As you know, December and January were very wet and by now both the rivers by the Ouse Washes are running very high, and the Washes themselves are almost as high as the Cradge Bank. And on 3rd February the Environment Agency river gauge on the Old Bedford at Sutton Gault was measuring a height of 4.04m.
As usual during lockdown I went down to the Gault to walk the dog and headed out on the Cradge Bank, and took some photos. The sheer volume of water is quite breathtaking.
The Old Bedford almost to the top of the arch 
The flooding comes up past the path from the causeway footbridge 
The Cradge Bank under water between the Gault and Mepal 
The old lock on the Great Dyke is full 
The view looking west from the Great Dyke 
The New Bedford and Mepal Hole have merged 
The stile is almost in the river 
Lots of birds – a heron taking his leisure 
And it rained, because there’s clearly not enough water around
