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Bassenthwaite

/ ˈbæsənˌθweɪt /

noun

  1. a lake in NW England, in Cumbria near Keswick. Length: 6 km (4 miles)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Mr Oliver, from Bassenthwaite, told BBC Radio Cumbria it was a "great way to get down a fellside".

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The 65-year-old, who has been a photographer all his life, drove to nearby Bassenthwaite Lake and by the time he arrived the sky was completely clear.

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Max's final public outing was a sponsored walk at Bassenthwaite on 2 April attended by about 100 people and their dogs which raised more than £7,500 for the Great North Air Ambulance.

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The UK Natural Environment Research Council has funded this investigation through its Urgency Programme, including the on-going investigations in the lakes of Buttermere, Bassenthwaite, Ullswater and Brotherswater, but already new insights are emerging.

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In Bassenthwaite, for example, the team has an unpublished sediment record stretching back more than 600 hundred years - back beyond AD 1400.

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