SOLO ON THE LENY

After a very frustrating week, in which it rained all week whilst I was stuck in the lab, I finally managed to get out boating on Friday.

After some careful decision making I headed up to the Leny (see here) for a quick blast. To my suprise no-one else was up for boating, although I managed to scrounge a shuttle with Matt who was heading back to Stirling (cheers mate!) I was on my own!

The level was high, and the first few rapids were a lot faster than usual, but I made my way down to the top of the Falls without mishap. After a quick scout, I jumped on and headed down the Falls on the left, avoiding the heinous hole that is the right-hand side in high water. The gorge below was horrible, just a big long boil for about 30 yards!

The rest of the run was brilliant, and most of my time was spent dodging very very very low trees in most of the lines, especially Wee Stinker and S-bends. Some lovely waves delayed me for a while at the bottom, then it was time to head back to Glasgow and go to the pub! A magic blast: top to bottom in about half an hour.......

(Strangely, no photos as I was on my own!)