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Re: Tidal Causeways
tim..... a écrit :
> "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected]... >> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:06:57 +0100, "tim....." <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message >>> news:[email protected]... >>>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:47:55 +0100, "tim....." >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> 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. > > My map shows none of these. > > I've found one at Baie de Morlaix (Ile Callot). > > I scoured the whole of the Med coastline and not found a single one :-) > > There's one across the bay (river mouth?) at St Martin, but I don't think > that counts as neither end is an island. > > Ah found another, at Ile Madame > > tim > > > tim > > On in Cotes d'Armor, Brittany http://blogs.aol.fr/jeanmarcf1/chezl...irabelle-./902 |
Re: Tidal Causeways
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:09:20 +0200, JuanElorza <[email protected]>
wrote: >tim..... a écrit : >> "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message >> news:[email protected]... >>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:06:57 +0100, "tim....." <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message >>>> news:[email protected]... >>>>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:47:55 +0100, "tim....." >>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>> 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. >> >> My map shows none of these. >> >> I've found one at Baie de Morlaix (Ile Callot). >> >> I scoured the whole of the Med coastline and not found a single one :-) >> >> There's one across the bay (river mouth?) at St Martin, but I don't think >> that counts as neither end is an island. >> >> Ah found another, at Ile Madame >> >> tim >> >> >> tim >> >> >The road to Noirmoutier is the longest submersible road in Europe 4km >and was the only road to Noirmoutier, usable 2H a day, until 1971. > >Bricqueville sur mer (route submersible) near Omaha Beach. >http://www.environnement-sante-manch...F/vanlee04.pdf > >Another near Carantec or Morlaix(ile callot) >http://www.ville-carantec.com/ >http://ilecallot.free.fr/callot.htm > >Many tidal roads in North Wales in Anglesey. Some in Sheffield and Gloucester in June. :-) How do you use Geoportail to obtain a reference to a place? http://www.geoportail.fr/index.php?e...e118bf360578c5 -- Martin |
Re: Tidal Causeways
"tim....." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]... > 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? Surreyman |
Re: Tidal Causeways
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:27:45 GMT, "a.spencer3" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >"tim....." <[email protected]> wrote in message >news:[email protected]... >> 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? -- Martin |
Re: Tidal Causeways
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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? T. |
Re: Tidal Causeways
Following up to "a.spencer3" <[email protected]> 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. -- Mike (remove clothing to email) |
Re: Tidal Causeways
"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]... > On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:14:13 +0100, "tim....." <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message >>news:[email protected]. .. >>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:57:18 +0100, "tim....." >>> <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message >>>>news:[email protected] m... >>>>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:06:57 +0100, "tim....." >>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message >>>>>>news:1aj5c319v95hu5osv1fnupq3jn3sadaq4e@4ax. com... >>>>>>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:47:55 +0100, "tim....." >>>>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>>>> 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. >>>> >>>>My map shows none of these. >>> >>> Odd since I used them regularly. >>> >>> Which map are you using? >> >>I have a Michelin atlas of France. >> >>1 cm = 2 km > > Use the link I gave you which you just snipped. You can see far more. > http://www.geoportail.fr/5061750/visu2D/voir.htm it's scale is 1:2000 It wasn't clear what I was supposed to do with it. I got a satellite picture of all of France north of Paris. tim > -- > > Martin > |
Re: Tidal Causeways
