A Letter to Ilkley Gazette
Dear Sir
If readers cast their minds back to the very early seventies, to the lakes of Ilkley College, they will remember how devoid they were of marginal vegetation. Underwater, it was a different tale! The Grounds staff (of which I was a member), found it very difficult to keep water weed in check. So some environmentally friendly weed cutters were obtained from a friend, which soon solved the problem. They also added to the folklore of Ilkley College and the surrounding countryside.
Over the next twenty odd years, they interbred with local wild-life until little sign of the original five AYLESBURY ducklings survives. Mr Keith Hartley will find the majority of Mallard take their offspring to the river once hatched, as Mr Matthew Cattling will no doubt agree.
