How many lakes are there "really" in The Lake District - there's more than 1
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Published 2024-02-09
This misunderstanding, is very common and came about due to the naming of an 1860’s train station, on the shore of Broadwater Lake, after a local Lake District village called Bassenthwait. To differentiate between the station and the village the station was named Bassenthwait Lake. After some time this name was given to the lake itself and Broadwater became Bassenthwait Lake.
As all the other large bodies of water had been named in the previous centuries, which is those days named lakes either meres or waters, Bassenthwait Lake was the only large body of water with Lake in the title – and this is where the misunderstanding came from.
All Comments (21)
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Lovely bit of trivia there, top quality waffle!
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Just imagine what he could do after a few pints?
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This channels waffles are more entertaining and informative that most channels entire videos. So a dedicated waffle video is like a Christmas present.
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Brilliant! This channel is more entertaining than anything on tv and often twice as funny 😊
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I’m only here for the waffle! 😊
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Brilliant Waffle! I only come for the waffle, not the map and compass stuff! (Ok, that’s not true but I like the combo)
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Top rate presentation as usual and very interesting too.
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Can we get a ruling on this from the King?
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I think the lake thing is just a little fun trivia which as he even explains is correct by title and Bass isn't a lake either it's a train station.
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Its a bit like rivers in Sweden. We have no (=0) rivers in Sweden. That's even less then the number of lakes in the Lake District.
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Also their geological terms are all lakes: Windermere is a 'ribbon lake'. Ullswater is a 'glacial lake' etc.
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Love a bit of interesting waffle 😂 I was out in the Peak District last week looking for anti-wolf dry stone walls after listening to you 🎉 More please😂😂
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Wayne's House of Waffles. Bring your own syrup.
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I spent much of my younger years in The Lakes, and even I have erroneously called Windermere "Lake Windermere."😱
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simply the best
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Waffleometer going off the scale..🤚
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Are there several districts in the Lake District area? How many train stations are there?
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Welcome to Waffle Lake.
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If he came to Scotland then there really is only one lake😂
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I come here for the waffle! (Amongst other things.)
