Massive Spring Tide Surge Fills Pilton Park Barnstaple in Minutes

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sandpit72

sandpit72

Күн бұрын

Again we see Pilton Park doing what it does in taking a huge amount of water off the River Yeo at critical moments, therefore protecting nearby heavily populated areas from flooding.
This is by far the largest and quickest surge yet with a powerful 10.2m tide up on the coast and a night of heavy rain backing up river levels, although the tidal water levels are reduced this far inland. At the end a short look at the nearby River Taw which also saw extremely high levels flooding out a van and a large amount of debris.
For anyone wanting to see more of this river in a 'normal' tidal state, here is a summer boat trip along it, • Dinghy Explore North D... 14.38 is the filming position of the surge.

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@patrickdoyle9369
@patrickdoyle9369 2 ай бұрын
Bet they wished they'd made the banks higher now, then the water would not have come over.. But after the waters gone and they've made their insurance claims, they still won't make the banks higher. They will just wait for the next flood and make another claim again ... People who live in areas like this should have higher premiums for insurance, NOT THE REST OF US PICKING UP YOUR TAB for your stupidity.
@sandpit72
@sandpit72 2 ай бұрын
You need to realise that this floods ON PURPOSE as a form of flood prevention, therefor saving the houses/ businesses around it from flooding, nobody is stupid and nobody is 'picking up a tab'.
@T-Bag13
@T-Bag13 6 ай бұрын
No silly comments, no heavy breathing, no zoom in/out nonsense, no portrait mode. Great footage.
@suehowie152
@suehowie152 6 ай бұрын
And no music!
@saltybuttpepper1766
@saltybuttpepper1766 5 ай бұрын
ungar 😢
@bobjackson6524
@bobjackson6524 5 ай бұрын
Fully agree. Great viewing point too, On the footbridge.
@Helen-yi2hp
@Helen-yi2hp 4 ай бұрын
No OH MY GAD!
@stevenchan3822
@stevenchan3822 5 ай бұрын
It’s nice to see the water going home after spending a day in the park
@micklumsden3956
@micklumsden3956 6 ай бұрын
I thought the bank was remarkably well designed. When it was over-topped and torrents of water flowed over it, it held firm. The shape of the bank enabled the water to flow smoothly, without damaging the bank itself. The engineers deserve applause, I think.
@chrisyarnold6205
@chrisyarnold6205 6 ай бұрын
The bank may have been excellently designed many years ago, but with little concern for sea level rises, which will cause ever greater spring and king tides. Imagine another 100 mm of seawater within a decade, and so on!
@aarontash
@aarontash 6 ай бұрын
It's build to flood there it had done for hundreds of years
@patrickdoyle9369
@patrickdoyle9369 2 ай бұрын
Bet they wished they'd made the banks higher now, then the water would not have come over.. But after the waters gone and they've made their insurance claims, they still won't make the banks higher. They will just wait for the next flood and make another claim again ... People who live in areas like this should have higher premiums for insurance, NOT THE REST OF US PICKING UP YOUR TAB for your stupidity.
@skisavoie
@skisavoie 6 ай бұрын
The grass did an excellent job of protecting the river banks in the park from eroding! 👌 Interesting video, thanks.
@garylongleyl5188
@garylongleyl5188 6 ай бұрын
Grass like crops are often grown by farmers to stop the water washing the soil away and keeping the goodness in.
@robvannNS
@robvannNS 6 ай бұрын
My thoughts as well.
@phil_p
@phil_p 6 ай бұрын
It’s crazy that there’s not a concrete weir for this!
@benwouda
@benwouda 6 ай бұрын
There is a reason most levys ate made of grass@@phil_p
@sarahstrong7174
@sarahstrong7174 6 ай бұрын
Sub-station can be switched off. Warn the National Grid people.
@mirola73
@mirola73 6 ай бұрын
That park might have saved some things............. That's exactly how the Dutch have designed their river waterways after some near serious issues decades ago, freed up masses amounts of space for rivers to overflow and take the strain off. It worked well with 2023 high water levels on mainland europe. Constricting rivers simply will not work and increasingly are a disaster waiting to happen.
@claudevieaul1465
@claudevieaul1465 6 ай бұрын
True, but we (the Dutch) haven't really learned from that, I'm afraid. Councils are looking for land to build housing estates, and rather than having one farmer less (about 50000 farmers own 52% of all landmass in the Netherlands) they're still proposing building houses exactly within those same floodplains... Which always leads to lengthy protests and legal battles. Which, in turn, goes a very long way to explain why nothing ever gets done or built anymore, over here.
@xFD2x
@xFD2x 6 ай бұрын
Only, this is sea water. Salty. The vegetation, cars, houses won't like all that salt.
@noeraldinkabam
@noeraldinkabam 6 ай бұрын
It’s a floodcell, doing it’s work.
@noeraldinkabam
@noeraldinkabam 6 ай бұрын
@@xFD2xThe sea made them rich enough to accept this. Everything you see here is planned for. People know this will happen every so often. A few days later verything is clean again.
