boatone
Well-known member
A good foot above normal level at Chertsey today - had to walk 'up' onto thepontoon rather than down as usual!
River still well above normal
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alb40
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Upper medway is up a good foot, if not more today as well.
Must have been letting alot of water through the sluices, expecting a resonable 5.8m size tide today, but it must have pushed it back, the actual tide level was less than 5.0m, and I didnt even lif off the mudberth!
Must have been letting alot of water through the sluices, expecting a resonable 5.8m size tide today, but it must have pushed it back, the actual tide level was less than 5.0m, and I didnt even lif off the mudberth!
Gavi
New member
It is down here - probably explains why you are up! Heard tonight that there has been some strange water control going on at PH, which might explain things.
apollo
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Still only a trickle going over the flood relief at maidenhead while the main channel is two feet up. What a waste of effort that was.
byron
RIP
Only a few inches above normal winter levels here.
theguvnor
Active member
Cookham Reach was up 18" last Wednesday, but back to about 6" by Saturday.
Mind you its running very fast !!
Mind you its running very fast !!
alistairedw
New member
Loads of flooded cars near Richmond Lock at high water today. When high spring tides are expected the council puts up warning signs.
Unfortunately there are no warning signs up at the moment. Council staff don't seem to realise that with floodwater pushing up river levels even a modest spring tide can result in lots of very soggy cars. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Having said that even when warnings are displayed some people manage to miss them and end up with a car full of water.
On one occasion a couple drinking at the Barmy Arms in Twickenham panicked when they saw that their car had water lapping near the door sills. They drove through the water to escape, only to find that the road dips down and the water consequently was several feet deeper! The car began to float away. The wife was driving so the husband climbed out of the window and into the water. I waded in to give him a hand and we managed to push the floating car back onto dry land.
Unfortunately there are no warning signs up at the moment. Council staff don't seem to realise that with floodwater pushing up river levels even a modest spring tide can result in lots of very soggy cars. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Having said that even when warnings are displayed some people manage to miss them and end up with a car full of water.
On one occasion a couple drinking at the Barmy Arms in Twickenham panicked when they saw that their car had water lapping near the door sills. They drove through the water to escape, only to find that the road dips down and the water consequently was several feet deeper! The car began to float away. The wife was driving so the husband climbed out of the window and into the water. I waded in to give him a hand and we managed to push the floating car back onto dry land.
bradtarga34
New member
Levels quite high at Walton-on-Thames, took our little baby out on Sunday to Sunbury where we moored near the Magpie and huge amount of water coming through there, made it fun tying up to the mooring rings! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
