SIR - I am sure that I am not alone when I say that we don’t say “Thank You” for The Byes and all the changes for the good over the years.

I first walked through The Byes in 1961 when I lived in Sidmouth with my parents and brother at what was then Tia Maria Guest House opposite The Byes. I married a Sidmothian, then I moved away, but not for long.

Over the years, The Byes was that special place to be, for anyone of any age. Now after all those years, I am in a wheelchair and have been for 12 years. My husband pushes me from the Toll House to Sidford and back on many a Sunday.

I am saying thank you for such a beautiful place. In June, I am having a new knee, at last, and I am looking forward to walking in The Byes again. I can’t wait.

Sitting in a wheelchair can open your eyes up at everything around. The birds singing and the squirrels running about. I have even seen a Kingfisher on two occasions.

The paths are kept tidy, are lovely and wide and we all appreciate The Byes and that’s why I am saying thank you to everyone who helps to make it the place it is today, for all of us who go there, for whatever reason.

Yvonne Tuckwell

Woodside, Lower Washfield, Tiverton