MoominPapa Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Strong Stream Advice has been issued for the Nene. Let's be careful out there, we don't want a repeat of the Guernamore disaster during the last SSA. MP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Strong Stream Advice has been issued for the Nene. Let's be careful out there, we don't want a repeat of the Guernamore disaster during the last SSA. MP. When was that issued? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 The Soar tributaries are rising off the scale...... however, the EA still says only flood alert and not warning. Sileby lock is now effectively an additional wier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 When was that issued? No boating in that direction anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 No boating in that direction anytime soon. I only rang just before lunch and there was no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Ambrose Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 I only rang just before lunch and there was no problem. No problem here in the Cambs fens, we are sitting on the bottom (again) 2nd time in a week. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 No problem here in the Cambs fens, we are sitting on the bottom (again) 2nd time in a week. Phil I hope the Middle Level is the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoominPapa Posted November 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 When was that issued? The tweet came through about 3pm. MP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Megson Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Conditions at Northampton yesterday afternoon. High and fast. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 At least its between the banks it isn't here at Ringstead, no through route to the Addingtons as the river is across the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pembroke Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 When I drove past the Nene earlier today a strong stream warning is a slight understatement it looked very high and very fast and is likely to stay that way for a good while. Still on the bright side the Nene white water centre wasn't underwater like it was yesterday so I suspect some floodgates have been opened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 At least its between the banks it isn't here at Ringstead, no through route to the Addingtons as the river is across the road. I went to Willy watt to attend to my parents boat, chest waders on and a stick to feel my way. Water was well above waist height. Managed to sort ropes but had a feeling flow and levels had risen in the hour I was there. Clive was struggling with morons flooding the tea room with the bow wave from driving too fast thru flood water prior to bridge. No piccys im afraid, no pockets in me waders, by time I got back to car I had had enough anyway! As an aside, I understand the nene has been subject to SSA for 80 odd days so far this year, bearing in mind the first SSA was around end of April beginning of May ( when billing was evacuated) managed 50 hours boating since June, which includes a week's holiday...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 What I have noticed since being moored in Ely is the pretty constant level maintained there A typical maximum rise and fall range in a day is about 1' mostly less. This how it is now And this is pretty much how it is all the time. Lets hope this remains in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 (edited) Flood water from the upper reaches of the ouse are controlled at brownhills staunch, discharging via old and new Bedford rivers, old west and Ely ouse. levels below hermatige are controlled by Denver and the relief channel, you only have to look at the scale of the Denver complex compared to dog in a doublet on the nene to see why the Ely ouse gets an easier time of it. Godmanchester looked a bit soggy on the news last night, the upper reaches having the same issues as the nene in so much as brownhills isn't all that large relative to the great volumes of water it has to cope with. Edited November 24, 2012 by gazza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Megson Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Hi, I see the Nene is still on SSA as of yesterday. Any forecast from those with experience of the river of when it might be safe to navigate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 May or June 2013 I would have said April but look what happened in 1998 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 May or June 2013 I would have said April but look what happened in 1998 I don't know if you can see this without being a member of Facebook but this boat is now sitting high and dry so the water has gone down a few feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Its gone down here at Ringstead but the river is still rushing through and the weir was wide open yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Megson Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 May or June 2013 I would have said April but look what happened in 1998 Seriously I was hoping to move my boat from the GU to March later this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Not seriously, however as I have said before "the Nen is a somtimes navigable flood control system" It will be a question of a few days here a few days there that it is open. One of the reasons that Loddon came back from Earith to the GU by road when we bought her in July this year. You will have to keep an eye on the weather and SSA and jump your chance. Next week the Northampton Arm will be frozen. If you are really desperate it will be about £1250 from MK to Earith including cranes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pembroke Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 There is still millions of gallons in the flood reservoir to get rid off and the level is still high anyway It all depends how much it rains but I would think it will be months so maybe March / April Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbfiresprite Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 May or June 2013 I would have said April but look what happened in 1998 The year that the Nene was only open for a total of seven weeks in the whole year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Megson Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Thanks for the advice, it gives me a better idea of what to expect. I was hoping to take the boat to her new mooring at Foxboats in March for the winter but left it a bit late in the season. If I can't get over I'll just have to stay onboard on the GU over the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boathunter Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 (edited) What I have noticed since being moored in Ely is the pretty constant level maintained there A typical maximum rise and fall range in a day is about 1' mostly less. This how it is now And this is pretty much how it is all the time. Lets hope this remains in the future. The level is well mainained in Ely. We had a house near the river that we rennovated, There ws a water line at neck height on the ground floor but that was 1953 or something. Since thaen it's been ok. I've lived here for 20 years and it's never flooded out of the river. Edited December 8, 2012 by boathunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Megson Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 SSA cancelled on 12 Dec. Just need to wait for canal to defrost now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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