Reference to the term “doggy bags” conjours up visions of over ordered food spirited away from a restaurant to feast upon later.

Sadly it has another meaning on the margins of Windsor Drive, bags of doggy excrement left in the grass and in hedge rows nearby.

To the owner of the dog who left their pets’ business in the inverted bag inscribed with the name of a well known butchers, I have safely disposed of your dogs mess as well as many others in past months.

Please take it home with you. Most dog owners are punctilious,as always it is the tiny minority who let you down.

To have a refuse bin set up will cause even more mess and vandalism.

Peter Martin, Steele Close, Devizes.