Tidal Causeways

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:06:57 +0100, "tim....." <tims_new_home.uk>
wrote:

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>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
>news:1aj5c319v95hu5osv1fnupq3jn3sadaq4e@.. .
>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:47:55 +0100, "tim....." <tims_new_home.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>My friend and I went to Lindisfarne Island at the weekend.
>>>
>>>Whilst we were there we were musing about where else
>>>there are tidal causeways that you need to drive over.
>>>
>>>I can think of a few that you walk over to reach the 'island':
>>>St Michael's Mount, Burgh Island etc, but are there any
>>>others that need to be driven to over a tidal causeway?
>>
>> There are some in France.
>
>You couldn't be more specific?

There is one near Bugueles, but I don't know it's name. There are tidal routes
across bays in the same area - Cote d'Amor.
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Martin

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:55:30 +0200, Magda <hello@keepthis.hu> wrote:

>On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:14:33 +0200, in .europe, Martin <me@address.invalid>
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ...
> ... There is one near Bugueles, but I don't know it's name.
>
>You don't know IT IS name?

FOAD
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Martin

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:44:25 +0200, Magda <hello@keepthis.hu> wrote:

>On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:57:33 +0200, in .europe, Martin <me@address.invalid>
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ... On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:55:30 +0200, Magda <hello@keepthis.hu> wrote:
> ...
> ... >On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:14:33 +0200, in .europe, Martin <me@address.invalid>
> ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... >
> ... > ...
> ... > ... There is one near Bugueles, but I don't know it's name.
> ... >
> ... >You don't know IT IS name?
> ...
> ... FOAD
>
>Nope. Too young for both.

LOL
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Martin

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:27:45 GMT, "a.spencer3" <a.spencer3@ntlworld.com> wrote:

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>"tim....." <tims_new_home.uk> wrote in message
>news:5ig0e8F3pdd53U1@mid....
>> My friend and I went to Lindisfarne Island at the weekend.
>>
>> Whilst we were there we were musing about where else
>> there are tidal causeways that you need to drive over.
>>
>> I can think of a few that you walk over to reach the 'island':
>> St Michael's Mount, Burgh Island etc, but are there any
>> others that need to be driven to over a tidal causeway?
>>
>Isn't one of the Hebrides airfields a tidal beach?

Bara?
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Martin

>
> I scoured the whole of the Med coastline and not found a single one :-)
>
That may be because the Mediterranean is not tidal?

T.

Following up to "a.spencer3" <a.spencer3@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>Isn't one of the Hebrides airfields a tidal beach?

Yes Barra IIRC and there are places in the Northern isles you only
walk to at low tide. Im not sure if the tombola to St ninians gets
covered but others do.
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Mike
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On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:54:38 +0200, Tom Peel <letzrwftp@freenet.de> wrote:

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>>
>> I scoured the whole of the Med coastline and not found a single one :-)
>>
>That may be because the Mediterranean is not tidal?

but it is, it's just not as extreme as the 15 metre rise and fall you can get in
Brittany and the Bristol Channel.
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Martin

"tim....." <tims_new_home.uk> wrote in message
news:5ig0e8F3pdd53U1@mid....
> My friend and I went to Lindisfarne Island at the weekend.
>
> Whilst we were there we were musing about where else
> there are tidal causeways that you need to drive over.
>
> I can think of a few that you walk over to reach the 'island':
> St Michael's Mount, Burgh Island etc, but are there any
> others that need to be driven to over a tidal causeway?
>
> tim
>
>

How about "The Strood" to Mersea Island (South of Colchester)? I believe
there is another to Horsey Island (South of Harwich)

On Aug 15, 4:44 pm, "Graham Harrison"
<edward.obvious.harris...@btinternet.obvious.com > wrote:
> "tim....." <tims_new_h....uk> wrote in message
>
> news:5ig0e8F3pdd53U1@mid....
>
> > My friend and I went to Lindisfarne Island at the weekend.
>
> > Whilst we were there we were musing about where else
> > there are tidal causeways that you need to drive over.
>
> > I can think of a few that you walk over to reach the 'island':
> > St Michael's Mount, Burgh Island etc, but are there any
> > others that need to be driven to over a tidal causeway?
>
> > tim
>
> How about "The Strood" to Mersea Island (South of Colchester)? I believe
> there is another to Horsey Island (South of Harwich)


I was wondering why there were 49 posts on a thread about Tidal
Causeways...

Following up to Tom Peel <letzrwftp@freenet.de> wrote:

>That may be because the Mediterranean is not tidal?

not very tidal
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Mike
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