Adrian Chiles (The worst two words in the dead of night? ‘Motorway closed’, 4 November) may be interested in roads.org.uk – a niche website, but interesting. Chris Marshall, who runs it, recently posted a fascinating article on the complexities involved in planning diversion routes. Highly recommended, and much more gripping than Celebrity Traitors!
Maria Gray
Sandhurst, Berkshire
• Advice to Adrian Chiles regarding his motorway issue. First, ignore satnav. Second, never go on a motorway which is threatened with closure. Third, use a good road atlas. I recommend a Philip’s Navigator. Then enjoy the countryside. Happy motoring!
Stuart Garside
New Mills, Derbyshire
• Someone please tell Keren Levy that “rustle up a lasagne” means exactly that – from the freezer (The hill I will die on: Nobody just ‘rustles up’ a lasagne, 9 November). Nobody actually makes one, do they?
Jude Anderson
Cardiff
• Another harbinger of climate change (Letters, 5 November): we’re still picking ripe figs from a tree that’s barely borne any fruit in 20 years. But roll on figgy pudding.
Bill Britnell
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
• I live in Wootton Courtenay, surely named after the 19th-century explorer and penny-farthing rider (Letters, 9 November).
Dr Patrick Hoyte
Wootton Courtenay, Somerset
• I’m always relieved to note that Taff’s Well, as announced along the A470 in south Wales, but I’ve no idea what was ailing him before.
Martin Robertson
Yatton, North Somerset
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