Donald Campbell's boat Bluebird K7 is to return to Coniston, 57 years after it overturned in Coniston Water and killed the speed record breaker.The boat will be displayed in the Ruskin Museum, having been restored by a team of volunteers led by Bill Smith over the 23 years since it was recovered from the water.Mr Smith led the operation to raise Bluebird's wreckage over several months between October 2000 and May 2001, and has since led the restoration project at his workshop in North Shields.On

Donald Campbell's boat Bluebird K7 is to return to Coniston, 57 years after it overturned in Coniston Water and killed the speed record breaker.The boat will be displayed in the Ruskin Museum, having been restored by a team of volunteers led by Bill Smith over the 23 years since it was recovered from the water.Mr Smith led the operation to raise Bluebird's wreckage over several months between October 2000 and May 2001, and has since led the restoration project at his workshop in North Shields.On Saturday the boat was inspected before being loaded on a lorry at the workshop to start its journey back to Coniston.Campbell's daughter Gina Campbell will welcome Bluebird to its new home in the Ruskin Museum.Donald Campbell set seven world water speed records in K7, reaching more than 276mph in December 1964.On January 4 1967 he attempted to surpass 300mph in a record attempt on Coniston Water, Cumbria. On his second run, Bluebird left the water and somersaulted before hitting the lake and si