@xFD2x
@xFD2x 6 ай бұрын
@@noeraldinkabam A flood cell helps when its volume is big in comparison to the source the high water. Here the source is the sea. So it won't work as a flood cell.
@lesleywood76
@lesleywood76 6 ай бұрын
Tell me about it, Ashford in Kent, the council has allowed 3 large housing estates to be built on flood plains. Complete madness consequently they flood 😮
@artgreen6915
@artgreen6915 6 ай бұрын
You realise this video is specifically about an exceptionally large spring tide, and not about river flooding in general don't you? Neaps and springs, yeah? It could even be that they deliberately set the flood defence just right so this park acts as a shock absorber during extreme tides to help protect the town, and if so not a great example of what you're talking about. This park is not a 'flood plain' in isolation. Barnstaple was built a long time ago and is near the sea. This is a maritime event.
@timwoodger7896
@timwoodger7896 6 ай бұрын
🤣 it’s designed to flood 🤣 It floods regularly when it rains a lot because Barnstaple is surrounded by hills and when the freshwater water meets the incoming tide it has to go somewhere so they built the park to take the access water. The whole of Barnstaple town centre is only feet away from the top of the water when the tides high. Obviously it’s spring tide season and there’s been a lot of rain so there’s a little more water around at the minute.
@beautifully_wonderfullymade
@beautifully_wonderfullymade 6 ай бұрын
​@@artgreen6915the area I live in is a floodplain. They built all of the parks submersed like this one. They are large long parks that eventually lead to creeks that lead to the local river. When we get flash flooding these parks fill with water just like this park. It is amazing to watch. Our area is an old subdivision from 20-30 years ago now. All of the new subdivision are built on the same flood plains, no submerged parks and as a result they flood regularly.
@DR_1_1
@DR_1_1 6 ай бұрын
There is just not enough safe places to build on, and world population is rising as fast as ever, so... Where I live they are building new housings everywhere since 2019, it's just crazy... and they keep pushing for immigration, so the prices won't even go down, since demand is growing...
@madb132
@madb132 6 ай бұрын
@@artgreen6915 You do REALISE you can be flooded by the sea too..! Guess you didn't know how flood planes work,eh. Flood don't always mean fresh water.👍
@Tuberuser187
@Tuberuser187 6 ай бұрын
The person with the brolly walking up, staring at the torrent then noped and hurried back :D Great footage, thanks for sharing!
@mikeoglen6848
@mikeoglen6848 6 ай бұрын
It was a good decision. don't you think?
@Tuberuser187
@Tuberuser187 6 ай бұрын
@@mikeoglen6848 Very much so!
@sandpit72
@sandpit72 6 ай бұрын
@Tuberuser187 Good comment, I was curious to see what would happen as he approached, he made the right decision eventually and took the much longer route.
@eamonfire
@eamonfire 6 ай бұрын
Amazing footage but completely bonkers!
@Tuberuser187
@Tuberuser187 6 ай бұрын
@@sandpit72 More than a few poor sods have thought it was safe to walk/drive in a flood and then got sucked into a manhole or washed away, best to stay away if you have no high ground.
@Chris1966-
@Chris1966- 6 ай бұрын
Great footage. Well filmed . Steady and calm camera action. So many clips are poorly filmed so well done.
@dancarter482
@dancarter482 6 ай бұрын
Yeah, they usually point the camera at their teeth and yap about what they are seeing!
@jeanrobinson705
@jeanrobinson705 6 ай бұрын
@@dancarter482 Or swing it about left to right, up and down, and make you seasick!
@dancarter482
@dancarter482 6 ай бұрын
@@jeanrobinson705 _OMG_ Tell me about it!
@Jules-77
@Jules-77 6 ай бұрын
@@jeanrobinson705Lord yes! I get this to the point of having to stop watching. This was a treat. ( and the sound of the water , as I can’t get outside anymore 👍🏻)
@Trooper6190
@Trooper6190 5 ай бұрын
Wait wait wait. Soooo the thumbnail isn’t click bait? A dream come true! THANK. YOU!
@sandpit72
@sandpit72 5 ай бұрын
@Trooper6190 I don't do clickbait and I don't do fake thumbnails, I know its a way to easy money for some, but I don't feel comfortable with it.
@Trooper6190
@Trooper6190 5 ай бұрын
@@sandpit72 I appreciate your efforts to remain genuine. It was an interesting video to watch with clear narration about what was happening. Thanks!
@koharumi1
@koharumi1 4 ай бұрын
Uh can you please include in description on where in the world this is?
@Trooper6190
@Trooper6190 4 ай бұрын
@koharumi1 it’s in the description already. Pilton park, Barnstaple and a quick Google search puts it in North Devon, UK
@high1voltage1rules
@high1voltage1rules 4 ай бұрын
@@sandpit72 bless ya mate
@jimrobinson6362
@jimrobinson6362 6 ай бұрын
Superb Knowledge of tides and local area to produce stunning Video thanks
@richswain7154
@richswain7154 6 ай бұрын
Tide tables are a great invention!!
