Desolate English path has killed more than 100 people (2017)
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#2Terrific piece. Thanks for reposting.
Re: Desolate English path has killed more than 100 people (2017)
#3Here's the area in Google Maps: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Wakering+Stairs/@51.5485...
Re: Desolate English path has killed more than 100 people (2017)
#4Reminded me of this one, deadly seemly little river in the UK... https://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/11/bolton-strid-stream-th....
Re: Desolate English path has killed more than 100 people (2017)
#5This article could use some pictures!
Re: Desolate English path has killed more than 100 people (2017)
#6A similar problem in Le Mont Saint Michel. Tides in flat muddy bottoms are deceptively fast and dangerous.
Re: Desolate English path has killed more than 100 people (2017)
#7It might be more honest and less surprising for the title to read:
"Offshore path through tidal flats has killed 100+ people"
I also recall another similar place in France where the path has small artificial posts/concrete piers built so that anyone caught out can climb to safety.
Re: Desolate English path has killed more than 100 people (2017)
#8Terrific piece. Thanks for reposting.
You may enjoy this book, which it is derived from: The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot by Robert Macfarlane
Re: Desolate English path has killed more than 100 people (2017)
#9One day many, many years ago when we lived in inland Essex (we're not English) we decided to go to the seaside. Using our road atlas we headed to the blue. We never found the sea just lots of mudflats with no sea in sight. It was my first experience of such a coastline
Re: Desolate English path has killed more than 100 people (2017)
#10This article could use some pictures!
It has some, they're just not loading for you.