6 DECEMBER 2003, Page 42

Nearly 'Gone Away' for good

From Frances Marshall Sir: On reading Mary's advice (Your problems solved, 21 November), I took immediate action. I used Mary's information to acquire the 'Gone Away' hunting call as the ringtone for my mobile phone. I thought it would make me smile to hear it in the office on Monday morning. However, I nearly didn't make it to the office at all. While out hacking on Sunday morning along the Warwickshire lanes, the sound of a horn came singing from my pocket, and my generally sane but hunting-mad mount nearly turned herself inside out before I could dig my phone out and silence it. The rest of our ride was at hunting pace, and I am just lucky that nothing got in our way.

Frances Marshall

Warwickshire

Bird-brained