Yesterday morning Philip sent me a picture of a couple of boats wedged on Nags Head Island. They floated downstream after loosing their moorings on Saturday night. One is the pirate boat.
On Sunday there were a lot of people about near the River Thames in Abingdon. Some were watching the emergency vehicles on Abingdon Bridge and St Helen’s Wharf. The fire engine at St Helen’s Wharf launched a couple of rescue boats.
This morning I went for an early walk – there were already quite a few people out and about. The water level is now going down, but too late for one boat moored at Nags Head Island.
Ice had begun to form overnight. The air felt cold and damp. My wife said that one of her friends on Facebook in Abingdon had seen snow.
The walk took me over Abingdon Weir.
There has been progress on the new steel boat layby. The old wooden layby has been used during previous floods to secure a couple of boats, including one of those now wedged against Nags Head Island.
The paths and road on the other side were mostly underwater. I returned back over the weir with dry feet.
The Narrowboat is that menace who’s boat should have been confiscated by the EA or council years ago for over staying his welcome. No license and I doubt any insurance or boat safety certificate.
Driving a rescue boat with no kil cord again I see. – this is school boy error and so dangerous.