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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2020 8:08:11 GMT
So that's it Early October and SSA is on for the Nene How long before its open again ? Nine months last time (inc lockdown) Good job @tonyc got away and @gazza has his boat safe and dry.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2020 8:21:01 GMT
It was nine months last time??
Wow, that's a hell of a long time to be stuck. Don't get me wrong, its a lovely area to be stuck in, and I'm sure they relax the normal 48 hour mooring restrictions during floods, right?
But nine months....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2020 8:30:58 GMT
Being truthful the SSA came off about the same time lockdown started so six months plus three months lockdown There are very few river moorings I would feel safe on in times of flood, only those with decent risers Islip being one.
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Post by TonyDunkley on Oct 4, 2020 8:41:43 GMT
So that's it Early October and SSA is on for the Nene How long before its open again ? Nine months last time (inc lockdown) Good job @tonyc got away and @gazza has his boat safe and dry. I'm led to believe the EA have taken out one or two of the bottom end guillotines and put mitre gates at both ends of some locks now, also that they they don't always bother reversing the locks that still have the guillotines when the river's up. If this is true, then it's bound to hold flood water back more in the upper reaches and take longer than it used to for all the excess fresh to run down and away to below Peterborough.
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 4, 2020 9:52:52 GMT
SSA = strong stream advice. I thought the Nene was a river. Only a piddling stream, then. I expect we'll now be racking up more miles than Gazza soon.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2020 9:56:59 GMT
SSA = strong stream advice. I thought the Nene was a river. Only a piddling stream, then. I expect we'll now be racking up more miles than Gazza soon. You will still be stuck in Newbury...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2020 10:16:00 GMT
So that's it Early October and SSA is on for the Nene How long before its open again ? Nine months last time (inc lockdown) Good job @tonyc got away and @gazza has his boat safe and dry. I'm led to believe the EA have taken out one or two of the bottom end guillotines and put mitre gates at both ends of some locks now, also that they they don't always bother reversing the locks that still have the guillotines when the river's up. If this is true, then it's bound to hold flood water back more in the upper reaches and take longer than it used to for all the excess fresh to run down and away to below Peterborough. Partly true. Vee gate locks are as follows:- Town Lock Rushmills Rebuilt as vee gates both ends in the last 15 - 20 years Wellingborough upper and lower. Higham lock. Lock reversal continues along the river - they are trying to collate data to support the suspension of the practice. To date it has gone quite on whether they can get the data to support their wishes. Practical experience for those nearest the water says it canβt and never will! River rose rapidly yesterday, I was on site from 07:30 until 14:30, piss wet through working on the boats and in that time we had three visits from the EA lads - was no surprise it went on SSA today to be honest.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2020 10:18:26 GMT
So that's it Early October and SSA is on for the Nene How long before its open again ? Nine months last time (inc lockdown) Good job @tonyc got away and @gazza has his boat safe and dry. Bad news is we have two boats scheduled for slipping next Saturday - one of them being my mates! If the EA sluice is open full bore it makes slipping hazardous due to the strong eddys created in the mill pool. I can see it being canned π
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2020 10:23:45 GMT
SSA = strong stream advice. I thought the Nene was a river. Only a piddling stream, then. I expect we'll now be racking up more miles than Gazza soon. For someone with a certain level of intelligence you can be thick as pig shit at times. Stream - steady flow of current in a river. See also upstream and downstream for a related use of the word. Sadly we are often subject to Foxyβs never ending stream of nonsense
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2020 10:25:40 GMT
SSA = strong stream advice. I thought the Nene was a river. Only a piddling stream, then. I expect we'll now be racking up more miles than Gazza soon. You will still be stuck in Newbury...
No he wonβt, he will still be stuck in Finland - every flight he has thought about catching has been binned off by Witchy π
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2020 10:32:59 GMT
Is the Nene not a PRN waterway then?
There are a few red boards out on the Thames including where my boat is moored but you are still allowed to navigate, it's not "closed" as such just strong advice to not navigate.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2020 10:43:38 GMT
You will still be stuck in Newbury...
No he wonβt, he will still be stuck in Finland - every flight he has thought about catching has been binned off by Witchy π I did think about replying to your post about upstream/downstream to see if I could get Foxy to tell me which gauge I should look at to decide whether my small section of canal is likely to flood...
The question starts... The river feeding the canal has both an upstream and downstream EA gauge just before part of it enters the canal, downstream gauge rises quicker than upstream, if upstream guage rises to far then the river starts to flow downstream into another river upstream of the gauges, this then leads to the 'other' river rising upstream of the downstream gauge on the 'other' river, if that downstream gauge rises to high then upstream of the downstream gauge on the 'other' river a sluice opens and allows water to start flowing downstream into a 'ditch' which then flows into the canal downstream of my position...
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 4, 2020 11:17:48 GMT
SSA = strong stream advice. I thought the Nene was a river. Only a piddling stream, then. I expect we'll now be racking up more miles than Gazza soon. You will still be stuck in Newbury...
That stretch doesn't concern us, down towards Pikey Land. I know the Croft-wotsit flight is buggered, but we're not headed West until next Summer. I see our closest lock needed a quick bodge (Ham Mills / Ham Bridge) but that's also downhill. Newbury - Kintbury - Hungerford still safe.
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 4, 2020 11:27:09 GMT
You will still be stuck in Newbury...
No he wonβt, he will still be stuck in Finland - every flight he has thought about catching has been binned off by Witchy π Already updated last weekend - 2-weeks quarantine from Covid-ridden UK insisted upon by my company's owner. My local boss said that's OK, I can have 2 extra weeks off (unpaid). I asked if that's OK for Christmas also and she said Yes. As marina owner has started our engine and let it run (started first turn of key, as usual), there's now no panic to tend to the boat, so October trip to England out the window and Christmas in our sights. Better 2 weeks quarantine at home when it's minus 30 Centigrade outside in January! Direct from Helsinki - Heathrow/Manchester, or via Germany (if that country remains 'green' on the 'traffic light system'). Planning car trip to the south-west archipelago (it's a type of sausage)... not sure if my daughter's kids are coming, or coming up here (train? plane?) only, or a combination. Wedding next Saturday to attend, 2 hours' drive towards Helsinki, so will keep on hacking South after stuffing ourselves with vol-au-vents and cake, and stealing some toilet paper.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2020 11:31:30 GMT
No he wonβt, he will still be stuck in Finland - every flight he has thought about catching has been binned off by Witchy π I did think about replying to your post about upstream/downstream to see if I could get Foxy to tell me which gauge I should look at to decide whether my small section of canal is likely to flood... The question starts... The river feeding the canal has both an upstream and downstream EA gauge just before part of it enters the canal, downstream gauge rises quicker than upstream, if upstream guage rises to far then the river starts to flow downstream into another river upstream of the gauges, this then leads to the 'other' river rising upstream of the downstream gauge on the 'other' river, if that downstream gauge rises to high then upstream of the downstream gauge on the 'other' river a sluice opens and allows water to start flowing downstream into a 'ditch' which then flows into the canal downstream of my position...
The amount of wet stuff falling out the sky is a good indicator Too πππ»π
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