This is the moment on January 4, 1967 when Donald Campbell failed in his attempt on the world waterspeed record but now moves are afoot to try and get the restored craft Bluebird to trial on Coniston again - although nowhere near the speeds she achieved over 40 years ago.

Members of the national park authority today agreed to ask for views on changing current regulations which could allow trials for the craft to exceed the existing 10 mph speed limit on the lake.

A report from Director of Park Services Bob Cartwright explained that the lake’s current byelaws do allow for speeds in excess of 10 mph but only where vessels are trying to mount a serious challenge on a genuine world speed record.

The rebuilt Bluebird – which was recovered from the lake in 2001 after Donald Campbell’s fatal speed attempt in 1967 – would be capable of speeds way above 10 mph.

But its restorers say it would no longer be capable of mounting a serious and legitimate challenge even to the craft’s own current British Outright water speed record of 276.3 mph.

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