Sir, I took George Gordon water skiing last summer.

George has been looking forward to skiing for a couple of years.

Every time I saw him the one question was: "Andy, just when are we going skiing."

Well, last August on a rare sunny warm day we finally went, and he loved it.

The exhilaration of a dynamic sport on Windermere's large and beautiful water is truly a magical experience.

Just ask George.

George is one of the bravest lads I know.

To be skiing at six-years-old shows real courage, and now he's experienced the thrill of water skiing there is no stopping him.

Not, that is, until he's ten when the 10mph speed limit comes into force on Windermere and stops him and all the other skiers dead in the water.

I have been water skiing on Windermere since the 50s.

As a local family we have been lucky enough to have the right to enjoy skiing on Windermere for more than 40 years.

But what of George's rights?

Andy Mapple (Gazette, January 5) took his first faltering ride behind a speedboat on Windermere as a 13-year-old; five years later he won his first world slalom title.

Why should George's first faltering ride behind a speedboat end in a blanket ban on all skiing on Windermere in four years time? Just when he'll be getting really good too.

It's just not fair.

Not for George, my family, and all the other skiers who only love to ski on Windermere.

Andrew Scott

Ambleside