Sir, – On TV the report on “udder tampering” at the Great Yorkshire Show was accompanied by a picture of a rosette won at Stokesley Show.

Does this practice happen everywhere?

It is beyond me how anyone feels they have “won” anything when supposedly natural attributes, nurtured and refined by hard work and investment, are anything but.

This applies across the board – cheating diminishes all contests and removes even the remotest conviction that the prize was truly won. It has only been bought, so why not just go out and buy a cup, get it engraved and save yourself the effort of preparation and presenting at all? You’d be guaranteed that way every time.

Also – on Spectator’s Note about wayside daffodils – of course the answer is no on both counts. Roadside planting has been paid for by the community for the community to enjoy.

What if we all turned out as soon as they flower and helped ourselves, this could be applied to all public displays and even my front garden as I paid for that as well.

Wild daffs are a protected species and attract large fines for anyone caught damaging them, as are many other species. Nothing like teaching your child to be greedy, mean and rude.

I wonder why we bother teaching our little ones respect and community concern in a world which seems to excuse the bully.

(Mrs) C LEWIS, Stokesley