Blind water skier challenges speed limit (From The Westmorland Gazette)

Blind water skier challenges speed limit

9:46am Friday 21st February 2003 in

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BLIND water-skier Gerald Price is to mount a new challenge to plans for a 10mph speed limit on Windermere.

He will start his campaign with a question at next Tuesday's South Lakeland District Council.

The council owns the bed of the lake, but did not make the decision to impose the speed limit, which comes into effect on March 29, 2005.

The Lake District National Park Authority voted to impose the limit and its decision was upheld by the Government after a public inquiry.

Tim Berry, from the family which owns English Lakes Hotels - leading campaigners against the limit - told The Westmorland Gazette the LDNPA had said it would not reconsider unless it was lobbied by other authorities.

Mr Price is understood to hope he can persuade the new breed of district councillors the decision is flawed and the council, which originally backed the limit, should now change its mind.

Mr Price is from Manchester and needs a local sponsor and so will be introduced by Mr Berry.

Mr Price, who holds the British disabled water sports association jump record, learned to water-ski on Coniston Water, but was later involved in setting up the ski-club at Storr's Hall on Windermere.