Reading their Commodore's comments on their website, the lack of water is caused by the rain being the wrong sort of water for Severn Trent to use!  Hence they have been drawing water from Shustoke.

We've got plenty spare down here. I'll send a couple of bucketsful up!!

customer came into the workshop today...it seems the shustoke gauntlet may be cancelled this weekend........due to a lack of water!!!!!

wrong leaves on the line, wrong snow on the track, wrong water in the reservoir...I thought I'd heard most of them by now!

Hi all, the gauntlet is still going ahead this Sunday !