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You may also find the current flag status of the river useful. This page tracks the level of the Isis at Friar's Wharf; Geraint Jones informs me that 15" to 20" above normal there seems to be a good match for a flooded path.
The Environment Agency has an automated level meter at the Southern end of Mesopotamia with two readings available: upstream and downstream. Once calibrated against the flooding of the path these should provide a useful warning mechanism.
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Monday 30 December 2013 15:49
: Alan Hughes () said:
The town end is flooded a little, but it is perfectly OK to cycle through, or to walk through in wellies. I think the flooding as I was coming back to New Marston was slightly worse than two hours previously
Monday 30 December 2013 08:12
: Michael (mcrofton-briggs@oxofrd.gov.uk) said:
Monday 30th Dec. 7.45 am. Some flooding right across the path. Easy for cyclists to pass but pedestrians still recommended to use wellies.
Sunday 29 December 2013 21:47
: g0rg () said:
Was walkable today with wellies and could cycle without problem, just keep the speed down.
Sunday 29 December 2013 21:30
: Mark (Mark.murfett@oup.com) said:
Any update on the path today? Is it walkable in wellies yet? Thanks
Saturday 28 December 2013 18:46
: Joe Mamma () said:
Went through it today in both directions. Feet stayed dry by partial cranking.
Friday 27 December 2013 11:20
: David Nowell (david.nowell@eng.ox.ac.uk) said:
Flooded to the bend again today. I had not brought wellies and did not try to cycle through.
Thursday 26 December 2013 12:00
: Tom M (tmerritt@gmail.com) said:
Well I was the freak the who tried- the answer is no you shouldn't cycle through it unless you are wearing a scuba suit. :) It's well over 2 feet (60cm) deep and freezing cold. http://dropcanvas.com/9zmzr/1 Find a new way for the next few days.
Thursday 26 December 2013 11:43
: Steve (stephen.heyworth@wadh.ox.ac.uk) said:
The cycletrack is now flooded up to the bend, probably too high to cycle without waterproof footwear or to walk with ordinary wellies.
Monday 9 September 2013 12:05
: Lavina Snoek (lavina.snoek@chem.ox.ac.uk) said:
I've just called the City Council’s Engineering team on 01865 252956, and the man in charge said that the bridges will be placed today & tomorrow, for the path to be open on Wednesday morning... I'll keep my fingers crossed!
Monday 19 August 2013 10:05
: Louise Upton (louise.upton@dpag.ox.ac.uk) said:
I just talked to the city council man building the two bridges on to the Croft Road recreation ground (at the end of the cycle path) - the bridges were supposed to be delivered today but the company has gone bust! He thought it would be a fortnight before they are able to arrange replacements.
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“ An A-road walks into a bar and asks for a pint. The barman serves him, but he looks really tough and the barman worries that there'll be trouble.
“ Then a dual carriage way walks in and buys a pint. The barman again notes that he looks tough and says, ‘Look, I don't want any trouble, so could you sit in that corner away from the A-road?’ So the dual carriage way does.
“ Soon afterwards, in walks a motorway and gets a pint, who looks extremely tough, so the barman makes him sit in another corner away from the other two roads.
“ A bit later, a really small road walks in and buys a diet coke. The A-road, dual carriage way and motorway all look at him aghast and run out of the pub. The barman grabs the motorway on the way past and asks, ‘Why are you running out? He's a really tiny road.’
“ The motorway replies, ‘He's no road, he's a cycle path!’ ”
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