Can't find letters page. I do not want personal detail s published but wondered whether anyone else has had this experience plus Barlow's comments please.

Last Wednesday a friend took me to a nearby beauty spot called “Daffodil Dell” to see a host of golden daffodils. We passed many daffy-down-dillies nodding in the breeze as we approached our Swettenham village destination. We could not locate the dell so headed for the local pub to ask directions. In the car park we met four ladies who had walked through a nearby arboretum and were now driving to the dell detailed on their new map. They kindly offered to lead us there. We reached the spot, which I had also found on a map meanwhile, and came across a gentleman walker with his book of recommended seasonal walks in Cheshire. He too was seeking entrance to the dell which formed part of his circular walk. All we could see from the bridge was a large garden, a sizeable dwelling with a gated field alongside. I had spotted the residence from the roadside as we approached the village as a huge waterwheel was on the side of the property. It had been some years since I drove that way but could not recall seeing it before. Now, our little newly formed group were gazing at the rear of the habitation, watching residents walk over a glass bridge on the upper floor but only spied the odd daffodil. The man approached the gate as our three maps confirmed that this was the spot. There was a notice on the gate warning against entry due to dangerous subsidence. Who would build on such land? Was the threat true or bluff and what has happened to the thousands of daffodils? This is greenbelt countryside and it was hard to believe that permission had been given to build on the dell. Disappointed, we retreated to a tea shop to be told by the owner that the dell had been built on 20 years ago (never!) and the previous day a coach load of people had travelled from Bolton to see the dell. Its disappearance is clearly a well kept secret, not least to cartographers. It does not seem so long since beautiful photographs of the floral dell were published in the local rag. Maybe a search for bluebells will be more successful next month. Watch this space!