Fulk said:
I?m finding it hard to get my head round what ChrisJC said in his last post in this thread. I cannot see any connection between wanting to stay in a technologically undeveloped past with not wanting to see a zip wire across Thirlmere.
I thought similar. Perhaps he is not quite as familiar with the Lake District of other contributors to the thread.
ChrisJC, the planning authority for the Lake District is the Lake District National Park Authority and under them the LD landscape is managed to provide the greatest benefit the greatest number of people. In developing the main industry, tourism, they have to reach a careful balance. The debate surrounding this has been going on for over 200 years so it's very well rehearsed and the history of it is well known to the people involved and to very many interested people. The development of tourism in the LD goes back to at least 1778 when Thomas West wrote A Guide to the Lakes.
There was great controversy surrounding the building of the railway to Windermere. You can read a little about it here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendal_and_Windermere_Railway
That was in 1845 and the debate between developing tourism and preserving the thing that attracts the tourists continues. To bring it up-to-date you could start reading here http://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/caringfor/policies