DEAR News Of The Area,

ON hearing the first cuckoo of spring, it is a traditional competition for crusty English gents to pen a letter to The Times.

In this vein, I am pleased to say after weeks of watching I have seen the first bicycle on the new Woolgoolga bike path.

A young male in drab school plumage doing a slalom around the safety poles, including into the oncoming traffic lane, up the hill towards River St.

Yours faithfully,
Howard DENGATE,
Safety Beach.