Haweswater

[Jay]

Found an interesting website on Haweswater nr Keswick and was wondering if anybody here has dived it? £20 fee for a days diving so before I part with my hard earned readies I was wondering if it was worth it.

Regards

[Cut throat Jake]

Done many of the Lakes in the past, including Haweswater.
There is a sunken village at the top end with bridge.
In my opinion the lake is not worth a dive, the viz is often terrible.
As for the sunken village it conjures up in the minds eye old stone cottages and streets were you can swim through the door and explore inside.
Sorry but it is not so. Piles of stones and a bridge that goes over a long submerged road is the highlight.
You would be better off going to Ulleswater and exploring the arms dumps and old jettys.
The thing with the lakes is quite often were there are  old houses on the lake side, opposite are their submerged rubbish dumps from yesteryear!
Tata shipmates.  
Tata Shipmates.

[Cut throat Jake]

Done many of the Lakes in the past, including Haweswater.
There is a sunken village at the top end with bridge.
In my opinion the lake is not worth a dive, the viz is often terrible.
As for the sunken village it conjures up in the minds eye old stone cottages and streets were you can swim through the door and explore inside.
Sorry but it is not so. Piles of stones and a bridge that goes over a long submerged road is the highlight.
You would be better off going to Ulleswater and exploring the arms dumps and old jettys.
The thing with the lakes is quite often were there are  old houses on the lake side, opposite are their submerged rubbish dumps from yesteryear!
Tata shipmates.  
Tata Shipmates.

[Mr T.]

OK then,

Seeing as we've now 'done' Hodge Close and Wastwater (surely to be revisited), what about Ulleswater as next in the chain of sites for a YD Troop manoeuvre?

If Jake reckons there are some 'old arms dumps' there, then it should make for some V-interesting muck diving?! You never know what we might find!

Added advantage is that in winter, the place will be deserted - so parking and access should not be a problem.

What say you, oh intrepid YD-ers mine?

[Dr Stevil]

There's a bottle bank near to one of the piers, if you find any cods-wallop bottles could be a nice little earner as these are quite collectable.  I didn't know about the arms dump though.
Steve

[Frog]

Steve, are cods-wallop bottles the ones with the marbles in the neck?

[Dr Stevil]

That the one's Frog; I believe the inventor was called 'Cod' and the 'wallop' comes from the method of opening them, at least I think I remember that from Antiques Roadshow or similar progs
Steve

[Frog]

I think there isn't many of them left due to kids smashing them to get the marbles out of the neck!  Thought that was them, but decided to ask someone a little wiser than myself.  Ribbet.  

[Tim Ingmire]

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....at least I think I remember that from Antiques Roadshow or similar progs
Steve

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Antiques Roadshow? :rofl2:  From 60's Hippie Heavy Rock drummer, hairy-arsed diver to Antiques Roadshow - ah the Rock and Roll Lifestyle.

[Ben Harris]

There are loads of little lakes not on the map in cumbria worth checking out at somepoint. Some have roman remains, etc.
Will post details as I get them off an old diver I know at work.