Private Quiz

[jobjockey]

How many lakes are there in the lake district?, I say only one but everybody laughs at this

[Zacs-Master]

You are correct.

[boxtops]

You are right, it's Bassenthwaite Lake http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_in_the_Lake_District

[jobjockey]

Thanks that was nice to know.

[Blackiequine]

Well I never. That's very interesting. I would have been (ignorantly) laughing too.

[starone]

Is it because the ones we think of as lakes are called 'water'? I'm serious - I would like to know.

[sunny-dave]

"Note that only one body of water, Bassenthwaite Lake, is traditionally named a lake.

Larger bodies of water in the Lake District are generally named as mere or water, whilst smaller ones are denoted by tarn. Some writers, particularly in the media, refer to Lake Windermere though this use is deprecated."

[starone]

Thanks dave, or sunny, whichever you are - that was a very comprehensive answer. So plenty of water, but only one lake!