I just heard on Twitter of someone whose dog died after swimming in Windermere
My mate’s dog has just died—blue-green algae poisoning, Windermere’s Ambleside shoreline. Big dog, too. Very sad. http://ow.ly/20Fd1 RIP Jem
That is so sad – please don’t let that happen to your dog (or child !!!)
Environment Health at SLDC have told me that a recent check (end of June 2010) showed “no confirmed blue green algae” on Windermere. Best exercise care though!
EDIT – They actually called me to request that I remove part of this warning that referred to an out of date report on their own webs site detailing where the problems were last year on Windremere.
I did so, but after reading this
begin to wish that I had not.
Please do be careful and make your own judgements about whose advice to trust here!
Great North Swim in Windermere on4/5 Sept postponed, due to Blue Green Algea
the great north swim in Windemere on 5/6th September 2010 has just been postponed due to to the presence of blue green alga after water testing. No new date given as yet.
There is a very interesting link to the causes of the problem here.
http://www.facebook.com/nurturelakeland#!/notes/nurture-lakeland/breaking-news-great-north-swim-postponed-due-to-blue-green-algae/149503045070803