If you get deep into Rydal Cave, (in the late afternoon when the sun has passed overhead and the direct sunlight is beyond the cave opening,) with a camera that can handle low light, the roof of the cave is such a myriad of colours, that you can't really appreciate in it's entirety with the naked eye, but if you photograph the roof above you, you'll be amazed when you look at the pictures later.

I've always considered Rydal Water as the best lake for a paddle, Buttermere as the best lake for a swim, Ullswater as the best lake for canoeing, and Windermere as the best lake to spend the day on my motor cruiser, (should any wealthy and generous benefactor ever think of buying me one, that is!)

It isn't "Grasmere Lake" or "Grasmere Water" or "Lake Grasmere" it's simply "Grasmere". Incidentally, Rydal Water used to be called "Routhmere" (which is translated to "The Lake on the Rothay") - The Rothay is the river that connects Grasmere & Rydal Water - You know: that little stream you saw off to your right as you walked from Rydal Water to Grasmere!)