ice

[Stuart & Gail]

hi just wondered if everywhere is still frozen in were at great haywood and froze in solid

[alan_fincher]

It wsa starting to look a bit less solid where our nearer boat is moored yesterday, (Herts/Beds/Bucks borders), but obvious that nobody still had tried yet to break through it there.

 

But in Berkhamsted, Herts, much of it was slushy or broken, and in particular a group of BW work-boats were working South through it.

[NbCassie2]

Swanley marina is solid with ice, frustrating since the canal itself is clear.

[Flocal]

Solid in Wiltshire, wont be going anywherefor a while

[journeyperson]

Swanley marina is solid with ice, frustrating since the canal itself is clear.

 

That's interesting, I wonder if that is because of the flow on the Llangollen? I'm hoping to head up that way for a week, starting on Saturday and the forecast is for it to get gradually milder.

 

I'm watching Aqueduct's webcam at the moment to get some idea of conditions and that marina is frozen too. Elevation-wise I'm between Swanley and Aqueduct on the main line and I'm guessing there's ice there. It's an hours drive to find out.

[mrsmelly]

hi just wondered if everywhere is still frozen in were at great haywood and froze in solid

 

Solid

[Naughty Cal]

I am having a guess that NC will be iced in solid on the Fossditch.

[FrigateCaptain]

Gone soft this end off the kna

[a.p.now]

frozen in the marina in ely

[Chertsey]

Hardly any ice now here on the Shroppie (near Brewood) though the towpath is still very bad in places with compacted snow.

[harleyj]

Not a lot of ice here (34 today). 3 months to go

[nbfiresprite]

Iced in at Foxes (4 inches) and now snowing hard. Getting back

to the marina tomorrow morning is going to be fun.

 

Firesprite

 

In the office

[14skipper]

Worcester frozen.

 

14skipper.

[CygnusV]

Worcester frozen.

 

14skipper.

 

Snowing again in the sticks near Doncaster. and still frozen!

[Victor Vectis]

Any word on the Grand Onion at Lapworth or the basin at Kingswood?

 

We should get there about midnight tomorrow, I'm just wondering what to expect.

 

SAM

Ryde

IOW

[valrene9600]

Iced in at Newbold and it`s started snowing. Could be here a while.

[blackrose]

Ice free on the Thames at Old Windsor - apart from the backwaters behind islands.

[Smelly]

Solid in Birmingham. Water tank will be a worry soon but que sera; welcome to winter!

[Arthur Brown]

Put a fish tank heater in there, They're meant to be immersed and about 75 -150 watts mains.

[the grinch]

the puddle in the car parking area outside our house has been frozen for 3 days but i'm not frozen in!! :lol:

[stagedamager]

any news on the T+M?

Dan

[Liam]

Me and Kerry were up at 5.30AM this morning, breaking the ice so that Ariel could be poled over to the other side for loading...

 

It was about 1 inch to 2 inches thick, but very brittle and easy breakable with the shaft. Definitely on the thaw rather than the freeze here at the moment.

[journeyperson]

Me and Kerry were up at 5.30AM this morning, breaking the ice so that Ariel could be poled over to the other side for loading...

 

It was about 1 inch to 2 inches thick, but very brittle and easy breakable with the shaft. Definitely on the thaw rather than the freeze here at the moment.

 

Website here with canal cams in various parts of the country. They don't all work.

 

Liam, it appears to be icy still at the Barn Owl but ice-free in Lymm, so it should continue to improve over the weekend.

 

canal and river cams

[Liam]

Hi John, have been keeping a close eye on them cameras pretty much all week It's been ice free at Lymm all week, but iced up at The Barn Owl.

 

Somebody has been through Sale, so with a bit of luck the channel wouldn't be too bad to Lymm, that's if they went far... the only problems I'd have is turning around I think.

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