3/4 Some more #canon #photos of a #narrowboat on the #towpath today on #oxfordcanal what a headache to wake up to! Such a lovely gentleman too. #UKCanals #oxfordshire #floods #stormbert - ThreadSky

thejollysnail.bsky.social • 95 days ago

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Some more #canon #photos of a #narrowboat on the #towpath today on #oxfordcanal what a headache to wake up to! Such a lovely gentleman too.
#UKCanals
#oxfordshire
#floods
#stormbert

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kryfoldsky.bsky.social•94 days ago

That's the worst I've ever seen it flood down there. They said it was waist deep on the towpath! He's also a friend of mine but unfortunately I'm too far away to be of help.

thejollysnail.bsky.social•94 days ago

Absolutely mental weather isn’t it 😳. He’s such a nice guy. Asked him if he needed anything but he said he was ok, he’s still getting on and off the boat. Feel so sorry for him

kryfoldsky.bsky.social•94 days ago

I'm pretty sure that if I was there at the time we could have prevented that from happening. Gangplank and boat poles etc stuck vertically between boat and bank should have kept it off the path. It's worked for me before.

thejollysnail.bsky.social•94 days ago

Good ideas, will remember that for if we are ever in that possible position! He went to bed at 10 and all was well, woke up and had happened 😟

kryfoldsky.bsky.social•94 days ago

That part of the towpath is usually unaffected when the river floods. Very rare for the towpath to flood there, maybe once every 20 years but I've never seen it deep enough to float a boat over it.

thejollysnail.bsky.social•94 days ago

Last year was a mud fest but was at least higher than the canal still.

punk.place•93 days ago

I had the exact same thought when the canal was getting pretty deep just south of Banbury

thejollysnail.bsky.social•92 days ago

We aren’t far from Banbury either (south of). Was insane rainfall wasn’t it 😳😟

punk.place•92 days ago

Really was! We were at Haynes lift bridge during the worst of it and I swear the canal must have had 3-4mph of flow

drnickmorris.bsky.social•93 days ago

Common practice on the Thames. Works very well.

thejollysnail.bsky.social•92 days ago

Will certainly remember the advice 😁

thejollysnail.bsky.social•94 days ago

Thanks for the repost @hosepipe-ban.bsky.social 😁

thejollysnail.bsky.social•94 days ago

Thanks for reposting @romanyboatman.bsky.social 😁

thejollysnail.bsky.social•94 days ago

Thanks for reposting @kryfoldsky.bsky.social 😁

nbmomentous.bsky.social•93 days ago

😵😵 it's so scary that this can happen. Hope the gentleman concerned is okay and that he gets the help needed to refloat

thejollysnail.bsky.social•92 days ago

Hope so too. Brian was there yesterday and he’s still on the towpath 😟, hopefully CRT will sort it soon

rowanlehrle.bsky.social•93 days ago

I do hope the gentleman gets it’s sorted it’s a fear of mine. Weather is a strange nature at times.

thejollysnail.bsky.social•92 days ago

I hope so too, Brian was there yesterday and he’s still on the towpath. Yeah would hate to have it happen to us too

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