Just before lockdown was imposed again, BOB ADAMS set off on his latest Yorkshire river walk - this time along the Swale. He’s not sure when he’ll finish. But here’s the first leg. As the end of 2020 approached, I decided it was time to start my next river walk. After much deliberation I decided to tackle the River Swale. This river starts high up in the Yorkshire Dales, beyond Keld, at the western end of Swaledale, in my view the most picturesque of the Dales. The Swale is said to be the fastest flowing river in England and apparently can rise three metres in twenty minutes during times of flood. It flows in an easterly direction along Swaledale to Richmond, then turns southeast and passes through the Vale of Mowbray (the flat land between the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors) to join the River Ure at Myton.