[color=f26522]"Aye,"[/color] Alph said, putting a hand up tho shield his eyes from the sun shining in the west.  [color=f26522]"This is the fastest I've ever seen this branch of the river.  Lucky us it didn't wash the traps away." [/color] 

He also took a fair portion of his clothing off, boots, jerkin and woolen tunic, leaving him in his breeches.  He hung his sword belt on Gale's axe and plunged right into the river.  The watery made him shiver as he waded out, and it wasn't long before it was above his waist and he dove forward to start swimming.  The current tried hard to drag him, and when he reached the bend where the shallows had protected the fish traps, he was a good few meters downriver, despite his best efforts.  He waded back toward the traps, but didn't know how to work them, and waited for Gale to do so.