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^ Brilliant job, TD, and of course I don't mind! If it's of any interest there's Dale Head on the left, Fleetwith Pike , Warnscale Bottom, Haystacks and High Crag on the right, all familiar stomping ground for me a few years back.
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Aye, been a while since I was up in the Lakes, a fair while now I think about it. High Crag seems to be a real target for photographers. I'm looking at painting a similar scene to yours from an image iI found but with a couple of boats in the foreground. Your picture is dazzling.
Aye, been a while since I was up in the Lakes, a fair while now I think about it. High Crag seems to be a real target for photographers. I'm looking at painting a similar scene to yours from an image iI found but with a couple of boats in the foreground. Your picture is dazzling.
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Pub Quiz question. Do you know how many actual lakes that there actually are in the Lake District?
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Had to look it up because it was annoying me. The answer is Bassenthwaite Lake.
So how many lakes does The Lakes have? It is a bit of a trick question! The answer is one. Although it is home to many waters, meres and tarns, only Bassenthwaite Lake near Keswick in the north of the area has lake in its title. Otherwise there are 16 bodies of water that are considered to be the main lakes.
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malcd1 wrote:Had to look it up because it was annoying me. The answer is Bassenthwaite Lake.
So how many lakes does The Lakes have? It is a bit of a trick question! The answer is one. Although it is home to many waters, meres and tarns, only Bassenthwaite Lake near Keswick in the north of the area has lake in its title. Otherwise there are 16 bodies of water that are considered to be the main lakes.
What about Lake Windermere?
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I think (for the purposes of this question) it is officially just called Windermere - the "mere" being the body of water part of the name...
(Windermere is, of course a lake, it's a "ribbon lake" - so the question is ultimately daft!)
(Windermere is, of course a lake, it's a "ribbon lake" - so the question is ultimately daft!)
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^^ yep. "Lake" Windermere is an incorrect usage and tautological.
There is, as said, only Bassenthwaite which is properly called "Lake" ... and the word comes AFTER the noun, not before it.
There is, as said, only Bassenthwaite which is properly called "Lake" ... and the word comes AFTER the noun, not before it.
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I guess it would undersell itself if it was called the 'Mere water' district.
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A bit like Mount Fujiyama I guess...bobo the clown wrote:^^ yep. "Lake" Windermere is an incorrect usage and tautological.
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bobo the clown wrote:^^ yep. "Lake" Windermere is an incorrect usage and tautological.
There is, as said, only Bassenthwaite which is properly called "Lake" ... and the word comes AFTER the noun, not before it.
indeed - though the pub question Bruce posed was "how many actual lakes are there in the Lake District" - and Windermere IS an actual lake... (whether or not "lake" is part of its name), as are pretty much all of the others.
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No. The others are merely meres.thebish wrote:bobo the clown wrote:^^ yep. "Lake" Windermere is an incorrect usage and tautological.
There is, as said, only Bassenthwaite which is properly called "Lake" ... and the word comes AFTER the noun, not before it.
indeed - though the pub question Bruce posed was "how many actual lakes are there in the Lake District" - and Windermere IS an actual lake... (whether or not "lake" is part of its name), as are pretty much all of the others.
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Windermere IS a lake... a "mere" is merely a type of lake...
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Nah. It's just a pondthebish wrote:Windermere IS a lake... a "mere" is merely a type of lake...
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No. More a puddle.Bruce Rioja wrote:Nah. It's just a pondthebish wrote:Windermere IS a lake... a "mere" is merely a type of lake...
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From my quick research, a mere is defined as a shallow lake or land that is permanently under water such as a bog or marsh. So you could say it is distinctive from a lake.bobo the clown wrote:No. More a puddle.Bruce Rioja wrote:Nah. It's just a pondthebish wrote:Windermere IS a lake... a "mere" is merely a type of lake...
Saying that, I had a long weekend on the banks of Windermere in June. I would call it a lake if push came to shove.Nicked from Wiki wrote:At first sight, the defining feature of a mere is its breadth in relation to its shallow depth. This means that it has a large surface in proportion to the volume of water it contains. However, there is a limiting depth beyond which a lake does not behave as a mere since the sun does not warm the deeper water and the wind does not mix it. Here, a thermocline develops but where the limiting dimensions lie is influenced by the sunniness and windiness of the site and the murkiness of the water. This last usually depends on how eutrophic (rich in plant nutrients) the water is. Nonetheless, in general, with the enlargement of the extent of a mere, the depth has to become proportionately less if it is to behave as a mere.
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malcd1 wrote:From my quick research, a mere is defined as a shallow lake or land that is permanently under water such as a bog or marsh. So you could say it is distinctive from a lake.bobo the clown wrote:No. More a puddle.Bruce Rioja wrote:Nah. It's just a pondthebish wrote:Windermere IS a lake... a "mere" is merely a type of lake...
If it's defined as a SHALLOW lake - then it is a lake - a shallow one. simple!
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What about a potato cake?thebish wrote:malcd1 wrote:From my quick research, a mere is defined as a shallow lake or land that is permanently under water such as a bog or marsh. So you could say it is distinctive from a lake.bobo the clown wrote:No. More a puddle.Bruce Rioja wrote:Nah. It's just a pondthebish wrote:Windermere IS a lake... a "mere" is merely a type of lake...
If it's defined as a SHALLOW lake - then it is a lake - a shallow one. simple!
Just like a chocolate cake is a cake and a meat and potato pie is a pie.
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