When I got back from work tonight the River Thames had reached the top of the T at the Iron Bridge in Abingdon.
Kevin was able to get some pictures during daylight that showed just what that meant… Abingdon Lock was underwater.
Thames Street was underwater.
The Water Feature in the Abbey Meadows was underwater.
(More pictures from Kevin who works at one of Abingdon’s greatest companies can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/kev_holohan/sets/72157639586714013/ )
Thanks also to Andy Haynes who sent pictures yesterday.
The birds have the River Thames all to themselves …
and a lot of what is usually dry land.
and yet curiously, the river ock continues to fall – now below flood level.
also worth mentioning, while the thames is really high, it’s somehow different to when Abingdon flooded – at that time I looked at the iron bridge and the water was violently moving through – splashing, foaming, now it’s a gentle high if that makes sense.
The Ock was the problem in 2007 because after so many years of relative drought various storm drains were blocked.