Date
26 August 2019
Location
Pooley Bridge, Cumbria
NY 46761 24283; 54.61086°N, 2.82580°W
24 August 2019
Ullswater, Cumbria
NY 39866 19738; 54.56925°N, 2.93162°W
Ullswater ‘Steamers’ opened the jetty on Ullswater lake shore near Aira Force waterfall in 2015. At 12 km long and with a surface area of 9 km2, Ullswater is the second largest of the 16 lakes in the Lake District (the largest being Windermere). This scenic lake has been a popular tourist destination since the 18th century, and was where Donald Campbell set the world water-speed record of 202 mph in 1955. The Lake District was awarded UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2017, a first for a UK national park.
Date | 22 March 2015 | ||
Location | Llyn Cwellyn | SH 55842 55411; 53.07640°N, 4.15340°W | |
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Llyn Cwellyn is a natural glacial lake on the Afon Gwyrfai river in the Nant y Betws valley between Mynydd Mawr and the Snowdon massif. The lake, which supports a natural population of Arctic char, has an area of 87 hectares and has a maximum depth of 37 m. Formerly owned by the Marquis of Anglesey, Llyn Cwellyn is dammed at its nothern end and serves as a reservoir supplying water to around 76,000 people in parts of Gwynedd and south Anglesey. In 2005 there was a local outbreak of cryptosporidiosis – a stomach bug caused by a parasitic intestinal infection – in which there were 231 confirmed cases. The source of the outbreak was traced to contaminated water from Llyn Cwellyn, with the nearby Rhyd-Ddu sewage treatment works being identified as a possible original source of the cryptosporidium, which is resistant to chlorine dosing. The water company Dwr Cymru had to issue a ‘boil water’ notice to approximately 37,000 households and introduced ultraviolet disinfection as a short-term measure to deal with the problem. The company was, however, fined £60,000 in 2007 for failing to provide drinking water fit for consumption during the incident. Dwr Cymru subsequently invested £13 million in upgrading its Cwellyn Water Treatment Works, located in Betws Garmon, 2.3 km from the northern end of the reservoir. Construction started in 2009 and the new treatment plant was commissioned in 2010.
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Date | 21 February 2015 | ||
Location | Llyn Padarn, Llanberis | SH 57390 60895; 53.12607°N, 4.13275°W | |
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The pontoon in Llyn Padarn for public water-sports use was acquired in 2013 by Gwynedd Council. This floating landing stage was fabricated by French marina-equipment manufacturers Poralu Marine and was originally used as a platform for medal ceremonies in the rowing regatta of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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Looking across Llynnau Mymbyr to the Snowdon massif (Y Lliwedd, Snowdon, Crib Goch and Garnedd Ugain). [Shot in infrared]
Date | 28 December 2014 | ||
Location | Llynnau Mymbyr, Capel Curig | SH 71586 57828; 53.10213°N, 3.91950°W |
Looking across Llynnau Mymbyr to the Snowdon massif (Y Lliwedd, Snowdon, Crib Goch and Garnedd Ugain)
Date | 28 December 2014 | ||
Location | Llynnau Mymbyr, Capel Curig | SH 71586 57828; 53.10213°N, 3.91950°W |