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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Tuesday 27 February 2024 21:50 : Ig () said:
Went through about 9pm on a 27in bike, pedalling fully. At the deepest point my pedal was just about going in the water at the bottom. I was going through at sprint speeds resulting in major splashing (don't do that) but if you learn from my mistake and go at a sensible pace you probably won't get too wet.

Tuesday 27 February 2024 17:51 : Danny (rowlhouse@gmail.com) said:
When people say they cycle through and do/don't get wet feet, it would be really helpful to indicate if they were rocking the pedals or not. A standard pedal crank is about 17cm - so if you rock the pedals you can probably go through water (without getting wet feet) that's over 10cm deeper than if you don't.

Tuesday 27 February 2024 17:42 : Lucs (xe8472@gmail.com) said:
Just cycled through in my old (i.e. decidedly not waterproof) boots. Went slowly and my jeans are dry, shoes are only a bit wet :)

Tuesday 27 February 2024 13:37 : Deeess () said:
Cycled through with normal shoes on. Delightful

Tuesday 27 February 2024 11:57 : KS () said:
Walking in Wellies now absolutely fine. Only around 10cm deep at deep end.

Tuesday 27 February 2024 11:35 : Joel Klug () said:
Cycled through at around 8:00 with hikig boots. A small splash on my jeans but that's it. Rocked the pedals towards the end to avoid further splashing.

Tuesday 27 February 2024 10:46 : mm () said:
Personally my feet are absolutely soaked and I wore hiking boots. Definitely need long wellies to cycle through

Tuesday 27 February 2024 10:45 : mm () said:
Personally my feet are absolutely soaked and I wore hiking boots. Definitely need long wellies to cycle through

Tuesday 27 February 2024 07:53 : Nena () said:
Went through fine cycling slowly with hiking boots with water just about reaching ankles at times - should be ok on a bike with waterproof boots or wellies. Gets slightly deeper at the cattle grid end.

Monday 26 February 2024 22:32 : James () said:
Passable in wellies and seen cyclists make it through

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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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