"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]... > On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:21:50 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ > chancellor (*)) wrote: > >>Martin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:13:40 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, >>> _the_ >>> chancellor (*)) wrote: >>> >>> >Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> >> Jack Campin - bogus address <[email protected]> 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? >>> >> > >>> >> >I doubt there is any in the world that *needs* to be driven to ... >>> >> >>> >> There is an imaginable circumstance: if the distance is too great to >>> >> walk in the timeframe allowed by low tide. >>> > >>> >It's imaginable, but is there one? Meaning, a place that people tend to >>> >go to see? >>> > >>> >Jack's post reminded me that last time I walked to Hilbre Islands on >>> >the >>> >Wirral there were a few morons in the distance chucking up the sand >>> >with >>> >their 4x4s. >>> > >>> >It was an amazing Spring day, a bit blustery but sunny, whipping up the >>> >sand. A lot of people had the same idea and at one point we turned >>> >around, and you could see dozens of people walking towards us (well >>> >Hilbre)- Oscar said it was surreal, like something out of a movie! :) >>> >>> Have you walked out to Lindisfarne? >> >>Never- I plan to at some point. > > Stay in the pub on the island. I must go again one day. > + > http://www.geoportail.fr/index.php?e...e118bf360578c5 > for Bugueles "La page que vous recherchez est introuvable" tim |
Re: Tidal Causeways
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:54:38 +0200, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >> 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. -- Martin |
Re: Tidal Causeways
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:09:38 +0100, "tim....." <[email protected]>
wrote: > >"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message >news:[email protected].. . >> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:21:50 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ >> chancellor (*)) wrote: >> >>>Martin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:13:40 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, >>>> _the_ >>>> chancellor (*)) wrote: >>>> >>>> >Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > >>>> >> Jack Campin - bogus address <[email protected]> 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? >>>> >> > >>>> >> >I doubt there is any in the world that *needs* to be driven to ... >>>> >> >>>> >> There is an imaginable circumstance: if the distance is too great to >>>> >> walk in the timeframe allowed by low tide. >>>> > >>>> >It's imaginable, but is there one? Meaning, a place that people tend to >>>> >go to see? >>>> > >>>> >Jack's post reminded me that last time I walked to Hilbre Islands on >>>> >the >>>> >Wirral there were a few morons in the distance chucking up the sand >>>> >with >>>> >their 4x4s. >>>> > >>>> >It was an amazing Spring day, a bit blustery but sunny, whipping up the >>>> >sand. A lot of people had the same idea and at one point we turned >>>> >around, and you could see dozens of people walking towards us (well >>>> >Hilbre)- Oscar said it was surreal, like something out of a movie! :) >>>> >>>> Have you walked out to Lindisfarne? >>> >>>Never- I plan to at some point. >> >> Stay in the pub on the island. I must go again one day. >> + >> http://www.geoportail.fr/index.php?e...e118bf360578c5 >> for Bugueles > >"La page que vous recherchez est introuvable" Do not pass go or "Retour à l'accueil"? Start here - it's intuitive. http://www.geoportail.fr -- Martin |
Re: Tidal Causeways
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:06:45 +0100, "tim....." <[email protected]>
wrote: > >"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message >news:[email protected].. . >> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:14:13 +0100, "tim....." <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message >>>news:[email protected] ... >>>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:57:18 +0100, "tim....." >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message >>>>>news:[email protected] om... >>>>>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:06:57 +0100, "tim....." >>>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message >>>>>>>news:1aj5c319v95hu5osv1fnupq3jn3sadaq4e@4ax .com... >>>>>>>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:47:55 +0100, "tim....." >>>>>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>>>My map shows none of these. >>>> >>>> Odd since I used them regularly. >>>> >>>> Which map are you using? >>> >>>I have a Michelin atlas of France. >>> >>>1 cm = 2 km >> >> Use the link I gave you which you just snipped. You can see far more. >> http://www.geoportail.fr/5061750/visu2D/voir.htm it's scale is 1:2000 > >It wasn't clear what I was supposed to do with it. No comment :-) > >I got a satellite picture of all of France north of Paris. and when you search on Bugueles what do you get? -- Martin |
Re: Tidal Causeways
"JuanElorza" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]... > tim..... a écrit : >> "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message >> news:[email protected]... >>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:06:57 +0100, "tim....." >>> <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message >>>> news:[email protected]... >>>>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:47:55 +0100, "tim....." >>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>> 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. >> >> My map shows none of these. >> >> I've found one at Baie de Morlaix (Ile Callot). >> >> I scoured the whole of the Med coastline and not found a single one :-) >> >> There's one across the bay (river mouth?) at St Martin, but I don't think >> that counts as neither end is an island. >> >> Ah found another, at Ile Madame >> >> tim >> >> >> tim >> >> > The road to Noirmoutier is the longest submersible road in Europe 4km and > was the only road to Noirmoutier, usable 2H a day, until 1971. > > Bricqueville sur mer (route submersible) near Omaha Beach. > http://www.environnement-sante-manch...F/vanlee04.pdf > > Another near Carantec or Morlaix(ile callot) > http://www.ville-carantec.com/ > http://ilecallot.free.fr/callot.htm > > Many tidal roads in North Wales in Anglesey. My map shows no likley candidates. tim |
