StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: flood

Don't fall in !

watch it Dad ! it's wet down there

After having looked at the records for the flow rates on the River South Tyne at the Featherstone gauge - it would seem there was a peak flow event ... The highest level ever recorded at the River South Tyne at Featherstone is 2.72m, reached on Saturday 18th May 2013 at 1:00pm. I think the entrained debris in such a flood would be the likely cause of the demise of this bridge, the flooding was probably due to heavy rain and possibly melting of late season snow off the moors Not my image : fair use & educational purposes.

Grindon Lough - this lake varies in size depending on how much rain has fallen in the past few weeks. This is probably near to the maximum extent, in February 2020. It has no surface outlet, but probably drains out through the ridge of hills to the south [on the right, as this image was taken facing east] The modern road follows the line of the Roman road known as the "Stanegate" along the line, more or less parallel to the top of the same ridge.

That subway under the old A69 bridge was flooded, will try to determine the depth on a future visit. That fence is more substantial than it looks, as it was intended to prevent most vehicles ending up in the river.

Looking at the grass bank to the centre / right in this image, a "high tide mark" of dead vegetation can be seen, also some sand deposits on the path. The black dog is Ben, waiting to play with his ball. The bridge overhead is for the A69 - the main Carlisle to Newcastle road.

Alston Arches - the spate from "Desmond" is now dropping to the point that the turbulence from the drop over the weir is beginning to re-appear.

Spate conditions on 11th November 2015 for the River South Tyne at Alston Arches, Haltwhistle. It was even higher a few days later.

Late December 2012, another very high spate for the River South Tyne.

The state of the River Tyne at Haltwhistle on the morning of 29th June 2012.

After snow, wind and heavy rain (which was even worse in Scotland) the river was in a real spate yesterday. Got this shot in the morning - 9th December 2011 - the river level has dropped quite a lot.