5 APRIL 2008, Page 24

A slow run thing

Sir: Henry Sands is quite wrong (Diary, 22 March) when he claims that his pal Mr Tolstoy recorded the slowest time of the season on the Cresta Run this year. A chap with a group from Krug champagne posted a time of 197 seconds; I witnessed it and it was nothing short of exquisite, in a way. I think it gave me frostbite.

Mr Sands should apologise to his literary chum.

John Springs

London SW3