Sir - The vast majority of people using the Witney Lake appreciate its attractions and the efforts made by those responsible for its maintenance and improvement.

However, there seems to be a minority of mentally-retarded vandals bent on advertising their low intelligence by trashing anything they can.

Not satisfied by ripping out the boards of the footbridge over Queen Emma's Ditch and destroying one of the picnic tables, the latest jape is to smash one of the wooden litter bins with large lumps of broken concrete which have been conveniently dumped nearby. What is to be done about these mindless morons?

Gordon Clack, Ducklington