Skelwith falls is a great place to go and play, an afternoon spent here running the fall countless times is fantastic for kicking your waterfall running skills into touch. On Friday we seemed to attract such a crowd of tourists I wondered how much this would attract more people to the area to watch paddlers testing themselves in the water, must be good for the trade, but do they realise it? We had lots of fun and it was good to see non-paddlers reactions to what we thought was normal behaviour. Then seemingly out of nowhere a guy turned up with a raft, not a proper raft but a £5 raft from Asda! I'm not sure if he intended to run the fall in it or not but with our bank safety in place he hopped in above the fall with a nervous grin, and plopped off. The raft burst immediately and he disappeared for ages. When he resurfaced we threw him a line and got him out, still grinning. I think this goes beyond the manufacturers boundaries but certainly the most fun you can have for £5! 