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Countless thousands of visitors make their way to the Lake District each year, with a fine number of these traffic heading to Coniston Water. Fairly deep, it is the third biggest of the lakes in the Lake District. But what is there to do on a holiday to the third largest lake in England's Lake District? Coniston Water is quite straightforward to get around by foot or bike, although not so simple in a car as some of the roads on the west of the lake are only actually for accessing what is on offer. Actually, turn up in late March and you might be able to behold the entrants of the Coniston 14 mile run circuiting the lake. Even if this year, following a bridge failure in last year's enormously heavy rains, the course is using a different course to encompass the whole lake and becomes almost 17 miles in length! Good luck to the runners - I am not there myself this year. There are some places to park in the town of Coniston and you can saunter down to the lake, or you can park down by the lake if that is all that you are there for. From the lake there are a few sports to try out. The best recognized is probably the Coniston Steam Yacht Gondola. This is an out of the ordinary historic boat that I experienced once more on my most current trip to the Lakes. It is an original steamboat that has been rebuilt from an original Victorian Gondola that had been left to rot and sink. It has been rebuilt and is ran by the National Trust and it stops at Brantwood and you can buy discounted tickets to combine a visit. Brantwood was the home to John Ruskin, from 1872 - 1900. It has the benefits of arguably one of the most beautiful situations for a house in the Lake District and a trip around the house, either in conjunction with the Gondola or on its own, is very suggested. John Ruskin, for those not well au fait with the man, he was a man well ahead of his time with a mesmerizing life story about his decline into madness. The house is interesting and details his philosophy and values and a array of memorabilia. A visit to the house would not be complete without also visiting the entire estate and gardens, so there is heaps to while away a agreeable afternoon. The Gondola is not the only way to travel on Coniston Water. Apart from a range of rental craft, there is also the Coniston Launch. Similar to the Gondola, this is a historic boat, being originally laid down in the 1920s, but it has improved to a more ecological solar electric power to get you softly around the lake. Again, this boat ferries you around the lake pausing at a choice of jetties, again including Brantwood. The lake was the basis for the Wildcat Island of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons and is where Donald Campbell attempted his ultimately fatal world water speed record attempt. It is a lake full of times gone by.
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Keith writes for Cottage-4-Holidays where you can turn up a wide range of holiday cottages to rent, which includes a fine assortment of self catering holiday cottages to rent in Coniston. Enjoy what the Lakes have to offer!
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