From: julianlord <julian.lord_at_bQQhSY7rQFut4fE4iB9WVgiSzOgwHOnz9iSlNYU0TnPRDac6qqHVC0_rlFwrfxhnBdDIuM4jCWysIlYbXw.yahoo.invalid>
Experience as a hiker, even though this is through a modernised countryside, has
taught me that there are few rivers that cannot be fairly easily crossed, though
you may need to travel a little up- or down- stream to find a ford, bridge, or
ferry. The hardest rivers to cross are typically found in the flatlands, rather
than the highlands, and these are the ones where everybody would need to all use
the only crossing point for miles around. These are of course highly strategic
locations -- so that if you can see no description of such a strategic location
in the source materials, this would be an indication that the river may have
several crossing points.
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That is true especially if you don't mind getting your feet wet. Though if you are trying to get trade goods across that will further limit the places you can cross. I was hoping that there would be some formal crossing as this would half the distance between a couple of the major centers in Satar.
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The existence of farmlands on both sides of a river is no indication that is
easily crossed by the way, but merely that cultivable land exists on both banks.
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Excepting that the farmland is on the opposite bank to the main local market and without a crossing the carl faces a journey of 50 miles in order to get his produce to the market. A journey of two days is not going to be countenanced when the carl can see his destination before he sets off !!
Gavain
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