Crowds of people, including a piper, are expected to turn out to welcome the boat when it arrives later on Saturday
The record-breaking hydroplane Bluebird K7 was returning to the Lake District on Saturday afternoon where it will be welcomed by the daughter of its pilot Donald Campbell in an “emotional reunion”.
He restored the hydroplane with a team of volunteers at the Bluebird Project in North Shields. After years of negotiations and legal disputes, it was agreed the boat would return to Coniston, which Campbell’s daughter Gina described as his “spiritual home”.It will be put on permanent display in the Bluebird wing of the Ruskin Museum, a short distance from where Campbell is buried in Coniston Churchyard.
A team from the museum travelled to Mr Smith’s workshop on Saturday morning. The boat was inspected and then transferred to a flatbed lorry for its journey to the Lake District. “I can’t wait to see my father’s boat, this has been a long time coming”, she said. “I am delighted that it will be back in Coniston for what will be a very emotional reunion.”
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