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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 17 January 2008 14:35
: ivor biggun (ivorbiggun@hotmail.com) said:
water is splashing around my gonads this morning at 8.30am.....no no wait.ive fallen into the canal...sorry
Thursday 17 January 2008 08:52
: lucy binney () said:
Slightly deeper this morning; 8 or 9 inches. Water almost reaching the bend in the path. Managed OK cycling in wellies.
Thursday 17 January 2008 08:52
: Alan Hughes () said:
At 8.30am it was a bit higher than this time yesterday, but still cyclable with wellies. At the metal gate to the rollers, the water was just high enough to run over the concrete path. Someone has placed a flashing yellow light where the flood begins at the Marston end!
Wednesday 16 January 2008 10:15
: Amy Jones () said:
Its about 8 inches/20 cm deep at the moment. Walkable in tall wellies and cyclable in wellies too. Water comes to about 3m from the bend in the path.
Wednesday 16 January 2008 09:17
: Anu Dudhia (dudhia@atm.ox.ac.uk) said:
You might find the web-page
\nhttp://www.atm.ox.ac.uk/rowing/river.html
\n(showing the current river level in the Thames) more useful than the OURCs flag web-page. The cycle path seems to flood when the river level is somewhere between 15-20 inches above normal.
Wednesday 16 January 2008 08:45
: Alan Hughes () said:
Wednesday, 16 Jan., 8.30am: on a downstroke the water comes to the top of a cyclist's foot at the Parks end; perfectly cyclable in wellies.
Tuesday 15 January 2008 08:32
: Pete Hennessy () said:
Path under 3 inches of water, OK for cycling in normal shoes.
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Monday 14 January 2008 16:28
: Gordon Snow (lumi@lumilinna.co.uk) said:
30m full width of track under water; flood creeping slowly up sides of track towards bend 3.30-4.15 pm.
Monday 14 January 2008 09:20
: lucy binney () said:
Water now nearly to pedals; just about OK to cycle in shoes, but pedestrians definitely need wellies.
Sunday 13 January 2008 21:47
: Pete Hennessy () said:
Cycle path flooded again. Water is just covering about 5m near the cattle grid, can just cross in trainers.
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\nHappy New Year.
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“ 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.
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