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Bridge over a canal that no longer exists.
©mauldy
Natland Hall Bridge. Safe to assume the dry stone wall in shot was built after the canal died.
©Michael Graham
Crow Park Bridge at Natland. The line of the old canal runs very near to the River Kent here.
©Michael Graham
Dist:0.3km<br/>Looks like the edge of the towpath of the old Canal on the approach into Kendal near Natland.
©Michael Graham
Dist:0.3km<br/>Near Crow Park.
©Michael Graham
Dist:0.4km<br/>Near Kendal, with Prizet Farm and Prizet in the background
©David Medcalf
Dist:0.4km<br/>Looking upstream from Hawes Bridge
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.4km<br/>Off Hawes Lane
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.4km<br/>On the disused Lancaster Canal near Kendal. It's difficult to imagine that this 'normal' part of a farm field was once a major waterway. There is no water in the canal between Hincaster tunnel and Kendal with many sections, such as this one, completely filled in.
©David Medcalf
Dist:0.5km<br/>
©Karl and Ali
Dist:0.5km<br/>The junction of Natland Lane and Hawes Lane
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.5km<br/>Its one of them, a rare commodity, an open Post Office be it town or country, it is also one of those objects we photograph which sits on the grid line, this one is the SD5189 SD5289 grid line
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.5km<br/>Note the fly fisherman just downstream.
©Karl and Ali
Dist:0.5km<br/>A line slightly left of centre on the entry tongue to this rapid, which tends to kick the paddler sharply to the right, is usually best to avoid hitting the rock projection seen just behind Michael in this shot looking downstream towards the bridge. This was taken with the river showing 0.47m on the Environment Agency gauge ( http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/riverlevels/120709.aspx?stationId=5126 ) at Sedgwick Weir [[1204509]], which is quite a low level, though the river goes at even lower levels, making it a good choice when it rains in summer. The rapid is easy to inspect by landing river right, behind the photographer, and the rock ledges offer a place to stand and provide safety cover, if needed. It's not the easiest place to put back in if choosing to portage, as the gorge continues with rocky sides for some distance beyond the bridge. This is the first significant rapid on the river, if paddling the section from Kendal down to the A65 bridge, and anyone who feels the need to portage this one might perhaps be better to get off to the road, as the worthwhile rapids beyond are successively harder.
©Andy Waddington
Dist:0.6km<br/>Trout or salmon I expect.
©Karl and Ali

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