I was being a bit pig headed on Friday. The rain looked like it would be better on the pennines, but I had a goal in mind to do the Liza up in the North West of the Lakes. There is no easy access, Stuart's guide suggests a long walk in from the lake at the bottom. Realistically, if you dont mind some disapproving looks, you can drive further up but it still leaves a long boring walk up a forest road. I fancied trying an alternative. This was to park up at Honister pass and gain some height before contouring round, and dropping in to the rivers source. Water levels were marginal at best but with some more pig headed decision making, we saddled up.

The lake in the distance (above) is the get out.

Dropping in at the top changes the aesthetic of the river, its great having the river as the best form of transport through the landscape. So despite the fact that water was too low  our humour levels remained high. We drifted down the long valley beneath some of Cumbria's finest mountain landscapes, with the  swirling mist ensuring that the view was never the same twice.

There is a potentially awesome section of water in there as well, with long sections of fast flowing easy stuff. Turn the water up to the max though and it would be a wild ride. Proper white water touring. I must go back.

Sorry but I got very few pictures of the water as there wasnt much of it (and it was raining enough to be more bothered about keeping the camera dry). I picked this one (out of a bad bunch) as it showed nice rocks and scrappy boating, which pretty much summed up the theme on the river :-)

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