Recent floods

[TrueBlue]

A very, very nice man let me have copies of the recent (now still current) floods at Harleyford. Thanks, Mark.
One of the difficulties in showing such pictures is getting an idea of scale - how does the view look in normal conditions; what is the normal flow and suchlike. Some of the pictures don't look much out of the ordinary - unless you know what the site is like, indeed some look as if the water is only slightly over the bank, in truth the water was around 2ft: higher than normal levels, So I'm not showing those.

All the selected shots show around the Manor island area. In the summer (?) there are around 30 boats moored on both sides and a few more on the other side of the split weir stream. The normal river level is about 18" below the island which slopes slightly to the centre.

The first picture show a broadbeam straining at the leash and much of the island underwater

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This next shows the ferry landing point completely obliterated

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A longer view from the hill putting the prior shots in relation

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If you look closely at this next, you'll see a whirlpool at the bottom and notice how strong the stream is running. There's an awful lot of water coming down. If you look at the centre of the stream, you might think "OK I've got lots of power, I can punch that". However, it's the eddies and lumpy flow quite apart from the flotsam that lies partly submerged that'll "do for you" if you're unlucky.

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A further view of the now isolated broadbeam, all alone in the wilderness.

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Manor taken the next day now nearly completely underwater. The two weir streams joined up and Hurley Island covered as well

 

[Sulley]

I thought all the boats needed to be removed from the island for winter? We have quite a few of them down at Windsor.

That's a lot of water!

I was in Reading town centre last night and the water was about 6 inches from the top and flowing rapidly.

 

[apollo]

We have quite a few of them down at Windsor.
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Yeah but they would have been there anyways, dirty stop outs.

 

[Sulley]

Yeah but they would have been there anyways, dirty stop outs.

LOL, yes they are the party trouble makers!

 

[janewalker]

Does anyone have any updated information about any flooding at Harleyford? Have any of the areas near the lodges been flooded (especially by The Lakes)? Any info on this would be appreciated.

 

[ianc1200]

Talking of Harleyford, for boats out on the hard how far above the water are they now?

 

[TrueBlue]

Does anyone have any updated information about any flooding at Harleyford? Have any of the areas near the lodges been flooded (especially by The Lakes)? Any info on this would be appreciated.

EH? What lakes? - Have you got the right estate? The only lake at HF is the one created by the floods. All the lodges are on stilts, so any water is only lapping around their feet.

 

[TrueBlue]

Talking of Harleyford, for boats out on the hard how far above the water are they now?

Yesterday afternoon's information was that the river was just about (a couple of inches) to overtop the main marina. A few more inches and the office paving would get wet.
The boat storage is about another foot above that (guesswork). I thing the fields / putative marina would get flooded - taking excess water away before the storage area floods.