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A DeeTour on the way home from Work - R Soar in Flood - 5 March 2007

Part 2 Slash Lane and Sileby Road

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Bridleway I30 offers a very wet route across the flood plain from Slash Lane to Silbey Road in Mountsorrel.  This is the start in Slash Lane, Barrow upon Soar..

©Stephen Dee

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Entrance to a field off Slash Lane - The notice refers to the fishing rights along the R Soar, the bank of which is beyond the trees in the distance.

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View from the middle of Slash Lane looking north west, the bank of the R Soar is beyond the tree line in the distance.

©Stephen Dee

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Slash Lane looking south towards Sileby Road.

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Slash Lane looking south towards its junction with Sileby Road.

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Slash Lane at its junction with Sileby Road.  The sign is a bit of an understatement!  My bike is standing on an elevated part of the road, the hubs are just above the water level.  I had to carry my bike for much of Slash Lane and Sileby Road as the water was up above my knees!

©Stephen Dee

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Slash Lane at its junction with Sileby Road.  The waves were due to the flow of the water coming off the fields and across the road.

©Stephen Dee

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Slash Lane at its junction with Sileby Road.  The waves were due to the flow of the water coming off the fields and across the road.

©Stephen Dee

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The south, up stream side of the bridge across the main channel of the R Soar.  The bridge is almost acting as a dam.

©Stephen Dee

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The north, down stream side of the bridge across the main channel of the R Soar.

©Stephen Dee

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The road across the bridge was the only dry part of the road.  looking towards Slash Lane.

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A sign advertising a local B&B at the road side opposite the junction of Sileby Road and the A6.

©Stephen Dee

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Sileby Road at its junction with the A6, southbound looking south across the fields.

©Stephen Dee

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Looking west along Sileby Road, under the A6.

©Stephen Dee

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Sileby Road at its junction with the A6, northbound looking south across the fields.

©Stephen Dee

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Sileby Road at its junction with the A6, northbound looking west towards Mountsorrel.

©Stephen Dee

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Sileby Road at its junction with bridleway I30 looking east towards the A6.

©Stephen Dee

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Looking along bridleway I30 from Sileby Road.

©Stephen Dee

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The overflow car park for the Waterside Inn at Mountsorrel - overflow for boats?

©Stephen Dee

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Coming from Mountsorrel the flood in Sileby Road started just east of the Waterside inn.

©Stephen Dee

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Water flowing over the lock of the canalised section of the river.

©Stephen Dee

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Water flowing over the lock of the canalised section of the river.

©Stephen Dee

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Looking north from the canal bridge, the river has spread across the surrounding fields and almost covered them completely.

©Stephen Dee

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A sign that looks out of place on what was the canal bank!

©Stephen Dee

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