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I had a similar experience to Zoe Williams (The day had come to scatter my mum’s ashes. What could possibly go wrong?, 5 May) when I scattered my dad’s ashes near the first tee at his golf club. After reaching into the urn and grabbing a large handful of his ashes, I threw them into the air only to have them all blown back at me by a sudden gust of wind. Friends always said I looked very much like him and I felt a tremendous sense of pride as parts of him went into every orifice.
Bob Dawson
Greenmount, Greater Manchester

• Glad to read about the campaign to save the mother of Bramley apples tree (Report, 5 May). How about a campaign to rename the apple itself the “Brailsford” apple? It’s surely time to reverse the patriarchal appropriation of Mary Ann Brailsford’s beautiful tree and her stunning apple by Matthew Bramley in cahoots with Henry Merrweather.
Vicky Barnes
Condover, Shropshire