Re: Tidal Causeways
"Tom Peel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]... > >> >> I scoured the whole of the Med coastline and not found a single one :-) >> > That may be because the Mediterranean is not tidal? woosh tim |
Re: Tidal Causeways
"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]... > On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:09:38 +0100, "tim....." <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message >>news:[email protected]. .. >>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:21:50 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, >>> _the_ >>> chancellor (*)) wrote: >>> >>>>Martin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:13:40 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, >>>>> _the_ >>>>> chancellor (*)) wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> >> Jack Campin - bogus address <[email protected]> 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? >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> >I doubt there is any in the world that *needs* to be driven to ... >>>>> >> >>>>> >> There is an imaginable circumstance: if the distance is too great >>>>> >> to >>>>> >> walk in the timeframe allowed by low tide. >>>>> > >>>>> >It's imaginable, but is there one? Meaning, a place that people tend >>>>> >to >>>>> >go to see? >>>>> > >>>>> >Jack's post reminded me that last time I walked to Hilbre Islands on >>>>> >the >>>>> >Wirral there were a few morons in the distance chucking up the sand >>>>> >with >>>>> >their 4x4s. >>>>> > >>>>> >It was an amazing Spring day, a bit blustery but sunny, whipping up >>>>> >the >>>>> >sand. A lot of people had the same idea and at one point we turned >>>>> >around, and you could see dozens of people walking towards us (well >>>>> >Hilbre)- Oscar said it was surreal, like something out of a movie! :) >>>>> >>>>> Have you walked out to Lindisfarne? >>>> >>>>Never- I plan to at some point. >>> >>> Stay in the pub on the island. I must go again one day. >>> + >>> http://www.geoportail.fr/index.php?e...e118bf360578c5 >>> for Bugueles >> >>"La page que vous recherchez est introuvable" > > Do not pass go or "Retour à l'accueil"? > > Start here - it's intuitive. > http://www.geoportail.fr I got exactly what I got before. A quarter of france centered on Paris. tim |
Re: Tidal Causeways
"tim....." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]... > > "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected]... >> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:09:38 +0100, "tim....." >> <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message >>>news:[email protected] ... >>>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:21:50 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, >>>> _the_ >>>> chancellor (*)) wrote: >>>> >>>>>Martin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:13:40 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, >>>>>> _the_ >>>>>> chancellor (*)) wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> > >>>>>> >> Jack Campin - bogus address <[email protected]> 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? >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> >I doubt there is any in the world that *needs* to be driven to >>>>>> >> >... >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> There is an imaginable circumstance: if the distance is too great >>>>>> >> to >>>>>> >> walk in the timeframe allowed by low tide. >>>>>> > >>>>>> >It's imaginable, but is there one? Meaning, a place that people tend >>>>>> >to >>>>>> >go to see? >>>>>> > >>>>>> >Jack's post reminded me that last time I walked to Hilbre Islands on >>>>>> >the >>>>>> >Wirral there were a few morons in the distance chucking up the sand >>>>>> >with >>>>>> >their 4x4s. >>>>>> > >>>>>> >It was an amazing Spring day, a bit blustery but sunny, whipping up >>>>>> >the >>>>>> >sand. A lot of people had the same idea and at one point we turned >>>>>> >around, and you could see dozens of people walking towards us (well >>>>>> >Hilbre)- Oscar said it was surreal, like something out of a movie! >>>>>> >:) >>>>>> >>>>>> Have you walked out to Lindisfarne? >>>>> >>>>>Never- I plan to at some point. >>>> >>>> Stay in the pub on the island. I must go again one day. >>>> + >>>> http://www.geoportail.fr/index.php?e...e118bf360578c5 >>>> for Bugueles >>> >>>"La page que vous recherchez est introuvable" >> >> Do not pass go or "Retour à l'accueil"? >> >> Start here - it's intuitive. >> http://www.geoportail.fr > > I got exactly what I got before. A quarter of france > centered on Paris. after that is, I got "Resultats 0, Aucun résultat" for a search on Bugueles tim > > tim > > |
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