WHY must our leisure centres pump incessant discordant noise through their loudspeakers when users are cycling, rowing or running on the spot in a lather of sweat?

When I complained a wellbuilt fellow user said he had a master’s degree in sports science and added that listening to music was part of the integral experience of being in a gym.

“Hold on, gwd boi,” I said.

“This is not music mun but noise. It does my ‘ead in.”

I ventured further by stating I had also studied for a master’s degree and never had a tutor insist I should listen to monotonous noise to supplement the creative juices.

I had to put up with such noise that I deemed it would require a handful of ecstasy tablets to tolerate.

If such interference is necessary would it not be better to hear say Wyn Evans’s Radio Wales show in the late morning and Tommo’s extravaganza on Radio Cymru in the afternoon?

At least both offer entertainment conducive to relaxation rather than the drivel of the commercial radio stations.

HEFIN WYN

Maenclochog