Barry Glendenning’s column was heartfelt and very entertaining (How hard can it be to run 13 miles? With help from the pub, park and peas I am finding out, 17 January). As a fellow bar-stool athlete, I could almost smell the tobacco smoke from years past when studying form in the Coach and Horses. Indeed, it was as though Jeffrey Bernard had briefly risen for “just the one”.
Max Tannahill
Wivenhoe, Essex
• “Nobody has enjoyed a night at the Premier Inn Milton Keynes more than we have,” says Beth, 75 (This is how we do it, 18 January). I have tried to reserve a double room for me and my wife, at the Premier Inn in Milton Keynes, only to find that it’s fully booked for the foreseeable...
Bren Pointer
London
• Bodø is a Norwegian city of almost 43,000 souls, perhaps 86,000 soles, few from Dover – not a “fishing village” (Bodø/Glimt give Manchester City one hell of a Champions League beating, 20 January).
Alistair Cant
Edinburgh
• You inform your readers of “nine things you need to know about the Beckham family feud” (Celebrity crib sheet, 20 January). No, we don’t.
Pete Bibby
Sheffield
• Here on the Isle of Wight, everywhere beyond the Solent is “the North Island” (Letters, 22 January).
Helen Keats
Brighstone, Isle of Wight
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