@CHESEABUN
@CHESEABUN 6 ай бұрын
This is incredible! Within 30 mins the flooded park is the the same level as the river! Brilliant timing to film here.
@djmastergroove946
@djmastergroove946 6 ай бұрын
This is incredible, you caught this just bang on! It's amazing how much so fast it can build up, that's a LOT of water! Also just to add, the UK has been hit with a huge amount of rain 🌧 Most of 2023, and the start of 2024 it's relentless. Highest on record ever! I think this is only the start of things to come.
@gordon1545
@gordon1545 6 ай бұрын
Yep, rainfall in the UK has been slowly increasing since the 1970s. We also get more of our rain in heavy downpours than we used to. At a time we should have been planning for flooding, we built houses all over flood plains instead.
@guyfitter3006
@guyfitter3006 6 ай бұрын
Global boiling?
@LulaJake
@LulaJake 6 ай бұрын
Can't wait for the BBC to tell us we did it.
@lawsonspedding6136
@lawsonspedding6136 6 ай бұрын
Yeah, weather is so unpredictable ! 3 years ago we had a summer with hardly any rain - a super time to build a house ! I want to build my house this year, not started yet. The rain over the past 6 months has been relentless !
@kristinetrott5087
@kristinetrott5087 5 ай бұрын
Is this salt water? You say "tidal" and then the tide turns and flows out, but doesn't that kill all the plants -especially the trees? Then comments are talking about channeling tivers, so I'm a bit puzzled here. Which is it - sea water or river water?
@iamtoooldtocare
@iamtoooldtocare 6 ай бұрын
Great Vid. I was born in Barnstable and although I’ve seen the park flooded, I’ve never seen it flooding. Keep up the good work.
@vickyking3408
@vickyking3408 6 ай бұрын
This is why flood plains are so important
@Art-is-craft
@Art-is-craft 6 ай бұрын
You mean lack of drainage, no river dredging and poor land management all dressed up in some fake environmental policy. Is that what you mean?
@Jan-sn5tk
@Jan-sn5tk 6 ай бұрын
This video makes me extremely grateful that i live on top of a hill. I do feel extremely sorry for people who do get flooded tho. Its heartbreaking😢
@curlysue3620
@curlysue3620 6 ай бұрын
I thought that till I did some flood warden training. Ground water can still be a problem.
@therickpound
@therickpound 6 ай бұрын
@@curlysue3620completely different reasons and process in most cases though.
@thornerg2
@thornerg2 6 ай бұрын
This is specific flood relief. It's designed to fill up.
@slider799
@slider799 6 ай бұрын
@@thornerg2 Not the parts with the buildings it isn't.... like the electric substation should be nowhere near it.
@lawrencemartin1113
@lawrencemartin1113 6 ай бұрын
That's a great video. Perfect timing to be on site. It just goes to show how devastating and fast, a flooding event can be. I hope that all domestic and business property was not severely affected. Fascinating to watch, but deadly to be caught up in. I feel for the owner of that lovely red van.....hopefully no major damage done. Where I live, the river is very well controlled by the local flood barrier, but even so, controlled release onto farm land and school fields near my home, to protect the town further down stream, mean I have been able to canoe 'across country' from close to my home, pretty much all the way to the town, about a mile away! Thanks for posting.
@sandpit72
@sandpit72 6 ай бұрын
I spoke to the owner of the red van, she was obviously fairly upset & had no idea the tide would hit, I advised that if she couldn't move it then get it towed out ASAP as another tide would strike at 7pm and another huge tide the following morning. When I came past again at 5pm it was still in its original position, so I've no idea what happened.
@lawrencemartin1113
@lawrencemartin1113 6 ай бұрын
@@sandpit72 Well, you did the best you could! Well done you.
@KevinLyons-gn7eu
@KevinLyons-gn7eu 6 ай бұрын
⁠@@sandpit72 where is pilton park located
@leonardhpls6
@leonardhpls6 6 ай бұрын
​@@KevinLyons-gn7eu are you illiterate it says Barnstaple the very next word
@maffysdad
@maffysdad 6 ай бұрын
That was a very interesting and complete overview of the effect of the tidal system. Thanks for filming that and sharing it.
@denisemottley22705
@denisemottley22705 6 ай бұрын
Very good video. Same here in the Pendle area of North West England. Everyday when I was driving to work the fields at the side of the A59 were wet and soggy for YEARS. Sheep were never seen on these fields, nothing. But guess what, houses have been and are being built. Where I live houses have been built on farmland that always had reeds growing on it. Sheep were on there sometimes. At the bottom of these fields it has been soggy for at least 50 years because we used to play in that area as children. Now it's all being dug up and there are ponds of water that they are filling in with some grey type of bashed up stone. Water will find a way to rise up that! So many houses being built in what was beautiful scenery. You get on the bus to Rawtenstall and where you once looked out to farmland, cows, sheep, horses, lapwings etc. you see houses rising up. There is a hill that you cannot even see from the road. The whole landscape is being ruined. But the Council allow their rich building friends to continue to build, build, build, bbb. Looks like 666. These will be on the market in no time. Utterly stupid decisions. 👍🤔
@Emslander
@Emslander 6 ай бұрын
On the other hand, people need to live in houses. Unless you’re simply anti human.
