Garden boating anyone?

[rbcoomer]

Well almost!

The 'stream' at the end of our garden was a little more than that at 7am today. Shame I was working, otherwise I could have launched the boat without paying slipway fees. The photo doesn't do justice, but the usual 8-10" water was a full-on 3' deep torrent running around 20mph

Never seen that high before, so now wondering what are the odds of getting planning permission for a boathouse in advance? Always wanted a waterside property.

 

[Jcorstorphine]

Well almost!

The 'stream' at the end of our garden was a little more than that at 7am today. Shame I was working, otherwise I could have launched the boat without paying slipway fees. The photo doesn't do justice, but the usual 8-10" water was a full-on 3' deep torrent running around 20mph

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Never seen that high before, so now wondering what are the odds of getting planning permission for a boathouse in advance? Always wanted a waterside property.

Sorry, finger trouble on my Android, was just trying to see the pics and ended up posting a non post.


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[DTIM]

That does not look good, especially with more rain forecast. Waterside properties are one thing, properties in water are an entirely different thing! Hope your house and property are OK.

 

[rbcoomer]

That does not look good, especially with more rain forecast. Waterside properties are one thing, properties in water are an entirely different thing! Hope your house and property are OK.

Yes, more rain is pelting down now! I might wander down with a torch and see how it looks in a while. Thankfully the garden is over 300' long and we're at the other end, but the bungalows the other side are close to flooding (built on floodplain ) so need to keep a close eye on them. The ground here was already waterlogged with puddles all around the garden last weekend - even before the rain!

Not finished the Ark yet either!

 

[PCUK]

Get your ski's out, tie a rope to the tree and off you go.

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Blimey thats scary. I hope your house isn't flooded

 

[Dave_Seager]

"...whereas in summer the river is at the bottom of the garden, in winter, the garden is at the bottom of the river." Ring for Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse.

 

[rbcoomer]

Blimey thats scary. I hope your house isn't flooded

Thankfully not - we're slightly elevated and a fair distance away!

"...whereas in summer the river is at the bottom of the garden, in winter, the garden is at the bottom of the river." Ring for Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse.

I like that!

 

[vas]

Thankfully not - we're slightly elevated and a fair distance away!



I like that!

that's what happens if you live in the tropics, innit?



hope all's well, looks like too much water, soaking everything and possibly damaging foundations...

V.

 

[Sheppy]

Never seen that high before, so now wondering what are the odds of getting planning permission for a boathouse in advance?

Sorry Robin, noticed an obvious typo there - I assume you meant 'planing' permission for your boat

Has it subsided yet or are you still looking out over the water with G&T?

 

[vas]

Sorry Robin, noticed an obvious typo there - I assume you meant 'planing' permission for your boat

surely inland waterways there should be a speed restriction, or not?
maybe you can apply for exemption since it's private property we are talking about?

 

[longjohnsilver]

Hope all's well tonight Rob, it's pretty horrendous here in Exeter tonight, waters higher than Wednesday morning.

 

[whisper]

Hope all's well tonight Rob, it's pretty horrendous here in Exeter tonight, waters higher than Wednesday morning.

I had a garden bench slowly circling around an eddy at the bottom of our garden yesterday.The dinghy had also launched itself off the slipway and was floating parallel to the stream.
According to my gauge the level was about 1.6m above normal. Down to about 1.2m this afternoon.

Bleedin raining again for the last 4hrs or so.

 

[rbcoomer]

Hope all's well tonight Rob, it's pretty horrendous here in Exeter tonight, waters higher than Wednesday morning.

How bizarre, I was actually down the road from you when you posted that! Working at Kennford last night (Exeter Court!)

I had gone back to normal yesterday, but seeing how much came down overnight I not sure! Thankfully the garden is over 300' and we're the other end, but will have a look in the morning! Sky clearing on the way back 30 minutes ago, but wind now quite significant instead

 

[rbcoomer]

Sorry Robin, noticed an obvious typo there - I assume you meant 'planing' permission for your boat

Has it subsided yet or are you still looking out over the water with G&T?

Ha! Very good

surely inland waterways there should be a speed restriction, or not?
maybe you can apply for exemption since it's private property we are talking about?

The 'stream' hits a culvert about 400 meters away, so I wouldn't get enough of a run! Wouldn't want to try explaining to insurance Co just how the boat got lodged in a drain 2 miles inland...

I had a garden bench slowly circling around an eddy at the bottom of our garden yesterday.The dinghy had also launched itself off the slipway and was floating parallel to the stream.
According to my gauge the level was about 1.6m above normal. Down to about 1.2m this afternoon.

Bleedin raining again for the last 4hrs or so.

Crikey, that's a bit too much above normal for my liking - that kind of increase would probably be quite close to the house for us!

 

[longjohnsilver]

How bizarre, I was actually down the road from you when you posted that! Working at Kennford last night (Exeter Court!)

I had gone back to normal yesterday, but seeing how much came down overnight I not sure! Thankfully the garden is over 300' and we're the other end, but will have a look in the morning! Sky clearing on the way back 30 minutes ago, but wind now quite significant instead

Kennford is our nearest village. It suffered significant flooding last night, 30 homes affected with waist high water, worst in 50 years. And more heavy rain forecast for later on today....................

 

[rbcoomer]

Kennford is our nearest village. It suffered significant flooding last night, 30 homes affected with waist high water, worst in 50 years. And more heavy rain forecast for later on today....................

I can imagine that will be a mess - there was certainly a huge amount of surface water off the hills last night.

A good opportunity today to check boats carefully before tomorrows onslaught I think.

 

[rafiki_]

I had a garden bench slowly circling around an eddy at the bottom of our garden yesterday.The dinghy had also launched itself off the slipway and was floating parallel to the stream.
According to my gauge the level was about 1.6m above normal. Down to about 1.2m this afternoon.

Bleedin raining again for the last 4hrs or so.

Very heavy overnight just upstream of you. The brook alongside our garden is nearly full this morning. Looking forward to more rain this evening,

 

[whisper]

Very heavy overnight just upstream of you. The brook alongside our garden is nearly full this morning. Looking forward to more rain this evening,

Back up to 1.5m again this afternoon. Apparently there were folks marooned at the "caravan site" upstream and the local boatyard were unable to help them as they couldn't get their boat under Clopton Bridge. I offered to help but local police said "oh no" 'cos of Elf and Safety.

Just as well really as I expect , with my little 3.5 o/b, I'd have ended up in Evesham!!

 

[dash300]

"...whereas in summer the river is at the bottom of the garden, in winter, the garden is at the bottom of the river." Ring for Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse.

This is the 3 rd time this year my garden has resembled the above quote. We are on flood alert and Thames is still rising.