DURING the morning of Thursday, October 25 I entered The Arcade in Okehampton from the top end when a lady approached me by saying 'mind where you step — isn't it disgusting?'

That was putting it mildly as there all over the floor was a big pile of dog's poo. At that time avoided by people stepping into it, that dear senior lady said she would pick it up before someone stepped in it, so she whipped a plastic bag out of her pocket to do so. A male passerby saying if he knew the culprit we could post it through their letter box.

For a pile that size the dog must have been stationery for a while, so just where was the owner?

Thanks to that dear senior citizen it didn't get trodden all the way down The Arcade. Bless her.

Barbara Laughton

Merton