Posted by Laurence Monkhouse on March 06, 2006 at 08:26:44 from 80.3.128.6 user Laurence_.
In Reply to: Re: clearing of rivers-olden times (was: Re: CC w/o a map posted by Prue Eckett on March 06, 2006 at 04:18:13:
I have drunk many times from becks up on the fells. Provided that there is no settlement higher up it never seems to produce ill effects, dead sheep or no.
And Windermere and the other big Lakes are pretty clean - i would have no fear of drinking boiled water from them.