As I luxuriated in a swift and comfortable journey with Brittany Ferries from Cherbourg on Sunday, I was wondering why so many people use the fractious Dover-Calais crossing (Travellers face six-hour delays at UK border control in Calais, 4 September)? The discovery of a little-known part of Normandy can add to the pleasure of a holiday.
Val Mainwood
Wivenhoe, Essex
• I have difficulty knowing how to refer to the young woman who is in a long-term relationship with my son (Letters, 5 September). They do not wish to get married. She cannot be known as my daughter-in-law and I do not like the term “partner” as it could mean a business, male or female partner. “Other half” is clumsy. If she is a common law wife, could I call her my son’s wife?
Alison Norris
Cirencester, Gloucestershire
