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The mark 101 Orpheus engine supported by a blue rig. It is placed in a warehouse and stands next to a red Gnat aircraft which belongs to Red Gnat limited. Another small aircraft can be seen in the background but is covered in a white tarpaulin.

Campbell's Bluebird to have engines refurbished

A team of engineers are checking the engines so the hydroplane can return to the water.

Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7 hydroplane surrounded by people taking photographs

Campbell's Bluebird on display where it was built

Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7 hydroplane was built at Samlesbury Engineering 70 years ago.

Donald Campbell's restored Bluebird hydroplane - a large jet-powered blue craft - is polished by a museum volunteer as it sits on display at the Ruskin Museum. Other items of Campbell memorabilia decorate the room's walls.

Campbell family win Bluebird trademark battle

The record-breaker's nephew welcomes the ruling against the craft's restorer, Bill Smith.

General view of a small building with parking space at the front. In the background is a Lake District fell.

Mountain rescue car park plan approved

Former railway land in Coniston will be used by the team during training exercises and operations.

Oxe eye daisies - which are small flowers with white petals.

Wildflowers planted in hay meadow restoration bid

More than 5,500 are being plug planted during September at a farm on the shores of Coniston.

A map of the proposed car park. The entrance to the site is on the east of the map at Yewdale Road, while the Ruskin Museum stands to the south. six coach bays are located near the entrance while the 70 car parking spaces are further to the west.

Car park approved to serve museum and village

The car park is designed to cater for visitors travelling to see the Bluebird K7 hydroplane.

Easton Christian, a man with dreadlocks stands smiling outside a stone cottage as another man stands in the distance by a low stone wall

Big Issue sellers escape to the Lakes

A group of homeless men are given the opportunity to take a retreat in the peace of the Lakes.

Two girls in the sail boat, Amazon, in a still taken from the 1974 film.

Swallows and Amazons cast meet for 50-year reunion

The cast of the 1974 film and the family who inspired Ransome's novel will attend.

A windsurfer on Coniston Water

New swimming spots monitored for water quality

The sites at Derwentwater and Coniston have recently been awarded bathing water status.