Deep stillness lies upon this lovely lake. The air is calm, the forest trees are still.
The river windeth without noise, and here the fall of fountains comes not, nor the sound
of the white cataract ladore. The voice, the mighty mountain voice, itself is dumb. Only
far distant and scarce heard, the dash of waters, broken by some boatman's oar, disturbs
the golden, calm monotony. The earth seems quiet, like some docile thing obeying the
blue beauty of the skies, and the soft air through which the tempest ran so lately in
its speed, rebels no more.
Derwent water is a water body surrounded by stunning geology and mountains, so it's the
synergy of mountains and water that draw people in, coupled with one very important
factor that Borodale and the surrounds of Derwent water are probably the most wooded
landscapes of their kind in the Lake District, so it's that texture of tree, rock and water
that draws people in.
Well it's superb, I mean there are a lot of lakes in the Lake District and I love them
all, to be honest.
What I like about the lake is I like the setting of the lake, I just feel it's all compact,
you've got the mountains, you've got the lake, you've got the islands, it's just like a
whole small country in itself.
I tell you the special memory, we're now probably about 40, nearly 40 years ago, we came with
our boys and we were at Fry's Crag, and my young son Ney sort of climbed down to the
sort of water's edge and he started coming up and I thought he wouldn't make it, I stretched
out my hand and he said, never, I made his own way to the top, and we remember that to
this day and that was 40 years ago at least.
You see people feeding the birds, you see the children playing, you see the people out
on the lake enjoying the water facilities, it's just a really beautiful spot.
Peaceful, absolutely magnificent.
It's going in scenery, tranquil, impressive, it's lovely, absolute gem, very difficult
to describe in three words because you can come at all seasons and you see something
different.
