Another day on the Wissey

Densie moored on the Wissey

 When we got up in the morning the sun was shining and Densie looked wonderful moored in this idyllic place.  So we decided to spend the day here and move on tomorrow.

Sluices controlling water passing down the Great Ouse - the channel on the right goes to.....

Sluices to control water flowing down the Relief Channel

Great Ouse Sluice and Lock - note narrowboat waiting to enter the lock

During the morning we walked the 5 mile round trip to the Denver Complex.  This location controls almost all the water that drains from the Fens by a set of large weirs and sluices.  These provide the main line of defence in flood conditions.  Upstream we have the New and Old Bedford Rivers, the Great Ouse and the Cut-Off Channel mentioned a couple of days ago.    Downstream there is the tidal Great Ouse and the Relief Channel,  This latter waterway built in the 1960s takes enormous amounts of flood water from the Great Ouse and the Cut-off Channel in a straight line course directly to the sea at Kings Lynn.