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The word ''tarn'' is evocative of something that would not be out of place in Tolkien's Middle Earth. A stirring sentence from John and Anne Nuttall's, ''The Tarns of Lakeland'', rings ever so true, explaining that: |
The word ''tarn'' is evocative of something that would not be out of place in Tolkien's Middle Earth. A stirring sentence from John and Anne Nuttall's, ''The Tarns of Lakeland'', rings ever so true, explaining that: |
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From the expanse of [[Devoke Water]] to the Miniature [[Lang tarn]] on the Heathwaite Fells there is such a variety of size, and from [[Watendlath Tarn]] to [[Foxes Tarn]] such a variety of situation, that every tarn is unique. But more than anything else tarns reflect the seasons and the weather so that no two visits are ever the same.</blockquote/> |
From the expanse of [[Devoke Water]] to the Miniature [[Lang tarn]] on the Heathwaite Fells there is such a variety of size, and from [[Watendlath Tarn]] to [[Foxes Tarn]] such a variety of situation, that every tarn is unique. But more than anything else tarns reflect the seasons and the weather so that no two visits are ever the same.<ref>Nuttall, ''The Tarns of Lakeland'', p.7</ref></blockquote/> |
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Yet, romanticism aside, what a tarn is can stir confusion, simply because of their diversity in size, shape, form, and purpose, especially when asking: when does a tarn become a lake or a pond? This is not always directly associated with size, as some tarns are bigger than lakes, and some as small as a mere puddle. This is where things can become ambiguous and convoluted. So, let's start off with something else; how many tarns are there in the Lake District? |
Yet, romanticism aside, what a tarn is can stir confusion, simply because of their diversity in size, shape, form, and purpose, especially when asking: when does a tarn become a lake or a pond? This is not always directly associated with size, as some tarns are bigger than lakes, and some as small as a mere puddle. This is where things can become ambiguous and convoluted. So, let's start off with something else; how many tarns are there in the Lake District? |
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