7 NOVEMBER 1998, Page 30

Philanderer-in-chief

Sir: Nicholas Lunt's glowing testimony to the fitness regime at RMA Sandhurst (Let- ters, 24 October), while fitting, is surely born out of his own experiences. While time, imagination and (in Nicholas's case) an over-enthusiasm for organic gardening do dull the memory, I have no doubt that the garrison of Her Majesty's former colony of Belize will well remember an occasion involving the then Captain Lunt, a drum kit and a lady of (considerable) substance, who far from being the Brigadier's daughter was, in fact, the Brigadier's wife.

Mark Shirley

Durwood Cottage, Upham, Hants