A ford gave an easy access point to the Scandal Beck. We couldn't have started much higher up the beck, given the water levels:
It was still a bit of a scrape at times:
The river soon started to get more volume:
A novel approach to erosion control had been used in several places. The placing of the vehicles was obviously deliberate. It felt like paddling a long wet scrap yard at times:
Some interesting geology:
The first weir of any note:
Contact with bank support:
More geology:
The weather wasn't all good:
The spectators didn't seem particularly impressed, but at least they seemed interested:
The banks were lined with burrows of some sort. They seem a bit large for water voles!
Jim took the opportunity to audition for The Hobbit during our lunchbreak at Lacey's Caves:
Paddling past the caves gave a view that most people miss:
We had a few bouncy bits before Armathwaite:
Some nice scenery as the light started to fail and we approached our bivi site:
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