Rivers warning.

[WotEver]

5 hours ago, MoominPapa said:

You need to do quite a long wade from the pontoon to the dry flood bank!

You don’t have to wade...

 

[MoominPapa]

8 minutes ago, WotEver said:

You don’t have to wade...

Skeggy. 'nuff said.

 

MP.

 

[Naughty Cal]

Boston boat club moorings. 

 

[Mac of Cygnet]

In contrast to all this mayhem, I've just had a very pleasant trip down the Aire to Ferrybridge with the river levels on green after a couple of days on amber.  Rather glad my plans to go darn sarf were scuppered this year, after all. Beautiful morning.

 

[Victor Vectis]

Witham down about 5" this morning from it's peak.

 

Still a long way to go though.

[PaulJ]

3 hours ago, Mac of Cygnet said:

In contrast to all this mayhem, I've just had a very pleasant trip down the Aire to Ferrybridge with the river levels on green after a couple of days on amber.  Rather glad my plans to go darn sarf were scuppered this year, after all. Beautiful morning.

 

 

Its funny how it all works. The Nene which Im stuck on has been on SSA twice in as many days. Yet the Great Ouse remained navigable with not so much as a caution on it throughout. On the Bedford end it only went up about 4 inches and is only 15 miles away in places from the Nene!

[waterdog]

Just nipped down to Pillings for a pump out, we have been in Loughborough for a week now. No way out yet ! 

[Alan de Enfield]

1 hour ago, waterdog said:

Just nipped down to Pillings for a pump out, we have been in Loughborough for a week now. No way out yet ! 

What - they put those Dolphins in whilst you were in Loughborough ?

[waterdog]

6 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

What - they put those Dolphins in whilst you were in Loughborough ?

You have lost me there Alan. What am I missing ?

[RLWP]

5 minutes ago, waterdog said:

You have lost me there Alan. What am I missing ?

Big, round orange things in your first picture

[waterdog]

5 minutes ago, RLWP said:

Big, round orange things in your first picture

Ah, never new they were called dolphins. Every day's a school day

[Rickent]

Lock landing at Alrewas, no way out for us yet .

[Mike Todd]

19 hours ago, PaulJ said:

Its funny how it all works. The Nene which Im stuck on has been on SSA twice in as many days. Yet the Great Ouse remained navigable with not so much as a caution on it throughout. On the Bedford end it only went up about 4 inches and is only 15 miles away in places from the Nene!

No two rivers, or canals for that matter, behave identically, however close they may be at times. Their catchment will always differ.

17 hours ago, waterdog said:

Ah, never new they were called dolphins. Every day's a school day

Elsewhere the term refer to emergency mooring posts.

[Captain Pegg]

The network is still shut off from Droitwich. An Alvechurch hire boat has spent most of its hire period unable to escape.

 

Intriguingly the excess chain on the padlock at the flood lock in Droitwich is trapped in the mitre between the gates.

 

JP

[Mac of Cygnet]

11 minutes ago, Mike Todd said:

No two rivers, or canals for that matter, behave identically, however close they may be at times. Their catchment will always differ.

 

 

Also the Ouse is very much a controlled river, with 3 artificial rivers and a large relief channel to take off any excess.

[GUMPY]

Whereas the Nene is a sometimes navigable flood control system.

[mrsmelly]

19 hours ago, Rickent said:

Lock landing at Alrewas, no way out for us yet .

Who cares!! A couple of good pubs, a good butchers and a good chippie!! Well as good a chippie as you will get down south anyway.

[Rickent]

24 minutes ago, mrsmelly said:

Who cares!! A couple of good pubs, a good butchers and a good chippie!! Well as good a chippie as you will get down south anyway.

What more could anyone want.?

[Alan de Enfield]

26 minutes ago, Rickent said:

What more could anyone want.?

To be able to get off the boat to visit them ?

[Rickent]

Just now, Alan de Enfield said:

To be able to get off the boat to visit them ?

Fortunately we are not boatbound, we are sat at Fradley Junction.

It is a bit of a trek to Alrewas.

[MoominPapa]

Made it through Bardney lock. Took four people to open the bottom gate against the water coming over the top gates. River back below the bank at the moorings.

 

MP.

 

[Naughty Cal]

You should have a nice easy run now.

[PaulJ]

Not many places you can be stuck on SSA and have Thomas pass by overhead. Had pretty good time here with a few traction engines,old cars and motorbikes thrown in for good measure. And yes I went for a ride on the Thomas train too.. ?

[mrsmelly]

1 hour ago, PaulJ said:

Not many places you can be stuck on SSA and have Thomas pass by overhead. Had pretty good time here with a few traction engines,old cars and motorbikes thrown in for good measure. And yes I went for a ride on the Thomas train too.. ?

Flying scotsman passed us here yesterday 

[GUMPY]

Big stuff at NVR