MADAM – I was doubled up with laughter at the 'Alice in Wonderland' moment your reader John Hudson had at Stroud railway station trying to purchase a day return ticket from Kemble to Paddington.

It's so refreshing to know these moments happen making us smile along the way.

"I'm late, I'm late for a very important date," quoted the White Rabbit; I say, "Keep hopping and bopping", like the White Rabbit, or as the opening line in my WI report said, "That's the way to do it!"

Kathleen Quant

Upton St Leonard's