LAKE VYRNWY: THE STORY OF A SPORTING HOTEL. By John Baynes, George Westropp and Simon Baynes.

(1992) 2019 new and revised edition. 8vo (144 x 224mm). Ppviii,136. Colour and b/w photographs, sketch-map. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt.

"All chapters written by John Baynes, updated where necessary by Simon Baynes, except those on fishing, which are by George Westropp." "Since 1890, the Lake Vyrnwy Hotel has been welcoming visitors to the shores of the beautiful Lake it calls home. This book tells the fascinating story of a hotel built as part of the extraordinary enterprise to construct the Lake itself, at the time the largest artificial reservoir in Europe. Lake Vyrnwy captures in vivid detail the development and evolution of this archetypal Victorian sporting hotel, famed as a renowned fishing destination and still, today, an integral and important part of the local community, economy and culture." Chapters include: The valley in the days before the lake; Creating the lake; Building the hotel; The first fifty years, 1890-1940; War and peace, 1940-2018; Fishing the lake, historical highlights; Fishing the lake today; Shooting at Lake Vyrnwy, 1890-1947; Shooting at Lake Vyrnwy, the post-war years. Maps include: The general location; The lake; The grouse moors; The pheasant shoot.