@gordon1545
@gordon1545 6 ай бұрын
@@Emslander You're choosing to wildly misunderstand the main point, because you want to. There are places you can build houses that ARE NOT ON FLOOD PLAINS. Brownfield sites, especially - but they cost more to restore and repair, and all that matters in Britain's housing market is cost and profit. Building on flood plains is obvious idiocy, but doing it when climate change is causing us to get more rainfall, and especially more intense storms, is insanity.
@TASIAawful1
@TASIAawful1 6 ай бұрын
@@gordon1545totally agree with you there are brownfield sights literally everywhere yet they build on flood land and destroy our green belt too
@TheBanana93
@TheBanana93 6 ай бұрын
Same here in sussex. So many beautiful placed ruined by cheap papermache houses
@beaulieuc8910
@beaulieuc8910 6 ай бұрын
unfortunately people will rent and buy these properties, and people keep popping out kids, unfortuantely have an over population crisis and no control, people can have as many kids as they like.
@fredMplanenut
@fredMplanenut 6 ай бұрын
Great video with good comments. Well planned observation points.
@stephenellison2472
@stephenellison2472 6 ай бұрын
Would love to see a follow up on this at how quickly or slowly the water gets away of the park..
@_Shinasu
@_Shinasu 6 ай бұрын
Yeah I was wondering this, do they have to pump it out into the river?
@mydogeatspuke
@mydogeatspuke 6 ай бұрын
If it's anything like the parks and fields in Yorkshire, it could be several weeks before everything gets back to normal. We tend to just let nature do its thing.
@patrickdoyle9369
@patrickdoyle9369 2 ай бұрын
Bet they wished they'd made the banks higher now, then the water would not have come over.. But after the waters gone and they've made their insurance claims, they still won't make the banks higher. They will just wait for the next flood and make another claim again ... People who live in areas like this should have higher premiums for insurance, NOT THE REST OF US PICKING UP YOUR TAB for your stupidity.
@jennoq1311
@jennoq1311 5 ай бұрын
That entire park is a retention pond! Interesting engineering 👍🏼
@indobleh
@indobleh 6 ай бұрын
March equinox tides + months of rain. Pretty amazing when you see the speed of the tide inland.
@marinaharmon5775
@marinaharmon5775 5 ай бұрын
Yes amein. That is why we keep the barley feast of the Lord, right on time.
@Spacey7
@Spacey7 6 ай бұрын
I was born in Pilton Street. Was good to see what some parts of Barnstaple look like now 😊
@lloydpancott4987
@lloydpancott4987 6 ай бұрын
Wow . What an amazing video. Never seen anything like it before. I could of watched it for hours start till finish. Thank you for film
@shaun55537
@shaun55537 5 ай бұрын
this park was always the same back in the 80s i have seen this alot nice to see it still doing the same things after all these years great video we never had phones back then lol and where the red van is in the water used to fish there great when the tide came in we used to sit on the railings water all around us good old days
@minecachair
@minecachair 5 ай бұрын
Similar happened in our local park last year.It was situated right by the river as well.The day after, the council clean up team came in to remove the detritu of twigs,grass,mud-all natural.It took them two days,carefully scooping it up,putting into wheelbarrows which they then tipped back into the river.I commented to one that,since it was all going back in the river anyway,a couple of fire engines with high pressure hoses would have the work done in a fraction of the time and they admitted the bosses hadn't thought of that!
@SusanR-x5y
@SusanR-x5y 6 ай бұрын
Nature is amazing and terrifying at the same time
@ApocalypseofMichael
@ApocalypseofMichael 6 ай бұрын
Great video chap. Thanks for sharing your perfectly shot and framed video of this.
@Toni-islandlife
@Toni-islandlife 6 ай бұрын
Nice to see that waste left behind was mostly natural and not plastic upon plastic.
@wendy-janewatson8234
@wendy-janewatson8234 6 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing. This is absolutely crazy, but it goes to show that happens with certain types of tides etc. 🙂🙂
@davidorourke5795
@davidorourke5795 6 ай бұрын
Amazing how the most flood resilient substance known to man is ….. grass!
@beaulieuc8910
@beaulieuc8910 6 ай бұрын
and motorists want the country covered in tarmac
@LouShirley
@LouShirley 6 ай бұрын
I used to work as a lockkeeper in a tidal area. The sheer power and speed of the tide were always fascinating to watch as it forced all of the gates open
@jeffbarrett1787
@jeffbarrett1787 6 ай бұрын
Incredible thanks for sharing. I’d have never believed it.
@alexanderjames6328
@alexanderjames6328 2 ай бұрын
Very interesting, Sandpit72. I had to watch it right the way through... and I was not disappointed. Thank you for the upload.
