HIGH tide

The combination of lots of rain and spring tides allowed the river to breach the bank at Lairwell and turn the dinghy park into a boating lake today. With an hour to go before high water, it was gurgling up the drain grating in the middle of the park but the river was rising faster than this allowed in and began trickling and then gushing in near the slipway first. By the time it stopped, it was lapping at the boatshed door and most of the carpark was flooded too. Higher tides are predicted for the next few days!