Brian H wrote: > here we turned left towards St Ives on the > Great Ouse also known as the Old West River. this was quite a > bit narrower than the Ouse we had got use to and we were also > travelling upstream so progress was down to about 3.5 mph.
But its not really travelling upstream, as all the water from the river higher up goes down the 100 foot drain (New Bedford River). I suspect your slow progress was down to a lack of depth and width, not the current. David Mack