@JamesMiller-fz9ty
@JamesMiller-fz9ty 6 ай бұрын
Thanks bud. I grew up on Frankmarsh and walked past that park every day on my way to Chaddy. You jogged an old mans memories but there are a hell of a lot of buildings I don't recognise. Looks like a whole new (to me) estate on the site of Shappland and Petters.
@060stick
@060stick 6 ай бұрын
There is although the derelict Shappy buildings are still there
@antoniopalmero4063
@antoniopalmero4063 6 ай бұрын
Great footage , well done and thanks for standing out in the cold to show us all .
@loudoret353
@loudoret353 6 ай бұрын
Great video and local insight - thank you. Now consider even a 0.5m sea level rise scenario and the difference to the surrounding properties.
@ukvinersmart7571
@ukvinersmart7571 6 ай бұрын
Great video, thanks for staying and filming the entire thing.
@zax1972
@zax1972 6 ай бұрын
Thank you for recording this phenomena!
@CyclingSteve
@CyclingSteve 6 ай бұрын
We have places in London like this, for example the parkland around the Thames Barrier, they are deliberately low lying to catch overflows. I wonder if this is the same idea. Edit: I read the description, yes it is.
@bobjackson6524
@bobjackson6524 5 ай бұрын
Brilliantly filmed. Great vantage point on that metal footbridge. 🙌
@pauldavey422
@pauldavey422 6 ай бұрын
I work next to the river in Marlow. According to an old friend the sports club and all the surrounding houses was a floodplain/marshland when he was a kid. Every winter it floods, sewage drains fail etc. Too many people on this earth
@TravellingTechie
@TravellingTechie 6 ай бұрын
Great vid, I like how the park is used as a way to hold water during these peaks and hasn't been built on, helps relieve any flooding. My question is how does the park then subsequently empty, is it lower than low tide water level? Is there a one way valve for it to drain away? Or is it left to just soak away?
@profsakharov1191
@profsakharov1191 6 ай бұрын
Drainage takes the water out to the sea, so as soon as the tide level is low enough it will all go back where it came from. .
@Janz32
@Janz32 6 ай бұрын
​@@profsakharov1191how odd, there is a steep ridge the water came down so how does it go back up as its no longer tidal if its in the field I assume?
@profsakharov1191
@profsakharov1191 6 ай бұрын
@@Janz32 It will just drain away as rain water does on any other day. Otherwise the park would be a permanent lake. .
@monk3yboy69
@monk3yboy69 6 ай бұрын
It’s amazing how people don’t know any of this …l.
@wonderingworld119
@wonderingworld119 6 ай бұрын
Yea, not knowing where in the world you are from so I will try to explain. In most of the UK we have two lots of pipes. One is to take sewage to be treated, the other is drains along roads and paths and so on. The water that enters these drains enters our waterways and eventually makes its way to sea.
@magpie6648
@magpie6648 6 ай бұрын
The power of water is amazing.. older generations understood it and worked with it. Todays generation don't seem to care... i'm watching a developer build multiple houses in a flood area next to the sea where the previous contruction of houses came to a stop because of tidal flooding..🙄 get them built and sold before the next high tide and let the new owners try and deal with it🤔🥴 money money money... great video, thank you❤
@beaulieuc8910
@beaulieuc8910 6 ай бұрын
I think the owners have responsibility for choosing to buy it. They are probably people who are eternal optimiists, religious people who think god will protect them
@magpie6648
@magpie6648 6 ай бұрын
@@beaulieuc8910, many buyers are just too naive to look around and ask the right questions..
@thomasdalton1508
@thomasdalton1508 6 ай бұрын
The insurance companies are left to be the adults in the room. If the flood risk is too high, they won't insure them. The government will step in to help if the home was built before 2009, but new builds at high risk of flooding are completely uninsurable. Hopefully, people check that before they buy them...
@magpie6648
@magpie6648 6 ай бұрын
@@thomasdalton1508, is that Ireland or the UK?
@thomasdalton1508
@thomasdalton1508 6 ай бұрын
@@magpie6648 Barnstaple is in the UK...
@sbdiaries
@sbdiaries 5 ай бұрын
Never under estimate the power of water 💧, you sure were in the right place at the right time . Best wishes Simon and Beth ❤️ 👋
@cyirvine6300
@cyirvine6300 5 ай бұрын
To someone who lives in the Mojave Desert, this looks marvelous!
@markjefferiss1914
@markjefferiss1914 6 ай бұрын
Great video. Unbelievable. Im in Blackpool and the high tide was coming over the top ...
@HANKTHEDANKEST
@HANKTHEDANKEST 5 ай бұрын
Oooo that's bad! The power and inevitability of water never ceases to amaze me. That lil red van is going to have some muddy floors, I think.
@Dilbert-o5k
@Dilbert-o5k 6 ай бұрын
Well you got yourself a new boating pool! Every cloud etc 😊
@DR_1_1
@DR_1_1 6 ай бұрын
I'm surprised there is no one with a paddleboard, or kayak...
