Changing route | Motorway issues | Making lasagne | Figs aplenty | Wootton Courtenay | Taff’s Well
Adrian Chiles (The worst two words in the dead of night? ‘Motorway closed’, 4 November) may be interested in roads.org.uk – a niche website, but interesting. Chris Marshall, who runs it, recently posted a fascinating article on the complexities involved in planning diversion routes. Highly recommended, and much more gripping than Celebrity Traitors! Maria Gray Sandhurst, Berkshire
Advice to Adrian Chiles regarding his motorway issue. First, ignore satnav. Second, never go on a motorway which is threatened with closure. Third, use a good road atlas. I recommend a Philip’s Navigator. Then enjoy the countryside. Happy motoring! Stuart Garside New Mills, Derbyshire
Someone please tell Keren Levy that “rustle up a lasagne” means exactly that – from the freezer (The hill I will die on: Nobody just ‘rustles up’ a lasagne, 9 November). Nobody actually makes one, do they? Jude Anderson Cardiff
Another harbinger of climate change (Letters, 5 November): we’re still picking ripe figs from a tree that’s barely borne any fruit in 20 years. But roll on figgy pudding. Bill Britnell Shrewsbury, Shropshire
I live in Wootton Courtenay, surely named after the 19th-century explorer and penny-farthing rider (Letters, 9 November). Dr Patrick Hoyte Wootton Courtenay, Somerset
I’m always relieved to note that Taff’s Well, as announced along the A470 in south Wales, but I’ve no idea what was ailing him before. Martin Robertson Yatton, North Somerset
