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Comments[edit]

I think we do have room for the image just deleted (17:20 Hrs UTC, 17th Sept) - see edit comments. All the images just need re-arranging and resizing. Perhaps someone with the required expertise could do this? Arcturus 17:23, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

not really. Try lowering your screen resolution and looking at the page. We are already pushing the limit somewhat. Geni 18:11, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How about the Gallery then? See what others think first, before reverting. Cheers, Arcturus 19:03, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

it is one option. another would be to start a page on commons.Geni 20:48, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've not looked at Commons - do the images display on the article page? Arcturus 18:59, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My bad for puting the extra pic on and not having it display as a gallery, good thing though and it de-clutters the article. thanks, Ribinrectus

Gondola[edit]

Should it have a page of its own? --PiP 20:45, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Been long enough, no objections, and the section was getting too big, moved! PiP (talk) 06:16, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

NOT a lake[edit]

Coniston Water is not a lake, it's a water. There is only one lake in England but it's name escapes me. Likewise, Lake Windermere is not a lake but a mere.Bigfatspider (talk) 20:30, 9 June 2008 (UTC) UPDATE: It's Bassenthwaite (the only lake in the Lake District which IS a lake).Bigfatspider (talk) 20:34, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think you're missing the difference between what something is and how it is named - if you like, the difference between 'lake' and 'Lake'. A lake is "an inland body of water, not part of the ocean, that is larger and deeper than a pond" - which includes Coniston Water as well as many others in the Lake District.

You're right that Bassenthwaite is the only one (in the Lake District, not England) which is actually named a 'Lake'. --David Edgar (talk) 11:25, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Has anyone got a reliable source for the name being water? I have seen maps dating from before the Ordnance Survey which call it Coniston Lake and the Furness Railway called it Coniston Lake in its tourism publicity in the early 20th century. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.41.114.17 (talk) 06:21, 6 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

pioneering swim by notable geographer Nathnial Nutcrack?[edit]

Anon IP editor 81.157.141.131 put the following in:

The route of the steam yacht follows the little known pioneering swim by notable geographer Nathnial Nutcrack who first swam the lake underwater on Septemebr 13th 1895. He did not swim in one breath but would surface, take a breath, and than swim back two strokes. The record of this swim can be found in the archives of the parish church which over looks the landing stage at the southern end where he first dived into the lake.

Without a source it's coming out and staying out. Seriously, no G-hits or any indication of it being true. --RedHillian (talk) 00:48, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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