The MOD on Salisbury Plain have asked GLASS /Tread Lightly UK to put this out:
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“Rivers are in flood, the ground saturated & many springs that have not run for years are now active. A number of villages on Salisbury Plain are now flooded e.g. Chitterne, Netheravon and Tilshead.
Please do not come to the Plain for recreational purposes until further notice.
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Seek out sustainable lanes during this exceptional wet period that we are experiencing.
UPDATE 16/01/2014
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UPDATE FROM MOD:
We are grateful that most people have stayed away.
The floods are now reducing and roads through Chitterne village now open but with a 10mph speed limit.
Temporary traffic lights remain in Tilshead so that half the road (contained by sandbags) can channel the water.
Netheravon still has much surface water.
The Plain remains saturated and all valley bottoms are under water.
Larkhill and Bulford ranges are active this weekend so routes are limited.
Please advise the public to stay away for another week.
I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
Last edited by NoDo$h on 17th Jan 2014 12:48 am. Edited 2 times in total
10th Jan 2014 11:48 am
chalky
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Que bloke in Orange G4 Only dead fish go with the Flow !
Oh the Kilo Deltas will ignore and we'll lose the lanes eventually but we have to try.I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
10th Jan 2014 12:03 pm
blue meanie D3 Decade
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I imagine the ford at Winterbourne Earls would be quite interesting though
cue a DiscoDunc archive piccy...?
and theeeeennn......???
10th Jan 2014 2:11 pm
LuckyTrucker1
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Must admit it's great to watch someone else "wading" but unless I have to go through deep water I don't. Radiators, intercoolers fill up with crud, wheel bearings suffer and much more mechanical damage can happen, but hey!!! one life and all that stuff. In the past I have done it, what does give me a buzz is when I fell the water lapping on the floor of the car. Having changed many wheel bearings on Disco 1s and struggled to get radiators clean I won't be rushing to do deep water in my D3. Best of luck and enjoy.
We were planning on doing a green lane trip next week-end and it was going to involve some of Salisbury Plain but we had heard that it was a no go area at the moment, so we will just have to find somewhere else but I would guess it will all be very soggy.Cheers Paul.K
11th Jan 2014 2:34 pm
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so we will just have to find somewhere else but I would guess it will all be very soggy.
