6 July 1960: There are fresh problems arising from an increasing amount of water skiing on Lake WindermereThe Lake District Planning Board was urged at its assembly at Kendal yesterday to steal immediate action with other interested authorities to control the speed of boats on lakes in the National Park. Mr C. H. D. Acland of Ambleside, declared: “We do not want to see the slaughter on the roads finding its way on to our lakes.”
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