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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 3 February 2014 09:31
: Mark Chadwick (mark.chadwick@chem.ox.ac.uk) said:
I cycled in at 9am, water at mid point of pedals, able to JUST get through with wellies and waterproof trousers without getting my feet wet...but only just.
Monday 3 February 2014 08:12
: Soggy-knees (marianne.sinka@gmail.com) said:
Monday 03-02-14, 8am: over the knees (I'm 5'2") and therefore over the wellies if you remember to wear them (I didn't remember)
Sunday 2 February 2014 17:59
: Lucy Binney () said:
At 5.15 pm today the water was at the bend (Marston end). Judging by the washed-up bits of vegetation, it hasn't started going down yet.
Saturday 1 February 2014 13:32
: iain () said:
Water is at cycle wheel hub height; cycling (with wellingtons!) is very difficult, not helped by a side wind and the flow. Long wellie wearers may keep their feet dry if the water is not too choppy ...
Friday 31 January 2014 19:35
: MIW () said:
About 1 ft deep, flowing, and hard to see the middle. Pretty treacherous by bike @ 7 pm. wet feet.
Friday 31 January 2014 16:05
: Catherine () said:
I cycled across at 2.45 this afternoon. I was wearing long wellies and waterproof trousers. On the down stroke, the water came up over my wellies. However, for me, it wasn't the depth of the water that I found a problem but the wind. Blowing across the water and pushing the water and my bike, I found it a really tough ride across. A fit, strong person will probably be able to do it, but anyone feeling slightly limp wristed might want to take an alternate route until the water goes down. I definitely wouldn't do it in the dark.
Friday 31 January 2014 09:44
: Danny Chapman (rowlhouse@gmail.com) said:
At 9am or so - it's deep but in spite of the previous message, I cycled through with barely a splash on my shoes, and they certainly didn't go in. Just rock the pedals and it's fine, so long as you keep in the middle.
Friday 31 January 2014 09:00
: Simon W (simon.wenham@kellogg.ox.ac.uk) said:
I cycled through at 8:35amish and my feet got thoroughly soaked (in shoes). I don't think you should try it without wellies now and I reckon it doesn't need to go up much more before it's not possible to cycle across (assuming that it is still rising).
Friday 31 January 2014 08:10
: Tim Greaves (tim-psychopath20140121@earth.li) said:
Cycling through at 0745 this morning, the cyclist in front of me was wearing shoes and just managed to get through with only his toes dipping into the water with the smallest possible pedal motions to keep the bike moving. So possible with shoes, if you're very good at micro-pedalling, but doing full turns of the pedals my feet would have been soaked if I had not had my boots on!
Friday 31 January 2014 08:07
: David Nowell (david.nowell@eng.ox.ac.uk) said:
As Martin says below, easily cyclable this morning, but wellies preferred on a bike and essential on foot. Probably 3 to 4" deep. Kings Mill (upstream) level is 2.26 m.
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