How on earth does -

[TrueBlue]

a car get onto Marlow Weir?
I can only think that somebody drove it like the clappers down the slipway opposite and it floated across?

(source EA closure notice just published 13:40 ish 14/9/2018)


Can't have been a very expensive one as the closure is some 10 days hence.....

 

[Brayman]

a car get onto Marlow Weir?
I can only think that somebody drove it like the clappers down the slipway opposite and it floated across?

(source EA closure notice just published 13:40 ish 14/9/2018)


Can't have been a very expensive one as the closure is some 10 days hence.....

Plenty of time for someone to go and have a look

 

[Old Crusty]

a car get onto Marlow Weir?
I can only think that somebody drove it like the clappers down the slipway opposite and it floated across?

(source EA closure notice just published 13:40 ish 14/9/2018)


Can't have been a very expensive one as the closure is some 10 days hence.....

What model and colour of car? I think more detail is required!

 

[TrueBlue]

What model and colour of car? I think more detail is required!

detail, detail? This is EA you don't detail from the depths of Reading. Ask your friends....

Someone I couldn't possibly name passed through earlier and said he couldn't see anything, but then he wasn't expecting anything either.
The mystery thickens....

 

[Old Crusty]

detail, detail? This is EA you don't detail from the depths of Reading. Ask your friends....

Someone I couldn't possibly name passed through earlier and said he couldn't see anything, but then he wasn't expecting anything either.
The mystery thickens....

EA and detail - good point. I don't have any friends, thought you knew that! Without further detail I won't know which car on the weir I'm supposed to be looking at

 

[mersey]

Probably just an old tyre that floated by.

One that had been converted to a fender and broke loose.

 

[joejo]

Gov.uk gives a bit more detail but does not answer the question how it got there.


The River Thames between Marlow Lock and Marlow Bridge will be closed to all traffic other than authorised boats from 8am and 2pm on Tuesday 25 September 2018. The river will be opened to normal traffic once it is safe to do so.

Be aware that the removal of the car requires cables crossing the river from St Peters Road Slipway. This slipway will be closed from 7am on Tuesday 25 September 2018.

Those in charge of all boats must observe any directions given by Environment Agency Waterways Officers.

 

[Pump-Out]

Gov.uk gives a bit more detail but does not answer the question how it got there.

Probably off the end of St Peters Street - the very slipway from where they are planning a recovery - or perhaps from Higginson Park?

 

[boatone]

EA and TV Police have spent most of today searching but didn't find the car. Search will resume on another day but hopefully without river closure.

From EA Facebook Page:
"MARLOW UPDATE: The operation to remove a sunken car from the river has ended for the day, and the lock and river are both open once more. Thames Valley Police do intend to continue the search on another day, but hopefully it will not require a river closure on that occasion. We will issue a Harbourmaster’s Notice to advise boaters of the date and navigation instructions in due course.
Thank you everyone for your understanding and patience whilst this multi-agency operation took place today."

 

[Actionmat]

It's hiding. It's a smart car

 

[Lower Limit 1909]

"... have spent most of today searching but didn't find the car."

How it got there is a small (and probably resolved above) mystery compared to today's announcement.

Just some of the questions that spring to mind.

(1) If they don't know enough to know where it is, how do they know there is nobody in it?
(2) How can you not find something made of metal the size of a car in a small shallow area?
(3) How much did this whole (futile) exercise cost?

Baffled ...

Not to mention - Google Earth seems to clearly show a car in the water at this location on 5/7/2018


The one thing that isn't a mystery is that Barry Russell appears to have nothing better to do today than in his own words on twitter "... be on site until recovery complete and will be posting updates during the day". Why exactly something as mundane as the recovery of a car needs an entire day of top management on site to tweet about it is a mystery. Nice sunny day in marlow for it though.

 

[mlines]

I see that they did find 5 un-registered boats

https://www.mymarlow.co.uk/2018/09/search-for-sunken-car-ends-for-now/

 

[RobBradley]

It's hiding. It's a smart car

Oh well done...

 

[Outinthedinghy]

The operation at Marlow was a training exercise.

 

[mlines]

The operation at Marlow was a training exercise.

Really, the newspaper doesnt think so

 

[boatone]

The operation at Marlow was a training exercise.

What makes you think that?

 

[Actionmat]

"... have spent most of today searching but didn't find the car."

The one thing that isn't a mystery is that Barry Russell appears to have nothing better to do today than in his own words on twitter "... be on site until recovery complete and will be posting updates during the day". .

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[Old Crusty]

"... have spent most of today searching but didn't find the car."

How it got there is a small (and probably resolved above) mystery compared to today's announcement.

Just some of the questions that spring to mind.

(1) If they don't know enough to know where it is, how do they know there is nobody in it?
(2) How can you not find something made of metal the size of a car in a small shallow area?
(3) How much did this whole (futile) exercise cost?

Baffled ...

Not to mention - Google Earth seems to clearly show a car in the water at this location on 5/7/2018
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The one thing that isn't a mystery is that Barry Russell appears to have nothing better to do today than in his own words on twitter "... be on site until recovery complete and will be posting updates during the day". Why exactly something as mundane as the recovery of a car needs an entire day of top management on site to tweet about it is a mystery. Nice sunny day in marlow for it though.

His twitter account is used by the PR department so not all of his comments are his. That said, he lives in Marlow so perhaps he was 'working from home.'

 

[DogsBody]

Looks like they are having a second attempt at finding / removing the car on Tuesday, 2nd October 2018 from 8am to 2pm according to email from EA.

 

[oldgit]

Unless you have friends in very high places indeed, GCHQ ....ferrinstance.......probably nothing visible to general pubic on Google Earth that is less than 12 months old usually considerably older. There was neat view of London City airport fairly recently with jet sitting on the riverbank opposite the runway end.