Sunday saw club members of all ages travel to Carlisle to paddle on the River Eden on a trip organised by club coach Andy Longstaff. All had a fantastic day. Club coach John Sherwen added " We passed impressive red sandstone cliffs. This ‘Penrith sandstone‘ was an inland desert of sand dunes deposited 260 million years ago. There was excitement paddling over the natural Armathwaite weir. This is an igneous intrusion known as a ‘Dyke’ that runs for 430 km from Gallaway to the North Yorkshire Moors. At 56 million years old it is the youngest rock in Cumbria."
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