Proper Rain At Last!

Rain arrived through the night Wednesday and all day Thursday.  So those that were lucky enough to have a day off (Craig, Ewart, Lee and Tom H) went out to make the most of it.  They started with Troutbeck at a nice level with no incidents then moved onto Skelwith with a new friend who had been soloing, for a park and huck session.

After this they paddled the Sprint at again very good levels with only the new boater swimming in “slot and drop”.  After this Ewart and Pilky manned up to a rather large Kent.

All this time I had been stuck at work watching the rain.  As soon as I could leave myself (Ant), Dan and Tom F meet up with them to paddle the Roeburn, which unfortunately (and hard to fathom) was on the low side.

Please rain like this more often and at more convenient times for me!! 😉

Quote of the day

Craig’s wife: “Just rang the house phone (9pm), you’re not there, where are you?”

Craig: “Just getting off the river, be home soon”

Craig’s wife: “I thought you had grown out of that?!”

Shap Film Festival

Here is the film I made for the festival (unfortunately I couldn’t go, so don’t know if it was actually shown).  All the rivers featured are with in a 40 minute drive of Lancaster, some considerably closer.  Enjoy.

0:00 – Kent – Force Falls

0:17 – Sprint – Garnett Bridge

0.28 – Troutbeck

0.40 – Artle Beck – 1st rapid/ledge

0.48 – Wenning Wave

1:07 – Doe – Beezley Falls

1:11 – Kent – Gunpowder

1:23 – Hindburn – Double Drop

1:33 – Doe – Beezley Falls

1:37 – Clough (upper) – Ledge Drop

1:41 – Brathay – Skelwith Force

1:46 – Artle Beck – Weir Drop

2:01 – Leck Beck – 1st drop

2:06 – Kent – Force Falls

2:16 – Clough (lower) – 2nd ledge

2:21 – Sprint – Garnett Bridge

2:29 – Doe – 3rd drop

2:37 – Leven – Backbarrow

2:41 – Birk Beck – Docker Force

2:46 – Sprint – Slot and Drop

2:52 – Leck Beck – Drops 1,2 and 3 in the gorge

3:10 – Dee – Ibbeth Peril

3:15 – Clough (upper) – Lemmings Falls

3:26 – Doe – Kiwi Pot

3:31 – Leven – Backbarrow Weir

3:37 – Leck Beck – 4th (last) drop in gorge

3:41 – Sprint – Sprint Mill falls

3:51 – Clough (lower) – exit drop from gorge

3:57 – Kent – Force falls