Fording

[Richard A Thackeray]

Why on earth, do drivers try to drive Rufford Ford
Surely the crowds imply that there's a big risk to it?

https://www.youtube.com/c/TomSunderland/videos

http://www.wetroads.co.uk/nottinghamshire.htm
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4270714

I've driven a few, but that one's tempting fate!!

 

[slowmotion]

The simple answer is pure willy-waving / Colin McCrae wannabe syndrome.

 

[StuAff]

Indeed. Except the bloke with the Unimog.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Indeed. Except the bloke with the Unimog.

There's a couple of Fast-Tracs too!!

 

[raleighnut]

That's a deep fecker

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

That's a deep fecker

Not as deep as the one across Morecambe Bay!!

 

[raleighnut]

Not as deep as the one across Morecambe Bay!!

Or the one to 'Holy Island' (Lindisfarne)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Or the one to 'Holy Island' (Lindisfarne)

I've been over there quite a few times, and erred on the side of caution regarding times
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/the-skoda-thread.276955/page-9#post-6612890
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/interesting-roads.262679/#post-6025590

And, Sunderland Point?
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/t...esting-geographs.215788/page-244#post-6017524

Morecambe Bay, can see a water depth of 35 - 40 feet!!!
I've run over it, in a 1/2 marathon, & it's a scary place out in the middle (even when you know it's waymarked & done at the best time, for the low-tide)

All the way from the other side,

 

[raleighnut]

All the way from the other side,

Carried away by a moonlight shadow ?

 

[raleighnut]

All the way from the other side,

Carried away by a moonlight shadow ?

 

[slowmotion]

Or the one to 'Holy Island' (Lindisfarne)

We were there last year. On the causeway, there are refuges on tall poles for people who get caught by the rising tide.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Carried away by a moonlight shadow ?

Almost by the River Kent, entering the bay!!!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Stanhope (County Durham) was another lovely one, but now it's gated-off

My old 110Tdi (that dates the photo to 1997 - 2001)

http://www.wetroads.co.uk/durham.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7085052.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-17115018

 

[raleighnut]

There's one nearby to me, Watery Gate Lane known as Thurlaston Watersplash when I was a kid is normally only a few inches deep until it rains.

I've seen the water level up to the level of the footpath.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

We were there last year. On the causeway, there are refuges on tall poles for people who get caught by the rising tide.

There are indeed

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_3Cl7hxAyQ