Coniston is set right in the heart of the Lakeland village and is a beautiful area to visit. We walked round the lake & watched many people either out on the lake enjoying the water sports from canoeing to wind sailing, or at the lake side Barbecuing, listening to music or just chilling viewing the old man of Coniston, which is a small mountain over-looking the lake. Once at the top of the mountain you have spectacular views of the lake, the south lake district and Morecambe bay.
The Coniston annual water festival is on 3rd & 4th July and has traditional and new event ideas. There's the ever popular duck race, lake shore BBQ and music, a great chance to relax before a fun packed Saturday of Canoe Races, Its a knockout, local market, music and much much more.
We walked round the village which was an old mining village. Now a centre for climbers, it offers a good selection of shops, inns, cafes and a variety of accomodation.
Coniston is also famous for Donald Campbell who had the world record for water & land speed. Unfortunately he died trying to break his record on 4th Jan 1967. He was doing 300 miles per hour when Bluebird K7 flipped and disintegrated. See the Donald Campbell video below of the crash
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Hi Jane I love these interesting facts they make a great read you should do more
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Its interesting that we both keep regional travel blogs. So many of them are more general. I have never been in your corner of the world, but my parents have. They loved the lake district! Your blog is very "clean" and easy to navigate. I like all the photos. Thanks for visiting my website!
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