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Scotland 2006 TT AALLEESS FFRROOMM TTHHEE RRIIVVEERRBBAANNKK JULY/AUGUST 2006 Scotland 2006 Jo Hacking and John Kington Having only paddled the s6 a few times, I was A quick peer over the bridge indicated that undecided on what boat to take, but with the lower Roy was “on” so a shuttle was “sort Steph’s Dagger there for the big rivers, taking of” organised and off we went. From the s6 seemed a good idea for the playful memory, and probably missing someone – rivers. So a quick trip down to Brookbank for Steve Swarbrick, Martin Russell, Allan & Jo another deck and off we went with a wild Hacking, Clive & Iain Robinson, Daniel combination of boats – 2 river boats, 1 play Stockdale, Sarah Fitzpatrick, Dave Hull, boat and 1 touring boat! Chris Sharman, Tom & John Kington. Saturday Morning - Lower Roy Some of you may have paddled the Ure on the West Tanfield camp; the never-ending walk We’d got a wide range of experience and down to the get in is similar on the Lower ability and a few unknown quantities so a Roy! Eventually after trekking down the grade II/III trip seemed to fit the bill to kick zigzagging path and boats being lowered on off. throw lines, we were finally on the water. Page 2 July/August 2006 paddlers this time – myself, Daniel, Iain, Tom, John and Allan. Running from downstream of Spean Bridge to Mucomir power station the wide waters of the Spean are funnelled into a narrow (at times, very narrow) gorge. When everything else is dry this is usually still do-able. Allan, Iain and I hadn’t paddled Scottish Rivers or Gorges before, so this came as a bit of a shock. A short grade 2 section took us to the long grade three section into the Gorge named ‘Fairy Steps.’ This isn’t as light and Access to Lower Roy kind as it sounds; several rolls in stoppers and Iain’s Jackson virtually aerial saw us in the The river was at a medium level with various gorge with no swims. The river narrowed and grade 2/3 sections. It was a nice scenic river we entered the technical grade 4 section, with with short moving sections in between the some of us wide awake and considerably rapids. There were a couple of play spots with tense at this point. one main friendly surf wave, various little waves on the rapids and a grabby stopper After a few gasps and cartwheels in other further down where a tributary joins. One or cases, we arrived at ‘Headbanger,’ a grade 4/5 two swims, with the first dip from one of the drop. A quick glance from the inspection was leaders which appeared to shock him as much enough for some of us to answer with as it surprised us. “definite portage.” Tom was willing to run it first, with the rest of us scattered on the bank Tom clearly had memories of our previous with throw lines, like in the photo below: lower Roy trip which ended up with a long walk in the woods after misjudging the get- out. So he got out at the road bridge in the village. Bad move, as just after the bridge, there is a relatively constant, grade 3 rapid section that came as an unexpected shock; but no swims and everyone seemed to enjoy bobbing over the high waves of the wave train. Then came the flat section down the river where it meets the river Spean and down to the get out by the caravan site. Another trek through several gates and up the road, back to the Chalets – it’s worth the walk to get changed in luxury, instead of fields by the road side in the pouring rain! Most saw sense at this point and got into warm, dry gear, had some lunch and went for Kayaker in there somewhere! a mooch. Others were not so wise…. ©ukriversguidebook.co.uk Saturday Afternoon - Spean Gorge John and Iain ran it after Tom with Iain getting back looped, and the rest of us After a bit of lunch (Easter Egg/Hot Cross portaging. More twisty stuff led to the Buns/Sausage Rolls in some cases), we were Cauldron and the Constriction. Allan took a off again down to the River Spean with only 6 swim before the Cauldron and swam through it – not a lot of fun, especially if you’re not www.ribblecanoeclub.co.uk July/August 2006 Page 3 sure what’s coming next. We soon had him to Daniel and myself on the bank with throw the side and Daniel & Iain put all manner of lines, and then came Iain in his Dad’s Diesel. belay and rescue techniques to good use to retrieve Allan’s boat. As I saw Daniel drop over the horizon line, I was shaking nervously; it must have been At the Constriction – or “the famous faith in the boat that got me down the drop, Constriction” as some guides have it – the because when I reached the bottom, my river narrows to a point where boats may have nerves dropped and I was more relaxed to to be tipped on their side to get through. This enjoy the rest of the river. time the slot was full of surging boily water – and a tree trunk. Consequently we took a After John had run the drop and joined us in chicken chute instead, dropping over a ledge the gorge, we ran a series of nice grade 3 to avoid it. rapids in the gorge, with a couple of rolls in places. As none of us had run the river before, The rest of the trip passed without incident – it meant we were running it blind, so every and we finished off with a flat plod to meet time there was a bend in the river that we Martin at the get out. We didn’t have the couldn’t see round, we would get out and luxury changing facilities of the Chalets like inspect from the bank. Due to a chat with after the mornings paddle; just the typical Steve Swarbrick that morning, we were all road side! aware of the grade 5 rapid Headbanger that lies within the gorge. Monday – All of the Roy (almost) Paddlers: Martin Russell, Jo Hacking, Daniel Stockdale, Iain Robinson, Tom & John Kington. As more rain had fallen overnight we decided that a full run of the Roy was in order. None of the group had done the upper section and gorge before so locating the put-in came down to trying to match guide and map. I had heard that this was one of the ‘Big Boys’ rivers that had a few swimmers last year, so I was quite apprehensive paddling the S6. (Looking back I’m glad I was in a boat I knew I could roll and control, rather than Steph’s Dagger GTX, which would have had me scared to death.) Unloading boats and getting sorted out was a challenge as it was raining heavily and the sloping grass verges Frantic signalling from Martin alerted us to were slick. Several people performed the arrival of this, the major hazard on the entertaining little dances with flailing arms, trip. Headbanger is a severely undercut Daniel ended up flat on his back in the mud. section, rapidly followed by an awkward drop split by a large boulder – Brothers Grimm. None of us had paddled the river before and Getting out to inspect provided an opportunity as we looked at the first drop (Roosters Tail - to scout further down the gorge too. We all a rocky approach to a 4 foot ledge into fast, opted out of Headbanger, although several disturbed water) I remember thinking a members of another group ran it – having the familiar - ‘what am I doing here, why didn’t I main flow running into a stopper under an go with Dad.’ Tom and Martin ran it first with undercut with only 18 inches “headroom” didn’t appeal. Brothers Grimm looked more www.ribblecanoeclub.co.uk Page 4 July/August 2006 do-able. The drop itself looked OK the night in the pub, we met up with Matt and approach needed to be spot-on to avoid Clive and checked out the rivers on the awkward pinnings or dropping sideways into computer, it was decided that we would head a tight stopper – or both. Consequently, on down to the Etive the next day, which everyone apart from Tom walked round that pleased Daniel since he had wanted to do the one too. Etive on his Birthday. From this point on the gorge was a fast and Tuesday – Daniel’s 17th Birthday furious procession of waves, boils, pour-overs and… Not the Etive! and stoppers calling for constant eddy- hopping and close communication. This was Paddlers: Daniel, Jo, Allan, Iain, Tom & John only the second gorge that I had ever paddled, and it’s a totally different feeling to paddling Unfortunately Daniel had been protective of the familiar open rivers of the Lake District, his famous ‘L’ plates, so we had failed to hide because it’s enclosed with narrow steep walls them. His Chalet was lined with birthday either side, which would make rescues cards and his dad’s car keys in new hands, as extremely difficult. he came driving round the Chalets reversing and parking as though he had been practicing One particular drop stands out for the variety before. As we set off down to the Etive, of untidy descents produced.
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