The water level was high: 2.65 metres at the Blackville measuring station. The upper part offered ample opportunity to practise avoiding rocks by manouevering quickly in Mitchell's new Charles River Old Town. I had to stop to put on extra socks. My shivering was shaking the entire canoe. Every so often we'd catch furtive glimpses of the sun like this one. It didn't provide us with warmth until about 10 o'clock.