Wild strawberries on the train to Innsbruck

SIR – Travelling from Zurich to Innsbruck some years ago, our train was held at signals west of the Arlberg Tunnel. Beside the track was a carpet of wild strawberries (report, July 23), so, knowing that the tunnel was single-track and that we would not be moving until a westbound train had passed, I climbed down to the track and picked handfuls to share with my travelling companion. Delicious. Oliver Barratt Grange-over-sands, Cumbria

A cool shelf: Still Life with Wild Strawberries (1705) by the Dutch painter Adriaen Coorte