Whillan Beck. Even the name stirs the soul, evokes visions of steep places with things that will hurt, nay, break you, lurking at the bottom... And so it came to pass that Pete and Andrew believed me when I explained that the walk wouldn't be far, or steep, or involve crazed farm yard dogs attacking us and that the tree hazards reported in the guidebook were things of the past, long cleaned out by philanthropic adventurers armed with pruning saws and more time than sense. Of course, it was all lies and Andrew loved every moment (NOT!). That said, I'm not convinced that those bits of it that we could / did paddle were grade 5...
What goes up....
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