19th January 2021 – a bit wet, nothing to worry about.
20th January – hmmm……… still raining, Storm Christoph approaching and where’s the footpath and lower bank?
Can’t recall the River Mersey ever being so high next to Chorlton Water Park. Hopefully the Bailey Bridge is well built.
Wow…. much more of this and it’ll be over the embankment, into Chorlton Water Park and all the neighbouring houses.
There she goes – that’s the Transpennine trail and Barlow Tip being swallowed up by the river.
21st January – another chilly night, a bit more snow and the river is still extremely high.
Quite eerie to see Fairy Lane substation lit up overnight. With it supplying most of central Manchester ENWL had good reason to be nervous.
6 days later and finally the water returned to near its normal level. A stroll downstream to Sale Water Park revealed the extensive damage to the footpaths.
One for the scrapbook. A bit of a surprise to nip out to the local shop and find all the neighbouring roads closed.
Fortunately the flood basins at Didsbury and Sale Water Park proved just about sufficient to stop more widespread flooding. If the river had risen another 2 inches most of south Manchester would have flooded.