Grehan
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Not sure if this has made the UK news, but if you folks on the Thames are having some winter problems, spare a thought for us on the River Lot!
VIDEOS. Les impressionnantes images d'une vingtaine de bateaux arrachés à leur ponton et emportés par la crue du Lot
21 Le Boat hire boats rafted up at a place called Douelle (near Cahors) found themselves racing downstream, still attached to their pontoon. Sadly, they've all now crashed or sunk, which is a serious calamity for the company, for the river and for those who have to clear up in the aftermath. This is an exceptional year for winter conditions, because of the hurricane effect, but not historically so. Most of the year this beautiful river is very calm and peaceful, but it's very long with a big catchment in the Massif Centrale and when it rains a lot up there the river fills dramatically and powerfully.
I'm writing this looking over the river some way downstream from Douelle. It's running like an express train, full of tree trunks and other detritus rushing along. Visible remains of the the hire boats almost got here, but if there was anything left it probably went through during the night.
VIDEOS. Les impressionnantes images d'une vingtaine de bateaux arrachés à leur ponton et emportés par la crue du Lot
21 Le Boat hire boats rafted up at a place called Douelle (near Cahors) found themselves racing downstream, still attached to their pontoon. Sadly, they've all now crashed or sunk, which is a serious calamity for the company, for the river and for those who have to clear up in the aftermath. This is an exceptional year for winter conditions, because of the hurricane effect, but not historically so. Most of the year this beautiful river is very calm and peaceful, but it's very long with a big catchment in the Massif Centrale and when it rains a lot up there the river fills dramatically and powerfully.
I'm writing this looking over the river some way downstream from Douelle. It's running like an express train, full of tree trunks and other detritus rushing along. Visible remains of the the hire boats almost got here, but if there was anything left it probably went through during the night.
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