June 2019 - River Aare in Switzerland

I wanted to take my son on a trip on his own to celebrate the end of his GCSE’s. The plan was to raft down the river Arre from Thun to Bern (about 3 hours). Everything was going fine until a fast flowing section saw us hit a bridge and capsize. We were rescued 300 meters down river by some lifeguards who worked at a swimming pool next to the river. Although neither of our phones survived, fortunately the car key still worked and after a short ride in a police car we managed to make it back home to the mountains.

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At the start of our journey in Thun. Fortunately my phone had uploaded this photo before it was lost forever.