Croydon Brook

Posted by Pauline on 1/14/08

Strainers in Croyden Brook

After abandoning Allen's group on Eastman Brook, Skip
and I paddled Croyden Brook. There is a new, very
nasty strainer just at the top of the big drop. It
goes almost entirely across the channel although if
you paddle hard right, you can squeeze by on the right
side. Most of the tree, including many branches
sticking down into the river obstructs the channel and
there is another, smaller strainer, lodged along the
bottom of the channel if you manage to avoid the big
one. I pinned hard on this- many thanks to Skip for
all his help- but the two of us were able to get
ourselves and our boats over the tree and start again.
The tree is not visible from the last possible eddy
above the drop and will definately be problematic.
Croyden Bill has very nicely offered to work on
getting the tree out but in the meantime, use great
caution. The second strainer, in the drop, is not a
problem if you are upright but would certainly snag an
upside-down boater or swimmer.
Thanks again to the group who headed out today, it was
lots of fun being on the river again and we had a good
day (well, maybe that should read 'most of us...')

-Pauline