Travel feedback of the week: March 13-19

900AM GMT nineteen Mar 2010

Charles Starmer-Smith"s essay on Kenya"s Safaricom Marathon was well perceived by readers

Safaricom Marathon

Thanks for Charles Starmer-Smith"s excellent, certain essay ("Pleasure and suffering on the African plains", Mar 13) about the Safaricom marathon in the pleasing country. This year I will be using the eventuality for the third time and I"m unapproachable to be piece of this initiative. Karibuni Kenya (Welcome to Kenya).Steve Muchai, website comment

More transport views Travel feedback of the week Mar 6-12 The 40-something ski crippled Pleasure and suffering on the African plains Madeira picks up the pieces Hiking on Lundy Island

This was an glorious and critical article. There are people from opposite backgrounds, abounding and poor, all using for an critical means in Kenya. It is an extraordinary experience, using a marathon and not meaningful what will come out of the bush. William Ang"awa, website comment

Nice competition for a good cause, and good that there are lots of locals running. But, magnify him, right away that Charles has managed his "gruelling" half marathon, may be he should begin meditative of bigger things? How about the Atacama Crossing going on in Chile at about this time? This consists of 150 miles of self-supported running, together with 6 stages in 6 days carrying all your own food and equipment. Oh, and it"s opposite the driest place on Earth, in a dried and all at an rise of about 3,000 metres.Anonymous, website comment

Madeira on the mend

Louise Roddon"s essay ("Madeira picks up the pieces", Mar 13) supposing an glorious comment of the tough work put in by the islanders to revive Funchal and the superficial towns and areas following the events of Feb 20. She prisoner their feelings of regard and dolour for their associate islanders who had died or had been done homeless. Their alternative regard was that they hoped their unchanging visitors from most alternative countries would not be dissuaded from entrance to Madeira by cinema beamed around the universe in the evident issue of the tragedy.

The essay mentions the income and wardrobe donated by the islanders, but maybe misses the point that those of us who were on vacation at the time and arrived subsequently were additionally invited to likewise contribute. I am told that they did so in large numbers, that reflects how the Madeirans are regarded by those they see after so well, year after year.Merfyn Ashdown, around email

Can I be a ski bum, too?

In anxiety to James Bedding"s mainstay and blog ("The 40-something ski bum, telegraph.co.uk/skibum), let me contend appreciate you for creation an office-trapped man really happy. His essay has dismissed my aptitude of what could be, as well as brought behind lustful memories of ski seasons prolonged ago.

But there is one thing I would love to know. Can one essentially have a vital as an instructor? Is it only palm to mouth? And what do they do in the summer months? I apologize if this is the subject of a destiny post as I am a somewhat desirous man. Hamish, website comment

Picture unlawful Lundy

The sketch used to spell out Nicholas Crane"s beguiling essay ("Stepping in to tip worlds", Mar 13), featuring walks on Lundy Island, is prolonged out of date. A post was built a little years ago, creation send from the island supply boat and on vacation wish steamers most simpler nonetheless less exciting. Fred and Madge, Tiverton, Devon