Coniston Water

Over Great End, Skiddaw and Blencathra it hurtled, sending cat's-paws racing across the lakes of Bassenthwaite, Derwentwater, Windermere, Coniston Water and fjord-like Ullswater.

Country diary: Lake District 2011

When he was two years old the family moved to Lanehead, on the shore of Coniston Water, close to Ruskin's house at Brantwood.

Robin George Collingwood D'Oro, Giuseppina 2006

Coniston Water on the other; but the showers continued, and we could not even see the "Coniston Old Man," although he raised his head to the height of 2,577 feet above sea-level.

From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

The tannery house, be it known, was the cottage where Jethro dwelt, and which had belonged to Nathan, his father; and the tannery sheds were at some distance behind it, nearer Coniston Water.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

Jonah Winch had set out, Coniston Water gleamed and tumbled.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

Fragrant hay was cut on hillsides won from rock and forest, and Coniston Water sang a gentler melody -- save when the clouds floated among the spruces on the mountain and the rain beat on the shingles.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

Tumble Down brook, which flowed into Coniston Water above Brampton.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

There was no sound, save the song of Coniston Water under the shattered ice.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

Coniston Water, at the foot of the garden, sang the same song, but it seemed to Wetherell to have changed its note from sorrow to joy.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

Brampton and Harwich are rivals, but Coniston Water gives of its power impartially to each.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909