Whoa , calm down boys . Firstly , there will be 10 winter tickets made available and no more . It was a decision made by the committee to do this for the winter only after considering how little the pond is used at this time of year , to answer your question Ade , it will have no effect on next April . The 10 new winter permit holders are just that , and are not automatically entitled to full membership thus adding to the numbers.
Lets be honest the pond is hardly ever busy and I think the week you refer to Andy there were 3 anglers on there for 4 days+ (which they are perfectly entitled to do) was quite an isolated instance with the pond being empty most days this summer, increasing the the members by one fifth for the quietest time of the year isn't going to affect whether or not anyone gets a swim .
Carpy I loved the gym analogy by the way
