Had a little ride to Hawkshead this evening,called at Lake Side,Windermere on the way back.

Nice pic, been hissing down here from early afternoon.
Lyn.

Great, moody photo Roy - but please, it's not "Lake" Windermere.

OK what is it.

It's a mere there's only one lake in the Lake District the rest are meres or waters

phil y wrote:It's a mere there's only one lake in the Lake District the rest are meres or waters

Meldrew wrote:Having lived in an area of West Cumbria with a half a dozen of these bodies of water an easy ride away, no one really gives a toss about which of them are lakes, meres, water, or even tarns.

Mr "happy go lucky" is back two negative posts this morning. Was the last shot across your bows the reason you've been quite or been on holiday.

Surely the negative post is no its not a Lake very petty

pikey wrote:Surely the negative post is no its not a Lake very petty

I concur Julian, that's nit picking, if he'd put in a it would have been nicer Meldrew's post (hi bud) is an obsevation of fact, very similar to the one I almost invariably get asked, man of Kent or Kentish man, people who live there really don't care that much.

To be pedantic - Windemere is technically a lake not a mere.

A mere is wide but shallow ( the scientific significance being that it isn't deep enough for a thermocline to develop).


"mere" and "water" both mean "large body of water such as a lake" anyway.
There use as place names from them being old names for "lake" that have endured changes in our english language.

Still a nice pic Roygib, I visited On the burg last summer.