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Letter: Greener than green

Published 2 March 1996

From Robin and Gwen Page-Wood

In his admittedly self-indulgent article, “Going for green in France”, (Forum, 6 January, p 41), Ian Fells mentioned the cutting down of 200-year-old oaks to make way for more Eurowheat at Château des Fours.

As owners of this venerable relic, we hasten to put right what is obviously an editorial error: it was not we who cut down the oaks but the local farmer -much to our disgust. We remain greener than green, hence the low-energy light bulbs and sitting in the dark …

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