@chrismillard3044
@chrismillard3044 6 ай бұрын
It's designed to do this though, our rivers have had a massive tide this spring, lots of rain down here
@wilfulsprite555
@wilfulsprite555 6 ай бұрын
Amazing video, thank you.
@SuperDeniseg1
@SuperDeniseg1 6 ай бұрын
Wow, I can't believe how fast that happened... great video...
@RO8s
@RO8s 6 ай бұрын
Years ago, I did a sand-boat at Barnstaple in the spring tides, very early, so it was pitch dark, and the whole quay was under about 2 foot of water. So with just the lights on the quay it looked like the boat was moored in the middle of the estuary! We had to drive our tippers down onto the quay and then out to the boat, hoping you could judge where the edge of the quay was and that you wouldn't hit a submerged bollard! Then the machine driver would fill the tipper with sand and you'd drive it away up to the quarry and back for the next load. How the boat ever found the quay in the first place escapes me... The water stretched as far as you can see in this video right across the estuary, but pitch black everywhere except the the lights shining on the water from both sides. Unforgettable!
@sandpit72
@sandpit72 6 ай бұрын
I remember the sand barges filling up out on the Crow then unloading on Rolle Quay.
@RO8s
@RO8s 6 ай бұрын
@@sandpit72That's it. I was working for Evans Transport at the time and a sand-boat was like "Hell Drivers"! Everyone flat out until it was empty.
@sandpit72
@sandpit72 6 ай бұрын
@@RO8s Yeh, the tidal window on Rolle Quay is pretty small, I wouldn't go on the water at all on the entrance from the Taw on big springs, it comes at you like a bull, would hate to have to get a barge in that gap.
@RO8s
@RO8s 6 ай бұрын
@@sandpit72Well, they got it there and we had to tip it! As I say, unforgettable in the dark. Black water as far as the eye could see and you just had to drive into it...😬
@kinasc1575
@kinasc1575 6 ай бұрын
@sandpit72 RO8s I used to go to Barnstaple late 70s early 80s for my holidays. I remember seeing the sand barges there, my friend's dad used to drink in the Rolle Quay Inn. We used to drink in The Three Tunns in the high St, fantastic music on the jukebox and a fantastic atmosphere even on weekday lunch times. I believed it turned into a Pizza Express some years ago. Happy days, was better than anywhere in London, where I'm from, and where I met my friend from Barnstaple on a building site near Knightsbridge, hi Martin, and Chalky😂. The Tunns had some of my photographs pinned to the ceiling rafters, mostly of the regulars having a drunken laugh😂. Cheers for the laughs Barnstaple, I still have the photographs to remind me of those times, quite possibly of the sand barges too. My username isn't my real name of course. Well filmed btw.👌👍
@grahamsclater9988
@grahamsclater9988 6 ай бұрын
Imagine what happens to houses built on flood plains...
@weAreNotAloneHere
@weAreNotAloneHere 6 ай бұрын
Even worse imagine flood plains built on houses
@fisherman5517
@fisherman5517 6 ай бұрын
no thanks.
@myview5840
@myview5840 6 ай бұрын
This
@rogerdarbyshire5664
@rogerdarbyshire5664 6 ай бұрын
I'm sure all those bribes the developers pay to the local councillors will make them flood resilient
@davidelliott5843
@davidelliott5843 6 ай бұрын
This is a very high tide. Don’t build between high and low tide marks and all will be well.
@Janz32
@Janz32 6 ай бұрын
This was mesmerising to watch! I can't believe how quickly the park filled up. If this is a common thing then the local authority should move the sub station or protect it better. Great video.
@denisohbrien
@denisohbrien 6 ай бұрын
the substation would be good till the water depth exceeded the hight of the terminals, everything is very very well insulated, so likely could got a good 4 ft under and not care.
@GlassSpider
@GlassSpider 6 ай бұрын
Great bit of live reporting! Thanks for putting this together
@high1voltage1rules
@high1voltage1rules 4 ай бұрын
thats some CRAZY amount of water in 30 mins! i cant believe how its level with the mound it was coming in over in just 30 mins ago? lol. crazy buddy. hey if possible show the wall in the next video that helps to holds that amount of water in that play field. as it would be interesting. thank for sharing!👍
@Now4wheels
@Now4wheels 6 ай бұрын
Whew that is a sight to see good job that park is there to offset some of the water. Well filmed. Thanks for sharing.
@flamencoprof
@flamencoprof 6 ай бұрын
It seems a lot of people do not bother to read "...more". I was thinking "Surely this town would know this happens periodically, why have those berms and a low-lying area bound to be flooded?" But then I read "...more"! This is actually brilliant. How is it drained afterwards?
@Art-is-craft
@Art-is-craft 6 ай бұрын
Drainage and land management has been restricted by fake environmental regulations. Biodiversity is a new term that enables regulations to be put in place to restrict traditional practices. You want to know what happens with the flooded areas they are just left to evaporation over months. This is all going to lead to disease out breaks.
