27 APRIL 1934, Page 3

A Cumbrian National Park It was the enthusiasm of Canon

Rawnsley and his friends many years ago which secured for the National Trust a magnificent stretch of lake-land country on the shore of Ullswater. If Canon Rawnsley were alive today he would not rest until he had first secured approval for the acquisition by the National Trust of the three lakes (Buttermere, Lowes Water and Crummock Water) now offered for sale, and then secured the money to buy them with. Negotiations are understood to be in train, and it is earnestly to be hoped that they will end successfully. There is a real opportunity here for a Lake District National Park.