The Great Outdoors

Windermere is dying, and the government must act

WINDERMERE is suffering from the same sickness that many of our nation’s rivers are facing: sewage. You may be asking yourself “Is sewage really discharged into England’s largest lake? In a national park? In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a World Heritage Site?”

I can guarantee to you that it is – for thousands of hours. It is for this exact reason that I began my campaign almost a

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