@krashd
@krashd 6 ай бұрын
It drains naturally, within a few days this will be a park again.
@flamencoprof
@flamencoprof 6 ай бұрын
@@krashd Cool. A low-intervention solution!
@susanellis1994
@susanellis1994 6 ай бұрын
I like to step back in time before people moved in and see the tide at it's natural flow and flood.
@robshaw3655
@robshaw3655 6 ай бұрын
surprised the canoes didnt take advantage of the park lake. great post thanks you
@grim3228
@grim3228 6 ай бұрын
Amazing to watch. Thank you.
@AnimilesYT
@AnimilesYT 5 ай бұрын
I'm just impressed at how the grass just denied the river any chance at eroding away the banks. Trees and other plants provide the same function, which is why a healthy ecosystem is so important for us :)
@marksadventures3889
@marksadventures3889 6 ай бұрын
I'm not surprised at all. I remember from school that we were taught about the Somerset flats that got flooded annually and made Avalon- Glastonbury an Isle. It seems no one does historical geography anymore, as we see housing estates all over the UK and elsewhere ignore reality for greed.
@mrlondon963
@mrlondon963 6 ай бұрын
Excellent video 👍
@jayneward6649
@jayneward6649 6 ай бұрын
Wow, that's amazing, the power of water is just amusing to watch 😮
@RobinPrice
@RobinPrice 6 ай бұрын
Top vid as always. Hope you didn't get to wet
@sandpit72
@sandpit72 6 ай бұрын
Cheers. Took a change of clothes as went straight to Teignmouth on the railway after this for the low tide scramble.
@RobinPrice
@RobinPrice 6 ай бұрын
@@sandpit72 well caught. Came in fast. Good you had a change of clothes
@greghavers821
@greghavers821 6 ай бұрын
superb!! thanks for this!!!!
@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS
@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS 5 ай бұрын
Very well captured
@phillwainewright4221
@phillwainewright4221 6 ай бұрын
How long does it take for all that water to drain away from the park?
@thomaswebb7828
@thomaswebb7828 6 ай бұрын
Its interesting that the section that flooded first was the section with the treestump. I know the rest of the sections end up flooding as well and they have trees and there are a lot of other factors probably in play here. But its definitely interesting that the bit that gave way first no longer had an active tree helping to provide structure and water uptake.
@markbowden7238
@markbowden7238 6 ай бұрын
​@@monk3yboy69you are both correct, the bank was lowest by the stumps, because the ground sank as the roots rotted.
@kingalf4828
@kingalf4828 5 ай бұрын
very well covered 2 fold - reporting and river management.
@thornerg2
@thornerg2 6 ай бұрын
How long does it take for the park to drain out again?
@TiptreeJams
@TiptreeJams 6 ай бұрын
Great video capturing things as they happened. Funny how others like the local council, power company, etc seemed to not know it was coming and take any precautions.
@Art-is-craft
@Art-is-craft 6 ай бұрын
How can they take precautions since it has been their regulations that has stopped river dredging, land drainage management and much more.
@theviewfromstand12
@theviewfromstand12 5 ай бұрын
Imagine all the water company effluent that's now in that park. Quality video, chap.
@SustainableGal
@SustainableGal 6 ай бұрын
I know this is designed to flood, but litterally everywhere is flooding now, car parks, houses, etc, its getting really bad, guess all the melted glaciers have to go somewhere... Air quality is getting unbearable in London too
@TheCutiePatrol
@TheCutiePatrol 5 ай бұрын
It's caused by gravitational pull of the sun and moon together, tidal areas don't flood due to tides, unless it involves gravitational pull. Water from glaciers is raising the water level, but that's millimeters, not a few feet lol. I live in a tidal area, it's above sea level though, but I remember after the eclipse, the sea level rose higher than anything I have ever seen, it looked as if it would start flooding.
@SustainableGal
@SustainableGal 5 ай бұрын
@@TheCutiePatrol doesn't matter, the truth is the world is getting allot more difficult to live on, the air is horrible to breathe too
@TheCutiePatrol
@TheCutiePatrol 5 ай бұрын
@@SustainableGal lol of course it matters, how do you fix a problem. when you have no actual idea what caused it or why?
@SustainableGal
@SustainableGal 5 ай бұрын
@@TheCutiePatrol air pollution & climate change caused it 🤣
@jamesbatten8659
@jamesbatten8659 6 ай бұрын
I believe it’s 45 % of new housing is being built on floodplain. When we had the floods a few years back a site near me was up to damp course level and got completely flooded out . The only house above water was the show home. I bet they didn’t tell buyers that their homes had already been flooded .
@zonta71
@zonta71 6 ай бұрын
Those grasses on the edge of the bank are just warriors. Looks like they survived the flood.
@Quasihamster
@Quasihamster 5 ай бұрын
It's not getting "worse", it's not "bad". Just nature doing its thing.
