Fairnilee Slalom - High Water

Seedy Paddler · Post by **Seedy Paddler** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 9:53 am

Talking to Jim last night, Tweed is running very high. Selkirk crew to take decision today on course. Plan to go ahead but course may be moved away from the horseshoe.

C U There

Post by **SteveM** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 1:24 pm

Whoa! You mean Fairnilee is going to be *exciting* as well as being fun? Excellent, maybe this'll make up for losing Serpents Tail

See you there...

Steve

Seedy Paddler · Post by **Seedy Paddler** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:07 pm

Never mentioned excitement, liable to move away from exciting to meet with requirements of Div 4. I suppose we can paddle off to the Horseshoe between runs for the excitement.

Seedy Paddler · Post by **Seedy Paddler** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 8:53 am

Course being set out today, moved upstream to the sweeping bend above the normal start at the West end of the camping field.

All other aspects campsite etc remains as normal.

River is dropping but the water table remains high so any rain between now and over weekend will show in rise in water levels.

Post by **SteveM** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 9:31 am

Thanks for the update

Seedy Paddler · Post by **Seedy Paddler** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 4:40 pm

Riverl Levels slowly dropping according to SEPA (Peebles, River Tweed station):
http://www.sepa.org.uk/data/river_levels/data.htm

Met office predicting sunny weather Sat/Sun:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/eur ... tland.html

Looks like a good weekend coming up time to get out of the office, pick up the family and drive South.

Maybe see some of you guys over the weekend, I'll be the old fart in the old Delta looking jealously downstream at the rapids......
???

Post by **SteveM** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 5:51 pm

I'll pack the suncream then (mmm....)

Leaving in a few minutes, see you there!

Steve