After reading Marina Hyde’s comments about Team Sky and their tribulations (Opinion, 16 December), I have to say I sympathise with those who find it difficult to deal with the problem of salbutamol and its effect on cyclists with asthma. I have been taking it on a regular basis for many years and I am no better a cyclist now than I was before I turned 93.
Hilda Hayden
Malvern, Worcestershire
• If Stuart Heritage learned to talk to his hairdresser (G2, 14 December) he would find he had a reliable source of information about tradespeople and wouldn’t need to employ expensive people who knocked on his door to clean his gutters (G2, 29 November). That’s how I discovered my most recent plumber.
Margaret Squires
St Andrews, Fife
• I do hope that visitors to Scotland in search of còsagach are not disappointed by what they find next year (Hunt for Scottish hygge winds up in a damp wee spot, 15 December). If they don’t find what they are looking for, can I suggest that they visit Wales, where they will be warmly welcomed with a cwtch.
Beverley Mason
Cardiff
• I am always intrigued by the professions of the couples in your blind date feature in Weekend magazine. On Saturday we had Max, an innovation consultant. Are there no window cleaners or traffic wardens out there in search of love?
David Gerrard
Hove, East Sussex
• My favourite placename in a song (Letters, 16 December) has to be from the Smiths’ song Is It Really So Strange?: “I lost my bag in Newport Pagnell” – both funny and sad.
Jon Garrett
London
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