Another series of lows and Storm Dennis

[Dyertribe]

Blowing a fair bit here in Swansea, raining fit to bust now, (its been raining fairly hard all day) we are expecting winds of 60mph all night.  

[Midnight]

Fairly relaxed up here in South Pennine Boat Club land. Watching the monitoring stations upstream and so far so good.  E.A. predictions suggest high water levels but hopefully not as high as last weekend. There's been a bit of a lull and the River Calder water level is falling at Todmorden,  Hebden Bridge and down to Elland (10.45pm).  Keeping an eye on the River Colne which comes down through Marsden and Huddersfield still going up.

[peterboat]

The don has gone up 6cm in the last hour ? might set my alarm for half 4 to see what is happening

[dmr]

1 hour ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

Howzit going then, up north?

 

Down here it's a bit windy and rainy, but nothing particularly noteworthy yet. 

 

 

 

Hebden was more or less shut today, all the shops had their floodgates back in place, some now of extra height, and many are now sealed in place with builders foam....its a right mess but better than muddy water. Rain less severe than expected and all ok so far, but more rain now and the Calder is predicted to flood at 4am. Alarm clock set. If the predicted height is correct then any flooding should be much less serious than last week.

 

Canal is about a foot down so has capacity to absorb a bit of water this time.

and....Vocation pub only re-opened yesterday, they have been open all day today and we did our bit to help their finances. ?

 

...............Dave

[peterboat]

Rain much heavier now  canal section here up a foot in the last hour! It's a bugger and I see a sleepless night on the cards!

[peterboat]

Well it's now at 121 cm so i think we will be flooded in the early hours of the morning ?

[Rickent]

Rained hard all night and wind howling, had to slacken ropes at 4am as started to get a slight tilt on as the water came up.

[mrsmelly]

Light breeze and a bit of drizzle here when we went to bed. Dried up overnight and water levels are low so hope we don't ground later today. Having a Barby and beer this afternoon. 

[Markinaboat]

10 hours ago, mrsmelly said:

A tad damp and breezy here on the south Oxford but nowt to write home about. Still managed some beers in the pig sty. 

Pig Sty as in Pig Place? Do they now have an interior bar in the 'new' building?

[mrsmelly]

Just now, Markinaboat said:

Pig Sty as in Pig Place? Do they now have an interior bar in the 'new' building?

Ooh yes. The bar is outside but we drink in the pig sty. Very cosy but not open to Joe public except Sat Sunday lunch at present. I do have the keys to the well stocked shop off licence which does help ?

[tree monkey]

Woke at 3am, boat on the piss tried to ignore it but failed, so 3:30am gave the ropes a bit of slack, I have never seen this bit of the cut so high.

Still drizzling 

[frangar]

Level is high here below Foxton...might be letting the ropes out a tad..at least it’s stopped raining and blowing quite so hard....

[Dr Bob]

Gone up 6" in our marina. S'pose need to get out of bed soon to slacken ropes and point the sat dish in the right direction again.

Mrs Bob doesn't like the wind!

[MtB]

7 minutes ago, Dr Bob said:

Gone up 6" in our marina. S'pose need to get out of bed soon to slacken ropes and point the sat dish in the right direction again.

Mrs Bob doesn't like the wind!

 

Should you see a doctor about it?

 

 

[mrsmelly]

1 minute ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

Should you see a doctor about it?

 

 

He should stop pulling the duvet over her head ?

[Dr Bob]

7 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

Should you see a doctor about it?

 

 

Nah, the're all quacks.

[Rickent]

Looking at the radar there seems to be a lot more rain to come.

[MtB]

1 minute ago, Dr Bob said:

Nah, the're all quacks.

 

Quacks that have gone to the dogs, IIRC!

 

 

[mrsmelly]

3 minutes ago, Rickent said:

Looking at the radar there seems to be a lot more rain to come.

Corr has your boat got radar ?

[haggis]

Moored in Wheelock last night and like everywhere else the towpath is deep water and mud. The field over the hedge from the moorings is now well under water and the house/farm looks to be getting surrounded. Fortunately the canal is well above the field .

The inside of the boat is almost as muddy as the towpath with four human feet and eight canine feet going in and out.

Haggis

[Rickent]

11 minutes ago, mrsmelly said:

Corr has your boat got radar ?

The wifes got a very good radar, knows what I am doing at all times.?

[Dr Bob]

24 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

Quacks that have gone to the dogs, IIRC!

 

 

That's me

 

 

 

[MtB]

2 minutes ago, Dr Bob said:

That's me

 

 

 

 

Hay that's YOU Dr Bob.

 

I never knew you was a chicken sturgeon!

 

 

 

[Markinaboat]

1 hour ago, mrsmelly said:

Ooh yes. The bar is outside but we drink in the pig sty. Very cosy but not open to Joe public except Sat Sunday lunch at present. I do have the keys to the well stocked shop off licence which does help ?

you must be the proprietor then!

[mrsmelly]

3 minutes ago, Markinaboat said:

you must be the proprietor then!

Nope just Moor here at present. Its open now but with the weather like it is will be a waste of time.