RIVER DON (Stocksbridge to Oughtibridge)

[Mark R]

Guide.

[Andy H]

Hi All
Paddled the river Don yesterday 15th Nov 2009 and it has a tree which has fallen right accross the river on the Exit of the grade 3 section. The tree is just passable in low water as you can just limbo under it with care. but will be a major problem in high flows with a risk to life. Please inspect before running this section.

The tree is pretty big and wont be moving for a while, it proberbly needs a chainsaw

Cheers Andy

[steveg]

Hi,
We're thinking of running the Don this weekend. Does anyone know if the tree is still a problem?
cheers
Steve.

[andy wa]

Paddled the section below this to Meadowhall last friday in opens, the river was fairly low, bit scrapy on some of the rapids but all the weirs were fine. One portage around a double drop vertical weir. Met many friendly fishermen. Nice enough trip for a city paddle. cheers andy

[kirmit]

The double drop is quite nice in a kayak. We did it from deepcar down to kalam island in the city when we had a lot of rain few weeks ago. It does need a fair bit of rain not to be a scrape.

[andypagett]

Paddled the section below this to Meadowhall last friday in opens, the river was fairly low, bit scrapy on some of the rapids but all the weirs were fine. One portage around a double drop vertical weir. Met many friendly fishermen. Nice enough trip for a city paddle. cheers andy

Any info on gauges levels for the Stocksbridge - Oughtibridge or Oughtibridge to Meadowhall section? Thinking of looking at this soon.

Cheers

[kirmit]

I'm sure it was 1.4 ish when we did deepcar to Sheffield and it was high. It does take a fair bit of rain and doesn't stay up long.