I’m glad the new Caledonian Sleeper trains have all mod cons (Report, 30 April), but they’re not doing much to facilitate green travel. When we tried to book from London to Fort William, we were told that passengers with bicycles have to get up in the middle of the night to move them when the train separates. If the rail network wants to encourage travellers with bicycles, it will have to do better.
Fiona Monroe
London
• At the crematorium service of a colleague named Sally, the music was of course Gracie Fields singing Sally (Letters, 4 May). Unfortunately, the CD was not stopped in time and the next track began to play: Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye.
Tony Luckhurst
Gillingham, Kent
• The news that the government pledges to retain 1p and 2p coins (Report, 3 May) must give our overstretched public sector workers the hope of another generous pay rise in the near future.
Ian Grieve
Gordon Bennett, Llangollen canal
• I can’t see what the fuss is about with regard to ships being called “she” (Letters, 4 May). In Sussex, the default gender is feminine. As a local saying has it, everything in Sussex is a she, ’cept a tomcat, and she’s a he.
Marcus Weeks
Hastings, East Sussex
• I heard a cuckoo on 18 March. Obviously it takes a long time to fly the nine miles between me in Maldon and Peldon (Letters, 3 May).
Bella D’Arcy Reed
Maldon, Essex
• Here at the north end of the Isle of Skye, cuckoos have been cuckooing away for the past two weeks!
Sally Phelps
Kilmuir, Isle of Skye
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