Contents Introduction vii 1 The twin rivers 1 2 Upper Wyresdale: around Abbeystead 9 3 Nether Wyresdale and Dolphinholme 19 4 Nicky Nook: a perennial favourite 27 5 Garstang to Scorton 33 6 Mills on the Calder 39 7 Exploring Barnacre 47 8 The Wyre’s middle reaches: Garstang and Churchtown 53 9 The Wyre’s middle reaches: St Michael’s and Great Eccleston 61 10 Down to the Saltings 67 11 Amongst the salt mines 73 12 When canals and railways held sway 81 13 Exploring the Lune estuary 87 14 Cockerham and the canal junction 93 15 The secretive River Brock 97 16 The badger’s river 103 17 Fellside parish: exploring Bleasdale 109 18 Exploring Bilsborrow and Brock 115