Come and spend the night here, if you believe it's so peaceful.

IN response to the article "Rights of way campaigner slams council" (Echo, April 11) I 100% agree with Fairwater councillor Neil McEvoy on his thoughts of Kate Ashbrook and I would like to give him a huge round of applause.

Kate Ashbrook, the general secretary of the Oxfordshire-based Open Spaces Society, has criticised Cardiff council on the proposed night closures of Birdies Lane.

I would like to invite Kate Ashbrook, who lives in England, to come and spend the night in one of the streets surrounding Birdies Lane and see whether she would still refer to it as "quiet and safe".

If she feels that she would not be intimidated by up to 50 hooded youths wielding bats, bricks and knives, who stand in the way of traffic and hurling foul language across the streets, then she is more than welcome to experience this first hand.

Friday or Saturday night or any school holidays would probably be best.

While she's at it, she can also attempt to settle my one-year-old daughter at night.

She, as you can imagine, becomes incredibly restless when she is woken by the people who inhabit Birdies Lane.

My vote is for the closure of the gates at night and I hope the six-month trial will prove something so that it can become permanent so the people of Bwlch Road, Cartwright Lane and Fairwater can have a better quality neighbourhood.

I am sorry for the general public who will lose out on a short cut after 7pm, but if it will reduce the amount of anti-social behaviour in the area then it has to be done.

J Paynter Fairwater, Cardiff