WITH regard to Mr Waite's letter (Reclaiming paths, November 7), I would like to reply to his assertions that is it only "baseball capped feral yobs" who ride their bikes on pavements.

Walking over Clifton Bridge from Poppleton Road last night, I was confronted by an elderly headscarfed woman cycling towards me, not only on the pavement, but against the flow of oncoming traffic.

She then had the cheek to say "bit tight, love" as she whizzed passed me, dodging the lampposts.

If I had not stopped and moved out of her way, she would have ridden into me or fallen into the busy road; what a choice!

I suggest it is all age groups that insist on breaking the law, and not just the young.

Chris Pallister, The Garlands, Rawcliffe, York.