Your letters column offers a
wonderful medium for all to
exercise their opinions,
make comments on current
affairs or just blow their
own trumpet.
 

For me there is often an
observation that makes me
smile or laugh out loud – like
the torture equipmentÿ used
for exercise in Basingstoke
(letter by Graham Holmes).
 

I often see people trotting
up and down our road (it’s
too dangerous on the path
because of all the cyclists)
and I wonder – if exercise is
so good for you how come
I’ve never seen a jogger
smiling?
 

Allan Pothecary,
Eardley Avenue, Andover