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Anyone know what the river levels are like on the Kent and Leven at the moment?

Trying to get an idea for Sunday 14th

Graeme

Get hold of the regional phone numbers for the Environbment Agency and speak to the hydrology department. They have constant river level monitoring by telemetry to their mainframe system and most of the operators will let you know. If you find a good contact locally they can often look at all the gauging stations around the country! Sadly my contacts of yester year have retired. I shouldn't have written that I suddenly feel quite old.


~Sean

I saw some paddlers on Mon, who had either been or were going to run the Leven at the falls. There wouldn't have been a great deal of water in it then. We've had no rain or snow since then and if anything, it's been a couple of degrees colder, so no extra run-off.

The Brathay pool freezing over on Mon but has thawed now. However, both the Brathay & Rothay have very little water in them at the moment and Windermere is high.

TGB

Sorry Graeme not going out past the Leven to Sunday

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But if windermere is high this bodes well for the Leven

Cheers guy's

Fingers crossed, mind you the forecast for today was wintery showers time to break out the thermals and the

Graeme

We're going for the Lune on Sunday - hopefully there'll be some water in it.

I've kayaked it before but never open boated. Knowing my luck it'll be like the other weekend, a freezing cold swim on the lower tryweryn (too many rocks for open boats).

Well fingers crossed that the rain comes off the hill's and the snow melts quickly, time for

Graeme

Lakes have water in them all the time Graeme, well unless they are frozen!!!

(12-12-08 10:11 PM)LAS247 Wrote: [ -> ]Lakes have water in them all the time Graeme, well unless they are frozen!!!

Even the Lake of Tranquility

Graeme

Have a good paddle Guys, I will look out for you on the A590 we should both be going in opposit directions.

Update onthe becks. Afetr last night's rain and today's downpour, all the becks are pumping and still rising.

TGB

Cheers guys for the updates, we are planning on doing the Kent first meeting at Scroggs Weir just outside Kendal @ 09.00 then to finish off heading down to the Leven, 2 x rivers in one day

Watch out for some more pics

Graeme