High Times On The Dart

It was the first ICCC trip of the term. We headed down to Dartmoor and were suprised to find an amazing amount of water. We started on the upper early on Saturday. Levels were far too high and after about half a mile we got off and ran away crying. We met up with the rest of the club to do a high water decent of the loop.

Triple step in high levels

Later in the afternoon we went back up to the Upper Dart where it had dropped of a bit. It was a nice pushy level, probably one of the best runs of the upper I have had.

On the Sunday, after failing to find anyone to run the Plym with me, we were really imaginative and did exatly the same as we did on the Saturday.

The way forward, playboating in a burn.

New Year Adventures in Scotland

The festive period meant the annual Imperial College trip to Scotland. Previous years have brought low water and freezing conditions. This year however we were blessed with high levels and a mild temperature.

Me on Polldubh fall, Nevis

Many rivers were in uber high levels including the Roy and the Spean gorge which was at 7.5 ft on the gauge which made it more of a Himalayan style river than a Scottish one.

Dave Burne, over boofing, Allt Mheuran

The two runs that will stand out for me on the trip is an awsome dawn raid on the Nevis and late in the day run of the Allt Mheuran. A great way to see out the old year and see in the new.

Me, good times, Allt Mheuran

Photos: Tim Burne, Claire Browne, Phil Leadbeater