NEVER one to sit on the fence, our resident letter writer Jamie Batten is this week flushed with anger over what he describes as the "hugely embarrassing" toileting arrangements at the Moor.

Admittedly, we've had a couple of letters of complaint since the Common-Riding. But just two missives from an estimated 10,000 who picnicked over the two days perhaps suggests the situation isn't quite as bad as Jamie is claiming.

He's having none of it though. And tired of being "fobbed off" by the Common-Riding Committee, Jamie is calling for permanent toilets to be built at the Moor . . . although just how much such a grand project would cost, Jamie doesn't say. But with £169,000 in the Common-Riding Committee's coffers, surely there's cash available, he protests.

However, just why the Common-Riding Committe would spend thousands of pounds on permanent toilets, which would only come in for heavy use two days a year, is a question only Jamie can answer . . .

So let's concentrate on 2014 when the Common-Riding money will no doubt be put to better use!