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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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Thursday 3 May 2012 10:59
: headleycat (nashtoledo@gmail.com) said:
Good advice: Leave as much distance between you and other cyclists. The one in front might suddenly stop and we all know what happens when you have to brake...very wet shoes!
Thursday 3 May 2012 08:25
: tim softley () said:
Slightly damp feet with no wellies on bike this morning.... but not over the pedals yet!
Thursday 3 May 2012 08:22
: David Nowell (david.nowell@eng.ox.ac.uk) said:
Path is flooded almost to the bend still. Wellies required on foot and highly advisable on a bike. Upstream environment agency gauge is showing 2.22m on the website.
Wednesday 2 May 2012 20:43
: Tim Greaves (tim-psychopathstatus@earth.li) said:
Wellies required by Bromptonaut at 2000 along the crown of the path to maintain dry feet and forward motion at the same time.
Wednesday 2 May 2012 19:21
: Puff () said:
Still high. Halfway between the lamp post and the bend. Just passable with care on the crown with a largish wheel.
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Wednesday 2 May 2012 17:42
: Nigel Berry (nigel.berry@mpls.ox.ac.uk) said:
Deeper than this morning, probably about 4 inches. Several cyclists with damp feet...
Wednesday 2 May 2012 16:32
: Tony Brett (tony.brett@oucs.ox.ac.uk) said:
I need to go to a meeting in Headington and not be wet - anyone been over the cycle path in the last hour or so?
Wednesday 2 May 2012 11:01
: Gordon Snow (lumi@lumilinna.co.uk) said:
First flood warning of 2012: 4 pm on 1 May--dry area only 4 feet wide along crown of track. 6.30 pm--water lapping over whole width of track at two points. Only 1 cm high, but still rising.
Wednesday 2 May 2012 08:07
: Tim Softley () said:
Water level has gone back up to about 3 inches deep on the path.
Tuesday 1 May 2012 23:46
: Michael Howe (michael+psychopath@michaelhowe.org) said:
At 23:30 the path was fully covered about half-way to the corner; not very deep and easily passable by bike but probably liable to get a bit soggy if on foot.
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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.
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