I came across this absolute gem a few days ago on Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K1ofbWYUrM&list=FL-qx1S9CjZG_BDuAa0HRxxg&feature=mh_lolz

Incredible scenes of England's largest lake completely frozen over. Just wish I'd been around to see it, although my family lived about 1/2 mile away at the time!

The lake froze several times in the hundred years or so up to 1962/3....from memory (not literally ) 1878/9, 1894/5, 1916/7, 1928/9, 1946/7

Ice formed in Jan 1982 and Dec 2010 but the weather turned before the real ice set in

I would love to see these scenes again in my lifetime.

Excellent - note the lack of snow in the early part!

This was Derwentwater in Jan 2010

http://www.mymountains.co.uk/Images/Winter%202009-10/IMG_0134.jpg

http://www.mymountains.co.uk/Images/Winter%202009-10/IMG_0139.jpg

Later that year in the even better December

http://www.photolakedistrict.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/ice-skating-derwent-water.jpg

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&docid=DThw9A-5PYZO8M&tbnid=u9BSQG9c8KB3bM:&ved=0CAUQjBw4bg&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8177%2F8019294370_9a4efd4bac_o.jpg&ei=go7ZUvKlJcWy7Aa0k4CoAg&psig=AFQjCNG512rzTk6e7BgiVScU8wYSXeu1NQ&ust=1390075906764562

Ice flows in the Kent Estuary

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/cumbria/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_9317000/9317543.stm

Saint, did you see the picture of Derwentwater taken on Xmas Eve 2010? Cant remember where I saw it, but it looked more like Siberia than the Lakes!

Derwentwater is pretty shallow, especially compared to Windermere.

December 2010 was reckoned to be the coldest month in the Lake District since Feb 1895, colder even than Feb 1947

I didn't, but I really regret not visiting - Keswick has a huge place in my heart going back to childhood, and to see it transformed in a really cold winter would have been special.