
The Lake That Loved Us by Diana Randel-Claire-Blake
At a Glance
- • Focus: Molly arrives at Lake Windermere looking for quiet, and finds a man carrying two coffees and looking lost. What follows is a lifetime — a marriage, an argument about an anniversary, and the same bench beside the same lake, fifty years on.
- • By: Diana Randel-Claire-Blake, short story, 2026
- • Title: The Lake That Loved Us
- • Form: short story
- • Published by: Tales From A Harrogate Caravan

Chapter One — The Lake
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Chapter Two — Two Coffees
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Chapter Three — The Beginning of Everything
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Chapter Four — The Promise
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Chapter Five — The Wedding
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Chapter Six — The Years Between
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Chapter Seven — The Same Lake
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Chapter Eight — Forever
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About Diana Randel-Claire-Blake
Diana Randel-Claire-Blake is a lifelong believer in love, laughter, flowers, and the little miracles that make every day worth getting out of bed for. At 75, Diana still believes that it is never too late to find happiness, wear far too much purple, drink tea from an excessively sentimental mug, and fall hopelessly in love with life all over again. Inspired by the beauty of ordinary moments, she writes stories about second chances, everlasting love, lakeside walks, cups of coffee, and the mysterious magic that happens when two hearts simply refuse to give up on each other.
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