SO the anonymous Guardian columnist accuses me of moaning and exaggerating air pollution!

Well can I invite the mysterious commentator to accompany me on the school walk with two of my granddaughters along the Hartford corridor on a cold morning when you can actually see exhaust fumes pouring from queuing exhaust pipes?

You can taste the gases, OK you can’t chew them but sometimes in literature exaggeration can be effective in getting your message across!

Overall air pollution across the town may not be topping the charts but I rely on my god given senses of sight, smell and taste to inform me that what me and the grandkids are breathing in is not that good for us.

The Fly in the Ointment will be telling us next that climate change is a myth or that the moon landings didn’t happen!

And incidentally, when I put forward a view I have the confidence to put my name to it, I am Sam Naylor, who are you?

Cllr Sam Naylor Northwich