Kayaking - Grove Ferry Upstream Towards Fordwich - Part 2.

Highlights from my paddle from Grove Ferry upstream towards Fordwich.
Part two highlights the section of river travelling upstream from the tidal lake towards Fordwich. I stopped and turned around about half a mile short of Fordwich as my wrist was aching and the river had become increasingly busy. All in all, this was a very pleasant 9 mile (ca. 14 km) paddle.
The River Stour /ˈstaʊər/ is a river in Kent, England that flows into the North Sea at Pegwell Bay. There are five River Stours situated in England, one each in the counties of Dorset, Kent, Suffolk, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. This one is often called the Kentish Stour.
Above Plucks Gutter, where the Little Stour joins it, the river is normally known as the Great Stour. The upper section of the river, above its confluence with the East Stour at Ashford is sometimes known as the Upper Great Stour or West Stour. In the tidal lower reaches, the artificial Stonar Cut short cuts a large loop in the natural river.
The Stour has Kent's second largest catchment area (the River Medway having the largest). The lower part of the river is tidal; its original mouth was on the Wantsum Channel, an important sea route in medieval times.
The river has three major tributaries, and many minor ones. For much of its length it flows in a generally south-west to north-east direction.
The historic city of Canterbury is situated on the river, as are the former Cinque Port of Sandwich and the railway town of Ashford.
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