16 DECEMBER 1911, Page 16

DESTRUCTION OF BEAUTY IN ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."

SIR,—May I draw the attention of your valuable paper and of all lovers of the picturesque to a scheme -which is now under consideration for the erection of another hangar on the narrowest portion of Lake Windermere for the construction of hydro-aeroplanes, which will have, of course, to be tried on the lake P If this scheme is carried out the lake will be unsafe for every kind of boat The promenade at Bowness has already been much spoilt by the cutting down of many beautiful trees for the formation of a public park.—I am, Sir,

A RESIDENT IN WINDERMERE.