I TOO oppose the closure of the path through St Peter's grounds, but it is clear from his letter that J Rhodes has the firmest possible grasp on the wrong end of the stick (October 24).

The path in question is the one from St Peter's swimming bath to Clifton Methodist Church; not that from the swimming bath to Queen Anne's, which the school governors - to be fair to them - have denied any intention of attempting to close.

Incidentally, does J Rhodes know that the Paddy of Paddy's Field was a St Peter's master?

Robert Stevens,

Bootham Crescent,

York.

Updated: 10:52 Monday, November 01, 2004