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The area in which this lake is located was brought to people’s attention by several poets who praised its scenic beauty. The photograph was taken from the lake’s northern shore close to a market town with a well-known Moot Hall, which is an old Anglo-Saxon name for a meeting hall.
This particular lake is the third largest of several in the area and has a similar name to a reservoir in Derbyshire. What is the name of this lake situated in a popular English outdoor recreational area?
Location – Derwentwater, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
Date photograph taken – March 2012
POSTED – SEPTEMBER 2024
Originally posted 2024-09-05 07:38:37.
What a great place! ❤️
I’ve never visited it (unfortunately)
Maybe one day 💙
The Lake District is a part of the English countryside that I love and have visited a few times. A picture of this magnificent lake always touches my heart! Thank you, Malc, for bringing back the nostalgic memories! I like the beautiful pathways leading to and from the lake.
Joanna
It’s not all grim up north is it Joanna?
Certainly not, Malc!
Joanna
Phenomenal shot!
Your comments are always phenomenal too. Thank you.
Thank you! All the best to you!
Very nice indeed.
The English landscape doesn’t get much better than this, but as you know, my favourites are further north
Listen, while I ahve never been down to your part of the world, I ahve many favorites down south.
There’s no doubt that the UK has a great number of worthwhile places to visit. We can’t do much about the weather, but we should be able to do more to arract visitors outside the obvious places to visit. Scotland did a lot a while back, but it doesn’t have to be intense marketing because that’s not really the answer either.
Some of it is distance and cost these days. For a while after a hiatus when we thought the place we stayed in in Easingwold had been sold a private buyer, we went back down there every Ocitbe, but now the Mr does not want to drive that kind of distance. And okay cheapish train deals can be got but we also like to walk places we go. And intense marketing as you say is not the answer. Some places up here like Glenfinnan, Culloden and Glencoe are ruined by Harry Potter and Highlander groupies. Like that we noticed that Arisaig had dealt with its tourists, rather well, striking the balance re needing the boost to their wee economy and being overrun by camper vans. When I look at Scotland there’s so many places to go given it is quite a diverse country, with something to offer everyone but inevitably, when a writer pal from abroad cotnacts me to say they are coming here, it is always on one of these whistlestop tours takign in you know, the castles— yeah right, what they mean is the clan chief’s stately home– them Outlander stones— the Clava circle Culloden– that Harry Potter place — Glenfinnan. I really enjoy your blog you know cos you cover all the little places, the walks, the dens, the glens, as well as the bigger things.
What a great reply Shey and thanks for your lovely comment. That means a lot, and although I can’t get to those out of the way places anymore, it’s great fun writing about them.
I know. I’m glad I did more travelling down beyond Yorkshire when I did, cos I don’t see it happening now. (Kind of saying something given some of these holidays…) You are very welcome re the comment. You well show that a good time and lots of things to do, aren’t the prerogative of the big beast places.
Absolutely!
I guessed the Lake District correctly and my guess on the lake itself (Windemere) is just a SWAG.
It wasn’t a bad SWAG whatever that stands for.
SWAG is often used in the US military, Swift Wild Assed Guess. What is the lake?
Derwentwater. Not all the lakes here are called lakes – and did you know that there is a lake in Scotland – just the one, as all the others are lochs 🙂
Well I was nearly there – guessed it was in the Lake District, but looking at that beautiful scene it could just as easily be in some stunning European mountain range. Just goes to show, we’ve got it all right here, really, haven’t we? Wonderful.
Apologies, I know I’m way behind with your blogs, especially with the new, more frequent Picture ones, but for me the school holidays are never good for blogging, and now I’m running to catch up with all kinds of jobs I had to put off over the long summer break. I will catch up though, and I’m looking forward to it. 🙂
It’s not difficult to see why those poets got inspiration from scenery like this, but back then there weren’t so many people around were there?
No, there weren’t. Must have been lovely – so much quieter. 🙂
Spotted it straight away Malc, I was round that way only a couple of years ago. I tend to keep away from the more touristy parts of the lakes though, I camp in the middle of nowhere north of Bassenthwaite and it’s lovely and quiet.
I knew you would get this one Eunice, especially as I knew you were in that quirky museum in Keswick 😵💫