The fields on the towpath side are flooded to a level higher than the canal, so at this point the floods have broken through. From reading the river level reports, it looks like the peak levels are moving downstream and that things are slowly getting better up here. One fellow boater squelched up to Nell Bridge and reported back that the clearance was 1.7 metres. That's about nine inches too little for us (sorry for mixed units). Even if we removed the roof box I fear we might get stuck, so we're resigned to another night here at least. Never mind, the sun is shining and the Great Western Arms is only a ten minute walk away.
HERBIE! Journeys on our narrowboat and the trials and tribulations of maintaining her.
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Topping up the canal
This morning we attempted to walk down to Aynho lock to assess the level situation but we couldn't get there (no wellies) because of this (best seen if you hit the full screen button bottom right)
The fields on the towpath side are flooded to a level higher than the canal, so at this point the floods have broken through. From reading the river level reports, it looks like the peak levels are moving downstream and that things are slowly getting better up here. One fellow boater squelched up to Nell Bridge and reported back that the clearance was 1.7 metres. That's about nine inches too little for us (sorry for mixed units). Even if we removed the roof box I fear we might get stuck, so we're resigned to another night here at least. Never mind, the sun is shining and the Great Western Arms is only a ten minute walk away.
The fields on the towpath side are flooded to a level higher than the canal, so at this point the floods have broken through. From reading the river level reports, it looks like the peak levels are moving downstream and that things are slowly getting better up here. One fellow boater squelched up to Nell Bridge and reported back that the clearance was 1.7 metres. That's about nine inches too little for us (sorry for mixed units). Even if we removed the roof box I fear we might get stuck, so we're resigned to another night here at least. Never mind, the sun is shining and the Great Western Arms is only a ten minute walk away.
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