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Coniston is a beautiful place in the Lake District in the U.K
Most notably coniston water. It was the scene for many attempts at the water speed record in the 1960's
A site I found when googling was www.coniston.com
Best page would be http://coniston.com/the_lake_district.html , goes into more detail about the Lake and the world water speed records

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