MARMITE, the sharpest of my two cats, had us all laughing out loud the other night when she said she agreed the discussion on the Sainsbury's roundabout ought to cease as the debate was 'going round in circles'.

There are few things in this world as rewarding as owning a witty cat, although her habit of spreading Fishy Treat Paste on my sandwiches and grinning when I unsuspectingly bite into them has become more than a little tiresome.

Also, R Jordan made a good point when, talking about roundabouts (Letters, April 23), he wrote, in a tone laced with heavy irony, that perhaps foreign drivers 'have to negotiate one or two before they reach Redditch'.

It was such a clever observation that I set off this morning along the M42, M40, M25, M26 and M2 to check. I have just booked into a B&B near the Channel Tunnel entrance at Folkestone.

So far though, oddly, I haven't found any roundabouts.

I am so sure R Jordan's point is valid that tomorrow I intend to check out all the other motorways in the area as I am quite there must be roundabouts hiding along them at some point

Howard Bellaby

Badger Brook Lane

Astwood Bank