What makes this a “real” one as compared to the others?
Not this twoddle again.
Bassenthwaite is the only one that uses Lake it its name.
The rest use:
**Mere** which is *a lake or pond* with a marshy edge
**Water** which is a local word for a *lake or pond*
**Tarn** which is a small upland/mountain *lake or pond*
You’ll notice a common trend. *All those words mean lake or pond,*
The stand out one is Cogra **Moss** which was boggy land (aka a *moss)* before the beck was dammed in the 19th century.
The Lake District has lots of lakes, they just use local words to describe them. Its like saying the Lake District has no streams, because it has Becks or Ghylls. Its means the same thing, Or that there are no rams (as in a male sheep) because they are tups – *which is a male sheep!*
Was up here a few weeks ago just after heading into Rydal caves. Not warm in the slightest yet some wild swimmers were out there, how they do it I’ll never know!
Are you allowed to wild camp around there? Or Cumbria for that matter? I’m in SouthWales
My dear old departed dad lived in the Lakes and was very fond of asking my friends “How many lakes are there in the Lake District?” and then answering with this.
His ashes are scattered near to the summit of Blencathra.
Thanks Dad, I used to roll my eyes at that joke but now it makes me smile.
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I went dogging here once.
What makes this a “real” one as compared to the others?
Not this twoddle again.
Bassenthwaite is the only one that uses Lake it its name.
The rest use:
**Mere** which is *a lake or pond* with a marshy edge
**Water** which is a local word for a *lake or pond*
**Tarn** which is a small upland/mountain *lake or pond*
You’ll notice a common trend. *All those words mean lake or pond,*
The stand out one is Cogra **Moss** which was boggy land (aka a *moss)* before the beck was dammed in the 19th century.
The Lake District has lots of lakes, they just use local words to describe them. Its like saying the Lake District has no streams, because it has Becks or Ghylls. Its means the same thing, Or that there are no rams (as in a male sheep) because they are tups – *which is a male sheep!*
Was up here a few weeks ago just after heading into Rydal caves. Not warm in the slightest yet some wild swimmers were out there, how they do it I’ll never know!
Are you allowed to wild camp around there? Or Cumbria for that matter? I’m in SouthWales
My dear old departed dad lived in the Lakes and was very fond of asking my friends “How many lakes are there in the Lake District?” and then answering with this.
His ashes are scattered near to the summit of Blencathra.
Thanks Dad, I used to roll my eyes at that joke but now it makes me smile.
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