AS someone who enjoys the dark and silence of the Heath before dawn, I would like to ask the Heath powers-that-be why it is necessary for diggers or trucks – and sometimes police vans – to drive across the middle of the Heath long before sunrise? I meet o

AS someone who enjoys the dark and silence of the Heath before dawn, I would like to ask the Heath powers-that-be why it is necessary for diggers or trucks - and sometimes police vans - to drive across the middle of the Heath long before sunrise? I meet one or the other virtually every weekday, particularly in the area between the lime walk and Millfield Lane, whilst police vans seem to favour Parliament Hill. What on earth are they doing?

Beth Noakes

Lawn Road, NW3