A HUGE thank you to everyone involved with St Leonard’s Hospice 80s-themed Midnight Walk on June 20.

A massive thank you to the 500-plus ladies who came along to this annual event as we celebrate 30 years of caring for local people.

Minster FM and Rubix Cube were on site to get the party going and the wonderful photographs by Ravage Productions confirm girls just wanna have fun.

Many thanks to Ema Devlin whose warm up got everyone raring to start the five and 10-mile routes.

We were so lucky to have been able to use such a fantastic venue as Joseph Rowntree School and we are extremely grateful to McDonalds restaurant staff at Blake Street and Monks Cross drive-through, who welcomed walkers at the halfway point for refreshments.

Our walkers were rewarded with bacon and sausage sandwiches thanks to the kindness and generosity of Asda Stores, Monks Cross, Butchers Block, DW Wilson Butchers, Ged Bell Butchers, JH Piercey Butchers, M & K Butchers and Richardsons of Woodthorpe.

Finally, special thanks to our many wonderful volunteers and marshals, which included York Inset Scooter Club, without whose help and support this event wouldn’t have taken place.

Niki Turnbull, Fundraising team, St Leonard’s Hospice, Tadcaster Road, York

 

WHICH traffic genius decided to resurface the Malton Road in the daytime?

This chaos is completely avoidable.

Is this part of a competition run by the authorities over the years to see who can come up with the stupidest idea?

All east York is in gridlock. The mind boggles.

No doubt we will be told that it’s more expensive to do it at night.

What about the enormous loss of time and money to drivers?

D McTernan, Fossway, York

 

FOR all their fancy talk, the Government still thinks everything revolves around London and the “north of Watford” neglect is still as conspicuous as ever.

It made a good soundbite in the election campaign, but what exactly does northern powerhouse mean? Tory manifesto promises are not being kept.

For the weasel word “paused” read “broken”.

Geoff Robb, Hunters Close, Dunnington, York

 

MAY the good Lord have mercy on our souls, we don’t know what to do for the best.

Either risk getting shot in a deckchair on the beach in some foreign clime or risk a day trip on a ride down to the smoke on a high speed train, to find the train trying to run on lines that have been buckled by the sun.

Ken Holmes, Cliffe Common, Selby

 

THERE is a stunning floral border where you may least expect it, off the beaten track, but right in the heart of the city.

You can admire it in Navigation Road, off Walmgate.

It never fails to impress when I sometimes take a short-cut from Layerthorpe along the Foss through to Walmgate.

Sheer delight and changing with the seasons, at present showing off foxgloves, honeysuckle, peonies and beautiful roses to name but a few.

If you have not yet seen it, take a stroll and admire.

Not sure who is responsible for this beautiful, ongoing floral display – the residents or the council – but they certainly deserve a pat on the back. Well done.

Barbara Hudson, Badger Hill, York

 

IT was lovely to read the letter from Kathy Bowerman and Mrs M Hope (Letters, June 30).

It echoes my thoughts exactly when my husband had to go in a care home.

I need not have worried, at Oaklands at Kirk Hammerton, he couldn’t have had better care.

We were lucky to be able to have Christmas dinner with him and watch him open his presents with my granddaughter and her children.

We enjoyed a lovely Christmas party for the residents and friends.

It’s such a pity he had to wait weeks in hospital before a place could be found in a care home.

Nancy Ingleby, Bradley Crescent, Rufforth, York