Iain (Rockrat), Ned, Steve ed, Jack and Kris, all contacted through the DBP website met at various points around the river before congregating at Newby Bridge Halt and jumping on the Leven for my first run of the season. The river was at a pleasant level, playful enough but higher than I wanted in order to run the big weir (at least in the corner). Most of the boys ran a line down the right wall, but I wasn't up for it, not paddling the i4 anyway and certainly not after my upside down moments under Backbarrow bridge - maybe a foot too far to the right and I slid off the second boil but recovered on a hybrid brace / roll affair that got me out upright (in fairness, not just me, but also some bigger boats as well)!
Iain subbing out his Rocker below Backbarrow weir
Once at Haverthwaite, with Ned having collected a new section of bike track and nursed it down-river (don't ask!) and the rest of the guys having other plans, Iain and I decided to go take a peak at the Kent. This was a good move as we found more water than expected and enjoyed a flash from Scroggs weir down to Force Falls. Getting out just above the road bridge meant scrambling up past the bridge abutments; liberally plastered with chalk, I never realised just how good a climbing wall there was down there!
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