Michael Askin wrote: > It could have been a completely different place, now that the tide had > covered the weir. Where it was noisy before, it was peaceful and > quiet. We looked at marks on the weir, and nearby jetties to get an > idea of the depth, I think we could have managed it without problems, > not even needing to use the water gate which gives about another 2 > foot of depth. I know the TNC had no problems getting over when the > water was level to one of the jetties further up, but there is a low > jetty, and a high jetty and I couldn't remember which one they were > on. In the end it stopped just short of going over the lower jetty, > looking at the tides it didn't look very likely, and we didn't want to > get stuck on the river for the next two weeks (or more). Later one of > the captains off the tripboat said that the locks down to the river > were closed, and so we couldn't have done it anyway - though I can't > see anything on the BW Stoppages site.
It is all here...If water level with the first (higher) jetty past the sandstone walling just up from the weir gives you 2ft 6ins over the weir and the next lower jetty gives you 1ft 10 ins over the weir. http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Tour_04/Tour04_11.html The best time to do the Dee is on the Easter Spring tides. Go up a couple of days before the high Springs...then you know you will get back! Just come back from a fraught trip up the Barrow...what weirs?! http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Stuffimages/Dsc01105.jpg Here we are hardly going anywhere, at one point we started going backwards! http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Stuffimages/Dsc01101.jpg http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Stuffimages/Pict5771.jpg We bumped into the Titanic at Monasterevin http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Stuffimages/Pict5789.jpg Nearing high water at Inistioge - head of tideway of the rather stunning River Nore. The local narrowboaters use their Transit to stop inner narrowboat riding up over the wharf. http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Stuffimages/Pict5722.jpg -- Neil Arlidge - NB Erne Nest
