30 OCTOBER 1999, Page 36

Lost for an excuse

From Mr Hamish Blyth Sir: Here's one for the crass excuses collec- tion (Letters, 16 October): 'The late depar- ture of the train at platform 2 is because the driver of the minicab sent to collect the driver of the train ... got lost.'

Hamish Blyth

Flat 16, 10 Lowndes Square, London SW1