JohnB Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 Does anybody on the river have any idea what the flow rate and levels are really like at present on the the Nene. We (and another boat) are hoping to get down to Northampton and along the river very soon. There is a SSA on at the moment but the levels and flood warnings on the catchment maps show green. What are our chances of getting through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 If the SSA is on then some locks may be reversed, makes navigation difficult. I moor on the Nene and I wouldn't chance it until SSA is off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scholar Gypsy Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 It will soon be Monday morning .... The pattern at Lilford is fairly typical of the other level gauges on the Nene. https://www.gaugemap.co.uk/#!Detail/1573/1718 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandering snail Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 Your insurance will be invalid and the weirs can be nasty when there's an SSA. The low bridge height also adds to the problems. As previous comment has also pointed out, some of the locks are chained open so are unuseable. The Nene is often on SSA, boaters have to be patient! You can sign up for notifications on your phone/email which we found helpful, see here: https://www.gov.uk/check-river-conditions-and-closures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 14 hours ago, Scholar Gypsy said: It will soon be Monday morning .... And the SSA has not been removed yet! Normally comes off on a Monday............. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulJ Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 20 hours ago, JohnB said: Does anybody on the river have any idea what the flow rate and levels are really like at present on the the Nene. We (and another boat) are hoping to get down to Northampton and along the river very soon. There is a SSA on at the moment but the levels and flood warnings on the catchment maps show green. What are our chances of getting through? Red Flags are still flying but the river levels OK Northampton end-as far as Doddington lock anyhow which is still reversed (on Sunday afternoon anyhow-but wasnt actually letting any floodwater water through). SSA should be off very soon-waiting for Peterborough end to finish going down. Watch out on the bridge before White Mills-obvious bit of tree across left hand side as you approach from Northampton and there is also more submerged on the right hand side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 22, 2019 Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 Heading down the Great Ouse last week I was caught off guard when I had to take a sharp left into the lock with the weir going pretty much straight on. I knew the layout that was coming because I'd been through upstream a few weeks before, but what looked like a steady flow as I was tootling down the river suddenly became a lot faster as I approached the weir. Misjudged it a bit and think I came round the corner just slightly too fast. The weir pulled me across and I side slammed the concrete corner and proceeded to smack the other corner with the bow. As I rammed the prop into reverse in a (failed) attempt to slow down it felt like one of those moments that could have turned out quite badly but got away with just a few things falling over inside, all material, none human. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted October 22, 2019 Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 just had Txt/cll/email SSA is now off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scholar Gypsy Posted October 22, 2019 Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Loddon said: just had Txt/cll/email SSA is now off And also one saying the river is closed 450m below Whiston lock ... pdf so I cannot attach. Edited October 22, 2019 by Scholar Gypsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted October 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 Thank you all Based on advice from EA we headed down to Northampton yesterday afternoon and the river was completely calm. Anyhow we made fine progress today and sure enough the SSA came off as we were travelling. I presume the bits of tree at the bridge were the cause for the closure but I know four boat have threaded their way through. I think the conditions for boating today have been among the most pleasant we have had on the Nene. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted October 25, 2019 Report Share Posted October 25, 2019 SSA back on again, after very little rain yesterday, the are probably getting the flow going to keep ahead of tonight's expected deluge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted October 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 Yes it came on just after we left Wansford station mooring and were passing through the next lock, but there was no chance of passing Alwalton as the weir below was chucking it out many feet into the air! and there is a right big whirlpool over the shallows. and it's still on a week later:-( There are two of us still stuck here --- Not sure how we will cope if this coming weather dumps a lot of water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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