About 10 years ago we had a very wet few days on the Soar that put my (non swimming) wife off boating for life!
I can't tell you how long things are likely to remain in flood Bruce but I can say that it is very prone to go up and down quickly around about that area. Sadly I have just looked at the forecast and it is due to be mildly wet tomorrow and very wet Weds and Thurs. I would have thought you might have a window of opportunity tomorrow, but after that batten down the hatches for a couple of days. It will all depend on exactly where it falls - and right up here in Stone the River is still rather high and muddy looking Best of luck Ian Cardinal aka Norman the Narrowboat > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Bruce Napier > Sent: 08 June 2009 18:35 > To: Canals List > Subject: [canals-list] Up the Trent! > > Well, the Upper Trent anyway. > > We've just come down the Soar, no real probs, hung about at Zouch > over the weekend to make sure it wasn't going to get out of hand > after the rain. > > It was well down this morning, so we carried on down to Redhill, and > guess what, the red light's on, the Trent is closed. > > The guides say "Ring Newark for advice" so I did, and got told "Yes, > it went into flood last night, No, I don't know how long it will be > like that, sorry." > > So we're tied just below Redhill Flood Lock, and the level is sinking > slowly (about four inches since midday). > > Can anyone tell me if the Tent is prone to stay up for long periods > at this time of year, or is there anywhere else I can ring for advice? > > We're not at risk here, but I need to decide whether to wind and > return to Kegworth for supplies, or if I'm likely to be able to get > through to Nott'nham Sainsbury's in the near future. > > Oh, and one rant more: was there a stoppage notice for the Upper > Trent today? Was there chookie! If there had been, we'd have sat > tight at Kegworth, of course. > > All advice gratefully received > > -- > All the best > > Bruce > > Go steady, but keep going, but not on the flooded Trent. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
