Facebook plea to buy Lake Vyrnwy for Wales
Monday 12th July 2010, 1:51PM BST.
People across Wales are being urged to join a social networking site and club together to buy the £11 million Lake Vyrnwy estate for the nation.
The Lake Vyrnwy Co-operation Campaign (Ymgyrch Corfforaeth Llyn Efyrnwy) has been set up on Facebook in a bid to get a million Welsh people to buy a £10 share of the 23,000 acres – so it can belong to the people of Wales.
The group had 128 members earlier today and its creator Heledd Wyn Hardy, from Cardiff, appealed for more people to join.
She said: “Lake Vyrnwy estate is for sale for £11 million. If one million Welsh people bought a £10 share the land could belong to the people of Wales.
“The group is looking for more support and it needs as many people to join as possible in order to make the idea work.”
Amazing
She said the site had already received a lot of support from members with many describing it as a “great idea”.
Pure Portugal wrote: “Great idea, land should be taken care of by local communities but in this case the water rights are not included in the 11 million asking price but are available by separate negotiation.
“Natural resources should be looked after by local communities and not big corporations — this is an amazing opportunity to take back what is yours.”
It comes after Severn Trent announced last week that it would be selling agriculture, forestry and commercial property around the lake but not the lake itself.
Glyn Davies, Montgomeryshire MP, has “provisionally welcomed” the announcements but felt it could bring uncertainty.
The lake and estate are currently owned by Severn Trent Water, which supplies eight million customers in the Midlands, the water from Vrynwy goes to Liverpool.
By Anwen Evans
UK News
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It’s a lovely idea, but of the 1.1 million potential owners, who’s actually going to run the estate?
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I am very interested, but cannot access anything. Please let me know an email or facebook address.
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Please not another facebook group. It seems an excellent idea until you see the words facebook and group..
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FB was very successful in its campaign to save Radio 6
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Hi Rick,
I’ve added a link to the Facebook group to the story so you should be able to access it that way.
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http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=130306920338240
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I would like to join the group but having difficulty
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It would be better if it was bought for the UK and not just one country.
Who knows how to start a Facebook group for that then.
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this is a very ill conceived idea i mean the administration costs will run into millions and a tad xenophobic why is it only open to welsh people its hardly going to move anywhere now is it. im sure a few river side houses will generate the revenue!
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Xenophobic? What? Let the Welsh buy part of Wales?! This madness must be stopped!
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who owns it at the moment??
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sounds a bit like the tories big society idea. utter nonesense. who amongst these volunteers knows how to run that many acres ?
better get pros to do it, i suggest ask the national trust to coordinate donations and then go for it as a conservation site it could make money from grazing, renewable energy and camping / tourism
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My opinion on this matter is that this estate should be bought by the local people and the estate could then be managed by the RSPB we would then be assured that the wild life and the character of the estate would not be altered or spoiled by the “profit mongers” of this world. The estate would remain as what it is now a beautiful area enjoyed by many.
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