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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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Wednesday 8 January 2025 08:12
: Jimbo Jones () said:
Worry not peeps, it's not going to flood any time soon 😮, probably a "dry January" in fact 🍷
Wednesday 8 January 2025 08:02
: Heloise (heloisefw@gmail.com) said:
Not at 7am this morning but it was icey
Wednesday 8 January 2025 07:57
: Sarah (Sarahmckelvie@yahoo.com) said:
Is the path flooded this morning?
Tuesday 7 January 2025 07:46
: Louise Upton (louise.upton.oxford@icloud.com) said:
It is not gritted, but there are a couple of salt bins along the route to encourage people to sprinkle that on the tricky bits (the corners and the cattle grids where there is most danger of skidding).
Tuesday 7 January 2025 07:40
: David () said:
Does anyone know if the cycle path is gritted?
Wednesday 25 December 2024 06:24
: Iain () said:
Just to note that the cycletrack is CLOSED on 25th December and 1st January. https://www.parks.ox.ac.uk/opening-times
Friday 13 December 2024 19:42
: Caroline () said:
Path still completely fine despite the rain
Thursday 12 December 2024 10:43
: Agnes () said:
Totally dry when I cycled over at 8:30am! Happy pedalling!
Thursday 12 December 2024 06:51
: Caroline () said:
Early this morning, the path was completely dry
Thursday 12 December 2024 00:14
: KS () said:
Midnight: over 1m wide dry strip down the whole length of the path and cattle grid water level only a few mm above the bars.
\nPresumably entirely dry in the morning.
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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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