist ever since I learnt to ride in the Fifties. My day was like being transported back in time. No traffic, no tractors: just me, the wife and the open countryside. Stephen Woodbridge-smith
Tavistock, Devon
SIR – Why am I still vying for space on the pavement with cyclists, when roads are very nearly empty of cars? Shirley Parfitt
Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire
SIR – Man lying on beach sunbathing with no one within 25 yards. Heinous crime (report, April 8). Man running in park breathing heavily within a few feet of everyone he passes. Quite acceptable.
Who is briefing the police who now appear on our streets, parks and beaches (after years of absence)? James Jones
Rochester, Kent