There's nothing like getting into a bit of damp canoeing kit on a frosty morning. It felt like I'd barely taken off my buoyancy aid from last night's nocturnal adventures before I was I was back at the lake in Llanberis today. No freaky lights in the water this time, but the views above were pretty good.
With light winds and hazy sunshine, we were able to paddle easily so made a crossing to the far side, where we got a small campfire going to warm up ourselves and our lunch.
A good chunk of the afternoon turned into an impromptu geography lesson, after a lot of questioning from my group. To help visually explain the fluvial process of how water moves down a river, we diverted a small stream and were able to watch how the bends in the newly created river were eroded and how the sediment spreads out into an estuary delta at the mouth. We even raced stick boats and watched at how some got stuck in eddies and stoppers! What a teaching resource!
We were the only ones on the lake it seemed on our way home. It felt a lot more wild and remote than we actually were.
At this time of year, the sun is so low, it had actually set before we made it back to the shore! We still made it before 'last light' though.
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