SIR — Thank you very much for publishing my letter about the defective lights in Watchet (Free Press January 27).

I walked down Goviers Lane on Tuesday night and street light no 1 was shining brightly again.

But my surprise and pleasure was dimmed by seeing that lights 4, 6 and 9 were still out on The Esplanade. So I am not sure whether my letter has had any effect.

I do hope that leaving lights numbers 4, 6 and 9 still not working isn’t an unannounced economy measure by West Somerset Council and that they will be repaired shortly, before no 1 decides to show solidarity with its comrades and go out again.

Meantime, I would like to express my solidarity with the writers two ther letters printed last week. Litter and dog mess blight Watchet.

I too often pick up litter, not just around my house but when I am out walking my dog. And it is apparent that it is the same dog owners repeatedly choosing not to clean  up after their dogs.

One way of avoiding having a dog do its business when out is to train it to do it at home. Guide dogs cannot be allowed to deposit faeces when out with their owners because they cannot see to pick it up, so they are trained to do it at home.

We took on a mature rescue dog who was not house trained. A friend who is a puppy walker for Guide Dogs for the Blind advised us to send the dog outside at regular intervals and say “Busy, busy”.

Eventually this worked and, apart from being totally house trained, our dog rarely does her business when we are out.

I find it very depressing that considerable numbers of our UK population think that the world is their litter bin or dog toilet.

Their behaviour is anti-social and illegal but there is not enough social and political will to ensure that the law is enforced.

A change in attitudes would be the best solution but who is going to fund the campaigns to achieve this?

Mrs E M Elworthy,

Liddymore Road,

Watchet.