I just wanted to say a big thank you to the police officer and tree surgeons who were in attendance to a fallen tree on the Windermere road early on Friday morning (September 21).

The time was about 5.30 am when we had to stop, having just left Langdale and on our way home to Devon.

I turned my engine off but not my lights and, of course, caused a flat battery, which meant I could not start the car.

The police officer and tree surgeons were most helpful and managed to get me started and i had an incident-free trip home after that.

Thank you to all concerned - it really was very much appreciated.

Fred and Anne Vanstone

Budleigh Salterton