INSTEAD of carping on about the leisure centre I wonder if the likes of Barry Knight (your letters page 10 March) have noticed that there is something outside his and all our back doors called fresh air.

It might come as a shock to him, but he won’t need to queue to use his own bike when he gets it out of the shed.

If he is desperate however to exercise indoors there’s that little known concept called ‘press ups’ he could learn, and if that’s not enough there is an exercise called ‘sit ups’ too.

Why some people are so obsessed with joining a leisure centre or gym and paying through the nose for the privilege is beyond me when you can get all the exercise you need for free outside!

Jimmy Jones, Coachways, Andover