@RocketDog73
@RocketDog73 6 ай бұрын
Where’s my boogie board. Let’s hit that novelty wave 😂
@davidlaidig9485
@davidlaidig9485 5 ай бұрын
You guys actually ruled the world in the 1500s. Interesting.
@mobilephil244
@mobilephil244 6 ай бұрын
I guess those people in the houses the other side of the park knew it was bad when they saw the oil tanker coming across the park towards them !! :)
@julesviolin
@julesviolin 6 ай бұрын
Yet another place off my bucket list to live ⚠️
@jaynechew166
@jaynechew166 6 ай бұрын
Love watching but its scary really thanks for sharing
@douglasthompson296
@douglasthompson296 6 ай бұрын
Hi all, its many years since i visited Barnstaple but I was confusing Pilton Park with Rock Park. Now that area was prone to flooding from the Taw and the new built homes and the basements of the old Victorian houses used to flood. So I guess not much changes or maybe there have been changes and flood defences have been implemented. Im sure someone will enlighten me. Cheers DougT
@phil4977
@phil4977 6 ай бұрын
Great urban planning
@joebarrett4353
@joebarrett4353 6 ай бұрын
what an amazing video from our man on the spot! Thanks for bringing this to us
@BIBIWCICC
@BIBIWCICC 6 ай бұрын
Can’t believe how quickly the local council got those sand bags in place! Do they not have someone watching tide tables?
@TheLookOf
@TheLookOf 6 ай бұрын
It is not NL.... We would have had sandbags available, in time. Astonishing how nobody of the municipality is present to monitor the situation...
@petergolding3179
@petergolding3179 6 ай бұрын
I think that the park is intended to flood when there is a very high tide or excessive rainfall. It is a storage lake to protect built-up areas nearby.
@mickkidston7344
@mickkidston7344 6 ай бұрын
the park is lower than the high river level and geographically would eventually become a part of the natural flood plain when the river yeo straightened out if not for humans @@petergolding3179
@krashd
@krashd 6 ай бұрын
@@petergolding3179 Yep, this park was designed as a surge defence, it's purpose is to flood before something more important does, hence the high berm all the way around the park to hold in water. If you ever see a park near a river that looks sunken then it was designed to do what this park just did here.
@barryroberts2196
@barryroberts2196 6 ай бұрын
And a hose pipe ban later this year ! ??? Very well filmed, well done.
@monk3yboy69
@monk3yboy69 6 ай бұрын
I was saying that yesterday as I watched the rain pissing down again on my soaked back lawn.
@stevenjones916
@stevenjones916 6 ай бұрын
This is the wrong type of rain though
@marybedward9381
@marybedward9381 6 ай бұрын
Amazing nature at its finest
@PartanBree
@PartanBree 6 ай бұрын
Wow. Good flood defences at the park, i was impressed there was no seepage before the water flowed over the top. Problem with that is that when the tide goes down, the water is trapped in the park! I imagine it took a long time to go down again.
@Art-is-craft
@Art-is-craft 6 ай бұрын
When rivers are not dredged, land has no drainage and vegetative growth runs unchecked what occurs is that water will flood areas. Nothing new in any of this.
@photography94
@photography94 6 ай бұрын
Jesus that's bad did see they issued flood warnings they need to put a high wall right along that stretch prevent future flooding! Another great video mate👍
@krashd
@krashd 6 ай бұрын
No, this park is a surge defence, it is _meant_ to flood, that is why it has a high grassy berm surrounding it like the sides of a swimming pool. If they built a wall along the side of the river then any time there was a high tide combined with excessive rainfall (as happened here) then it could be housing and businesses that get flooded. If you ever see a sunken-looking park near a river then it was designed to be an emergency surge defence that might save a lot of people from a lot of misery some day.
@SlinkShady
@SlinkShady 6 ай бұрын
As someone who has never experienced a flood this look pretty bloody scary.
@sarahintheuk5928
@sarahintheuk5928 6 ай бұрын
I’ve seen flood plains in Leicester that now have houses on. I can’t believe people buy them. Crazy.
@abigailashton7192
@abigailashton7192 6 ай бұрын
Perfect example of the park doing exactly what it was designed to do! Great timing of your video, thank you :)
@crabtonia
@crabtonia 6 ай бұрын
My my!...that is some water-feature in a Public Park...seriously though, a fine piece of Work by a Prescient Film-maker...dgp
@jack161721
@jack161721 6 ай бұрын
Fantastic and interesting video.
@user-tb2jy9lu3d
@user-tb2jy9lu3d 5 ай бұрын
4:59 They need to have an in-ground pop-up flood barrier either just outside or inside of that security gate. I'm sure that water would eventually make it through those walls, but at a slower rate, so they could install a common sump pump and backup and have a PVC pipe complete with check valves sticking out of the top of the wall to pump any water out before it has any chance to rise up to the level of the power equipment.
@Camille-HugoFONTENELLE
@Camille-HugoFONTENELLE 6 ай бұрын
The sound is crazy! The grass has stand up with the stream of water, incredible! Is that salty or rain water ?
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