Quote Originally Posted by stevefoster View Post
Can't imagine what the Caldew must be like, river I passed last night is just about bursting it's banks and it's a low level river. The sound of running water was deafening!
We went from Conston to Wasdale and back on Friday on a Lakeland 100 reccy.
Getting back was decidedly touch and go. All those streams we had stepped over on the way out were raging torrents on the way back. We both found ourselves up to the chest in water on a couple of occasions. Considering what the Duddon looked like at 4pm, I reckon the Caldew would have been uncrossable. We could barely stand against the wind on the top of Walna Scar.