A model boat maker s plan to sail his toy vessel on his local pond with his elderly father have been sunk by health and safety chiefs who said the water is too dense . Stephen Best, 57, had hoped to float the boat on Crammer Pond in Devizes, Wiltshire, with his elderly father and rekindle his memories from his youth.
The pond, also known as Moonrakers because of its links to smuggling 200 years ago, lies next to a children s playground and is only a few feet deep but Mr Best s local council said it was too dangerous because of the density of the water.