Marston Cycle Path flooding information

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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 29 February 2024 19:12 : Dynamo Brooke (dynamic_dyson@gmail.com) said:
The path is clear as of now.

Thursday 29 February 2024 17:38 : Eve (hitchenseve4@gmail.com) said:
Path completely dry today at 5.15pm.

Wednesday 28 February 2024 16:09 : Elizabeth Lock () said:
Clear for ordinary shoes! Dry all the way down the middle.

Wednesday 28 February 2024 16:08 : B () said:
At 15:30 (when the Kings Mill upstream reading was 2.02m), there was a completely clear strip with a minimum width of around one metre. The cattle grid was still submerged.

Wednesday 28 February 2024 13:44 : Mina (minasaman@gmail.com) said:
Hi Everyone, here’s a live spreadsheet to record updates if it’s helpful. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-GyBPwxzq0hu2GMOkqhSZHX9p7rTxCCDcLNxh1Jatmo/edit

Wednesday 28 February 2024 10:40 : Rob (inbigkron@gmail.com) said:
About 3cm in the middle of the path

Wednesday 28 February 2024 09:17 : Yong (liyong888@gmail.com) said:
It's worth to mark 2.06m measured in the below link seems able to pass for cycling. Still shallow water and not easy for normal shoes. \n \nhttps://check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/station/7071?direction=u

Wednesday 28 February 2024 09:01 : David () said:
People without wellies were turning back this morning. 2.06 on the river equates to crest of the path mostly exposed except closest to the bridges where there's a 50m or so stretch still submerged by about 4cm.

Wednesday 28 February 2024 08:10 : Katy () said:
Only about an inch at deepest - wellies still good for now but probably ok for normal shoes soon

Wednesday 28 February 2024 07:54 : Mina (minasaman@gmail.com) said:
Hi Everyone, here’s a live spreadsheet to record updates if it’s helpful. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-GyBPwxzq0hu2GMOkqhSZHX9p7rTxCCDcLNxh1Jatmo/edit

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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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