I was saddened but amused when I read your report of the three Brighton and Hove city councillors who participated in a “blind walk” in Hove, supporting the Guide Dogs charity (The Argus, March 19).

Councillor Pete West reported that steering between pedestrians, bollards, sandwich boards, parked cars and bins proved “truly profound and helpful” to those taking part in the exercise.

There is an anecdote of a police officer who finds a drunken man searching the pavement near a lamp post for his keys.

After helping in the search for a while, the officer asks if he is sure they are looking in the “right place”, only to be told, “Actually, I dropped them on the other side of the road but the light is much better on this side.”

Some of our Green councillors (and the MP) are seemingly hooked on playing “blind man’s bluff”. Almost exactly a year ago, The Argus featured an article, accompanied by six photographs, of MP Caroline Lucas, together with Councillor Christopher Hawtree, walking around Seven Dials, blindfolded, accompanied by guide dogs.

As later, our two publicity-seekers found the experience “inspiring and really humbling”.

The Argus later printed a letter of mine (November 28, 2013) suggesting that, as Seven Dials had been updated and all pedestrian safety barriers and traffic lights with signals for people without sight removed, our MP and Green councillors put their blindfolds back on and demonstrate navigating the new roundabout layout.

My suggestion was ignored. Like the drunken “hero” of my anecdote, our councillors chose to walk blindfold elsewhere – where the environment consisted of safer hazards.

Bob Potter, Addison Road, Hove