Monday 9th November flooding

[skippy]

Think we're gonna be a bit limited on where to go tomorrow Fulk.

 

[ianball11]

Might get to the bottom of Vespers.

GG in flood is wonderful!

 

[Alex]

Don't Vespers sump? There is a duck at the biggining which I think sumps in wet weather.

 

[Fulk]

I don't remember a duck in Vespers. But there is a wet crawl just inside the entrance.

 

[bograt]

I don't remember a duck in Vespers. But there is a wet crawl just inside the entrance.

Why not go and find out?--

 

[Brains]

I have only found an awkward dry crawl at the entrance when I have been there, but the rest is quite spectacular

 

[droid]

It happened in 1982, a day or two after some poor soul died in Sunset Hole as a result of the thunderstorm.

Was that the poor bugger that got washed off the 50?

 

[Pitlamp]

Sunday morning (15th); I just tipped another 2 inches of rain out of the gauge (which fell mainly overnight, on top of the 6 inches from the preceding week).

Not really potholing weather.

 

[Simon Wilson]

This morning the Ribble at Settle reached the highest level ever recorded. (The guage was installed in 1973)

This is a BIG flood.

 

[cap n chris]

Photos and film might be a great useful archival outing for anyone today. Take no risks though.

 

[Pitlamp]

Good idea - but be quick because the main peak of the flood may have just passed.

 

[georgenorth]

The River Lune at Kirkby Lonsdale this morning.

 

[grahams]

Good idea - but be quick because the main peak of the flood may have just passed.

Not in my conservatory it hasn't

Here's Yordas at about midday -

 

[ianball11]

Jeepers!

 

[Fulk]

Droid:

It happened in 1982, a day or two after some poor soul died in Sunset Hole as a result of the thunderstorm.

Was that the poor bugger that got washed off the 50?

Yes

 

[And]

How are the water levels now? I was planning to go to the Dales this weekend, but I've heard from a couple of people that roads have been flooded this week and more rain in forecast tonight and tomorrow.

 

[Pitlamp]

Still very wet - Beck Head Stream Cave entrance was resurging yesterday at one point and there's been more rain since.

However, I suspect things will start to become a bit less severe by the weekend, particularly by Sunday when a forecast frost on Saturday night will probably drop rivers considerably.

The fells are completely sodden however, so even a small amount of rain can bring rivers back up very fast. So (obviously) checking weather forecasts carefully before caving is particularly important at the moment.

 

[Pitlamp]

Update, Friday evening (20th). Rivers are now a lot lower - though far from "low".