Keep it up Kevan, your doing a great job. Everybody who is involved knows the truth about the LDNPA and the way they have conducted them selfs over the last 20 years. If the was a vote tomorrow to remove this Quango they'd be out think a shot. The heritage and culture around Windermere has been destroyed because of this ban and people like your self should be proud and be recognized for standing up to these people.

[color=#FF0000][/color][color=#000000][/color]if this law is perfectly clear why are the LDNPA SEEKING TO CHANGE IT

Lets introduce power boat racing on all the lakes and allow jet skis on any part of open water , and why not ban walkers and only allow 4 x 4 access to the fells, that may satisfy the Windermere business lobby. After all who wants "quiet enjoyment" when it threatens a petrol heads idea of his liberty, Yuk they make me sick.

What an idiot. What a waste of MY tax.

Pretty radical thinking Dave sounds silly lets look at the other side of the coin ban powerboats from all the lakes (done) eradicate jet skis (done) ban 4x4 from everywhere (or cars altogether) maybe there is a compromise in-between?.as for banning walkers it may be just around the corner, don't sit and say it cant happen . they might be next for the LDNPA chop.

This overcrowded little land needs more petrol driven sports like it needs another PM who went to Eton.

I think Dave needs to get a life, either that or he's 18 and still believes in a utopian society where those in power care for people and not themselves. Windermere and waterskiing was about families, children, heritage, sport, culture, relationships and disabled access. Any abuse was down to a lack of management by the LDNPA, the majority of the 5000 users had a deep passion and connection with their environment and looked after it accordingly. Thin end of a thick wedge, answer me this Dave, Democracy not Quango?

5000 users? disabled, cultured children and families? what no war heros or Saints?. Petrol heads always seem to blame someone else, this time a 'lack of management by the LDNPA', from where I see it you objected to any attempt at management that interferred with your 'right' to enjoy your sport that, lets face it, can only be noisy and polluting. Never mind the effect that has on the vast majority of other residents or visitors to the area. We can all be selfish at times, and I am sure I am as guilty as the next person but I try not to adopt the clean white light of saintleness that some of you campaigners do. All you have to do is adapt, use the water for something else. I expect you campaign against speed ca,ersa on the roads as well?

Petrol Head's, what exactly is a petrol head? Somebody who uses a bus or a car, a fisherman with a outboard, someone who doesn’t keep chickens or dream of living in a self sustaining hippy commune, with running water and Sky TV, sure in the self gratification that they are saving the planet from the evil ones. Give me a break, your talking about normal family’s and people who have a passion their sport. Dave or ? or whoever you are, you might want to pop over to the FLD or the LDNPA and get yourself a job, you’ll fit right in.

I drive a car, but I am not a petrol head, a petrol head gets his ( and it is mainly his ) pleasure at the expense of others. Passion for a sport does not give you the right to crush others enjoyment. Victimhood is another trait of the petrol head, it is always someone elses fault, usually the local planning board or the council or the traffic police or refugees or some poor bugger...The Daily Mail is a petrol head paper and continues the fine tradition of supporting the selfish instincts of most of us, as it did in the thirties by supporting appeasement with Hitler and supporting the Blackshirts at home. As a democrat I believe in compromise, I am not a libertarian, we all have to follow rules, however reluctantly. The lake has been better since the speed limit was introduced. Oh , I apologise for such a rant.. probably does me good to let off steam.......

You use a car you burn petrol, I have a boat it burns LPG, we never traveled at more then 25mph, we respected the lake, we fished, swam, wakeboarded and got away from the massive stress of day to day life as a family with friends. The problem with the environmental movement is they tar everybody with the same brush. The speed limit solved the problem of unruly jet ski users terrorizing everybody, but it also ostracized a fantastic community of passionate people. Apart from bank holidays Windermere was always very quite, we could go for hours on a weekday without seeing let alone upsetting anybody. If you believe in compromise your should believe in a managed solution for Windermere, one which allows every user group controlled access.