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If this 'disappearing street' interests you, you may also want to check out the causeway that takes one out to Lindisfarne (aka Holy Island) in Northumberland.
by rantallion 3y ago
If this 'disappearing street' interests you, you may also want to check out the causeway that takes one out to Lindisfarne (aka Holy Island) in Northumberland.
Tides allowing, you can drive out to the island and back. And inevitably, each year, people ignore the prominent warnings and crossing times, and end up stranded halfway over - often with a waterlogged engine and nowhere to go.
https://web.archive.org/web/20230214213736/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/27/world/europe/lindisfarne-england-tides-causeway.html https://web.archive.org/web/20230214213736/https://www.nytim...
- llimllib 3y agoHere in Maine, we have: - Bar Island, which connects to Bar Harbor for a few hours at low tide. Here's what it looks like at lowest tide: https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/cropped_image/primary/C4932723-F6FC-A44B-49D0F384E01DB19B.jpg?width=1300&quality=90&mode=crop https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/cropped_image/primary/C49... - the sandbar between little diamond island and great diamond island, which connects the two at low tide. I couldn't find any pictures of this And probably many similar places beside, those are just the two I know of
- jeffparsons 3y agoI once visited Lindisfarne. I remember joking about all the idiots that disregard the warnings, or cut it too close. On the way back to the mainland we stopped on the causeway to make some sketches from what we figured was a pretty unique perspective. And of course we somehow lost track of time. We made it back just fine, but with a narrow enough margin that we felt rather sheepish.