It's difficult for a Dalek in Robin Hood’s Bay

A Dalek on the streets of Robin Hood’s Bay. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

I’m fascinated to know how a Dalek is trundling around Robin Hood’s Bay (‘Self-isolate’: Dalek surprises residents of UK fishing village, 6 April). Anyone familiar with the village will know it is a labyrinth of narrow lanes and passages, with numerous steps and steep roads thrown in. It would be impossible for a Dalek to “roam the North Yorkshire streets” as your report suggests.
Ian Ferguson
Thornton Dale, North Yorkshire

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