"Elter Water" is apparently Old Norse for "Lake of Swans" and there are yet reminders of that even today. Walking along the lake shore, you'll often catch the sight of a swan swimming or sometimes flying low over the water. If you're there early on a summer morning, you may be as lucky as we were and not only watch a swan flying just above the lake surface but also hear the haunting sound its wings make as they beat just...
   Read moreElter Water is a small lake that lies half a mile south-east of the village of Elterwater. Both are situated in the valley of Great Langdale in the English Lake District. The name Elterwater means either Lake of the Swan or...
   Read moreFine lake land indeed with many pleasant walks. What it lacks in scale to it's greater sibling next door Little Langdale more than makes up...
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