Very wet and a bit pi€€ed off

[matty40s]

Just been out to check my ropes as the Soar is rising swiftly, and also had to completely re-tie the boat in front, bring it back from the wier as it was tied at 90 deg angles and about to go under at the starboard side.

I wouldn't normally comment but this boat is owned by people who own an island and live on the river.

The weather doesn't stop for Christmas, or me.☺

[Rob-M]

Well done Matty, at least somebody is looking out for others.

[Rickent]

There is an unattended boat on the vm's at Barrow Boating that needs his ropes loosening soon as he is just starting to lean. The water is only 2ins off going over the towpath here.

[Kiwidad]

You will move into the lock for 5 weeks again no doubt!

[Richard T]

Can I assume that you are moored above the lock at Sileby and that the boat in front is Growler? Just remember that its owners have only had to deal with minor floods on the Soar so far!! If it rains a lot more it will become a serious one.

 

[matty40s]

Indeed, probably the highest it's been since 2013

 

I was in my jim jams and wellies so got rather soaked by the thick sleety snow

Edited December 27, 2017 by matty40s

[mrsmelly]

I moored on the soar for winter of 92/93 it is interesting isnt it.

9 hours ago, matty40s said:

Just been out to check my ropes as the Soar is rising swiftly, and also had to completely re-tie the boat in front, bring it back from the wier as it was tied at 90 deg angles and about to go under at the starboard side.

I wouldn't normally comment but this boat is owned by people who own an island and live on the river.

The weather doesn't stop for Christmas, or me.☺

You should have been a farmer Matty 

[Rickent]

That looks interesting there Matty, we are only 2ins short of the water coming over here but the sluice gates are open now so hopefully shouldn't go up any more.

[matty40s]

35 minutes ago, Rickent said:

That looks interesting there Matty, we are only 2ins short of the water coming over here but the sluice gates are open now so hopefully shouldn't go up any more.

I was going to suggest getting the sluice gates open fully, it's probably the first time they have been used in anger since the brickwork has been repaired after it was damaged in 2012.

Not much headroom at Mountsorrel lock...

[mrsmelly]

In December 92 the lock gate balance beams at Belgrave were mainly underwater. I have a foto somewhere one of those proper photos taken by a camera with film in.

[Theo]

Makes me feel rather nostalgic, this thread.

To counter the nostalgia and make me feel more cheerful we did have a foot of snow a couple of weeks ago. This allowed me to take an photo for the Christmas letter.

 

[Rickent]

 

The gates were opened last year but the water didn't get as high as it is now.

Glad I am not on Proctors anymore, year before last I was up to my neck in water when I got off the boat, I had no waders and the water was bloody cold.

[matty40s]

Towpaths gone now and the marina road is also under water.

 

[Rickent]

2 hours ago, matty40s said:

Towpaths gone now and the marina road is also under water.

 

Soon be time to get into the lock. That looks bad, you would have been better off here, at least we still have a towpath (just).

[Richard T]

Thought it might get like that. Alex will be making sure that all the boats are safe including Tyto Alba.

[Rickent]

Looks like we are still rising, loosened the centre rope of boat behind us as it was listing and looks like my ropes need loosening again as we are now on the tilt.

[matty40s]

The water should.peak here during the morning and hopefully start a long steady fall. One inch off over topping the upper towpath here but the fields are now full so Cossington Lane must be now be flooded.

[matty40s]

[Rickent]

Water is almost level with the towpath here now, and rain is forecast again overnight tonight, could get interesting. Soon be time to dig the waders out.

[Dave123]

At least this means Saddington and all the other reservoirs might fill up a bit!

[Naughty Cal]

12 minutes ago, Dave123 said:

At least this means Saddington and all the other reservoirs might fill up a bit!

It doesn't necessarily work like that.

When all the water comes at once most of it ends up going downstream and out to sea rather then soaking in and topping up groundwater levels.

[MtB]

17 minutes ago, Naughty Cal said:

It doesn't necessarily work like that.

When all the water comes at once most of it ends up going downstream and out to sea rather then soaking in and topping up groundwater levels.

 

I think you are confusing reservoirs with aquifers.

[Rickent]

A lesson for anybody leaving a boat unattended on the Soar.

[matty40s]

1 hour ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

I think you are confusing reservoirs with aquifers.

well she does confuse budweiser with beer....

[mrsmelly]

6 hours ago, Rickent said:

A lesson for anybody leaving a boat unattended on the Soar.

Yes and sad to see as it looks a good boat not to say that not so good boats in that state are not a sad site. It has astounded me for years how many people in winter just abandon their boats in such locations. I suppose if they are novice boaters then river levels may not have come into their reasoning. They may have left it for a short time and had problems that hasn't allowed them to get back to it. Anywhere near any river can flood unexpectedly. I remember not long ago in Sawley marina when the trent came in and surrounded the road system making it impassable and an emergency helicopter had to evacuate a sick person. The cut across from the marina was a couple of foot over the towpath and that's a supposed safe section. We had to wade belly high in water to our boat INSIDE the marina as others will recall.