I HAVE lived in Lydney for the past 20 years, and have always enjoyed walking my dogs around local woods and walks, but due to my ill health, for the last four years my usual walk is around Lydney Boating Lake.

Some weekends I look after my grandchildren, and so we make the lake walk part of their stay, taking sandwiches, sitting on one of the benchs and watching the wildlife.

But this year I have been disgusted at the amount of what I guess is 'goose excrement'. You cannot see the grass for it!

The lake is a public place, walkers, dog walkers, birdwatchers, children and anglers all use it daily. I have stopped taking my grandchildren down there, to their disapointment, as it must be a major health concern. You cannot help but come from there without being caked in the stuff.

I read in this week's Review about parts of Lydney having a rat invasion. Surely this will only make the problem worse.

I have spoken to regulars who use the lake and have the same response, something needs to be done!

I am a wildlife lover myself. I enjoy seeing the various types of wildfoul, but can their be too many? I don't know what the answer is to the problem - council poo patrols? Goose poo bins? But who will pick it up?

If I as a dog owner left its 'you know whats' on the pavement I would be fined. It's no different, but who gets the fine, the geese?

Let's get the boating lake back to the lovely place it should be, so I can enjoy it again with my grandkids, and so can everyone else without getting covered in the 'green stuff'. – A concerned Lydney resident.