IN times when so many of us take all mod cons for granted, it was as bracing as the icy rainwater in which he washes to read about Richard Checksfield's choice of an alternative and happy way of life: 'The Power Relation' (Evening Press, October 11).

Margaret Lawson,

Aldborough House,

The Groves,

York.

Updated: 10:48 Saturday, October 20, 2001