Coniston Water
Britishnoun
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The Ruskin Museum is aiming to run Bluebird again on Coniston Water at some point next year when it will be piloted by Australian Dave Warby, son of the late-water speed world-record holder Ken Warby.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2025
Donald Campbell's Bluebird craft will return to the Lake District later, decades after its pilot was killed in a crash on Coniston Water.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2024
Introducing himself as an amateur diver, Bill Smith outlined his ambition to locate Bluebird's crumpled wreckage on the dark, unforgiving bed of Coniston Water in England's North West.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024
Donald Campbell, a forty-six-year-old serial speed-record holder, died while attempting to break his own world water-speed record, on Coniston Water, in the Lake District.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 25, 2019
The Inn at the head of Coniston Water appeared very inviting and restful when I saw it that afternoon.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great by Hubbard, Elbert
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