Sustainability Committee

Inquiry into access to inland water in Wales

I write as suggested, as one of the Trustees of the above Trust. Dolanog is situated approximately ten miles from Welshpool, post code SY21 0LQ. The Trustees own fishing rights on the River Vyrnwy at Dolanog being 1830 metres of double bank and 2120 metres of single bank.

The level of water in the river is largely controlled by what is let out of Lake Vyrnwy, some six miles upstream. During the summer months the general level is low and would barely sustain canoes. While we have no objection to the current use of our river by canoeists during the winter, I feel it would be totally in appropriate if not at times impossible, for canoeists to have a general access to the river during the summer months. It would have a very detrimental effect on our fishing rights.

Yours faithfully,

G L Jackson