Holy Island Causeway August 2022 and 2023

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@robertleem5643 8 ай бұрын

We are heading there in just over a weeks time, have already done my homework with the tides, told the wife that she will need to get up early that morning to get there to make most of the day.

@stevemessruther172 8 ай бұрын

I`m sure both of you will enjoy it :)

@acstagger 6 ай бұрын

Re tides - we arrived as the tide was rising and many visitors leaving, stayed a few hours with less people around, then left after the tide dropped. Road closed during high tide. Google Lindisfarne Monastery, it is here.

@Brendan_WasTaken1 9 ай бұрын

Evening Steve, just found this video as we come up north every year in August so we must have gone past you at some point, our holiday home is in seahouses, such a great video, hopefully see you one day 👍, Keep up great work 🙏

@JaneAustenAteMyCat 3 ай бұрын

I never thought about the tides not being linear - that's interesting. This was a really entertaining video, thank you

@GavinMorgan-h6q 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely love the down to Earth take on this Thank you If I may add people's stupidity beggars belief In the recent flooding in our area the amount of cars stranded and most likely written off was unbelievable

@stevemessruther172 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the comments :) yes - there are a lot of stupid people around.

@pauliwoo Жыл бұрын

Hi Steve, We're in your video! On 25th Aug 23 (the day after your last footage), there was a seal on the mud flats next to the refuge box!.. Great video! Cheers!

@stevemessruther172 Жыл бұрын

Oh Wow! Thank you for letting us know :) Glad you enjoyed the video - it was worth doing because it is a great part of the Country and the causeway is something to experience :)

@markymark6918 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Steve we are crossing today thanks for the info.

@jaediccacairns4754 3 ай бұрын

Hi Steve, we were there on 21st August and were told of an incident the day before. Everyone’s aware of the tides as it’s posted in the two car parks so most people give it about half an hour before to start back, however the big car park tends to get busy and if you’re in the wrong lane you have to wait till everyone else has exited before you can go. So the last people out are already under pressure to get off the island . This isn’t normally a problem as everyone’s going the same way. However the day before us, there was an accident at the railway crossing on the shore side about half a mile up the road. A tractor had skewered itself and hay bails on the crossing bar and had become stuck fast.the police were called but we’re on the wrong side of the crossing as the cars coming off the island couldn’t get past and we’re starting to queue Up. It didn’t take long till the queue , which was not moving, was as far back as the refugee in the middle. Apparently the police had phone to get someone on the island to stop more cars jointing the queue, and hotfoot it past the queue to direct all the cars queued up into the car park of a restaurant to let the cars on the crossing get off it. . But the time they did that the queue was on the other side and the water was starting to lap across the road at the lowest point. Thus was the interesting sight of policemen encouraging cars to divert off the road and go into a car park they didn’t want to get stuck in. One policeman was parking them so close they were nose to tail and not able to get out as the next car was 30cms away. Then they had to encourage the drivers behind to ignore the speed limit to get them up and off the road so the ones who could not reverse off the causeway had to make a dash for it. They only just made it getting all the traffic off the road as the wash was getting bigger by the minute. So leave in plenty of time would be my advise.

@tonyhudson8698 9 ай бұрын

Fantastic video. Must be hell with a King spring tide.. New Zealand here, we don't have any crossing like that. The road seems to be in very good condition, considering its flooding so often. Cheers and thanks.. NEW ZEALAND.

@stevemessruther172 9 ай бұрын

Thank you :) Yes the road is in very good condition. The times we went it was late summer so the tides were pretty tame. I would like to see what it looked like on a big spring tide with a north east gale behind it!. The main rough tide action - big waves ect - are further out behind the island so that is where the real erosion will be happening. This part is basically a flood plain. The tide tends to build up behind the sandbanks at the low tide mark. It then spills over getting faster and faster as the tide rises. This is why it then suddenly come in really fast in that last hour.

@woodsman-ww7tx 9 ай бұрын

Unimog with snorkel does the job🎉

@count69 9 ай бұрын

And the salt?

@jakedovey7488 3 ай бұрын

A unimog is that tall that the water would barely affect it if at all!

@jakedovey7488 3 ай бұрын

That or a hagglunds bv206/202 both of which are able to swim, are almost as high as a unimog and are salt water resistant!

@JaeJaeG 2 ай бұрын

If I wanted to come visit from the USA where would you recommend I fly into and travel to Holy Island and stay for a bit ? I looked at the Google sponsored ads but your video is the best video I've seen so far I trust you more than Google!

@zoraidamichel7382 Жыл бұрын

En mis sueños aparece ese lugar.....es hermoso....

@ashokdewan3512 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for your efforts to make this video. It is really good information. 🙏

@isolatedmusictracks1966 Жыл бұрын

excellent !

@julieknowles7063 9 ай бұрын

Nearly every week we were hearing of idiots who had to be rescued. Some even had children with them!! It's about time they were charged to be brought back, even though they have probably had their car written off. Salt water is unforgiving.

@stevemessruther172 9 ай бұрын

totally agree :)

@davidslater2415 3 ай бұрын

Hi, just a quick reply to some idiot comments --- my Late Father designed and built the causeway many years ago to allow vehicles and alike to cross the sands by a roadway to further developed tourism to the Island ---- knowing full well it was tidal! ---- The causeway was never designed to be used at high tide ! --- hence the crossing times -- if you ignore the crossing times or try to cross when the tide is on the turn and therefore coming in ---- its your fault --- nobody else's fault ---- Go and Enjoy this beautiful Island in safety by playing by the rules.

@whatwhyme 3 ай бұрын

You can't cue thick and anyone driving through after ignoring the tide times deserves everything they get. And a very big fine to pay for the rescue should be dished out

@midiausoleilceramicscaroli5224 2 ай бұрын

They will just have to impose fines for people who cross out of official hours.

@okierose7268 3 ай бұрын

Gee, have they ever thought of making a real bridge?

@JaneAustenAteMyCat 3 ай бұрын

It would ruin the scenery. It's beautiful and natural the way it is, the way it always has been

@carmadme 13 күн бұрын

It's a tiny island with very little there the causeway is the attraction and the reason people go there

@chrishedges573 10 күн бұрын

Holy Island is part of a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) which runs along the Northumberland coast. A bridge would ruin the look of the low lying, marshland scenery at this point on that coast. Also, the fact that the island is cut off from the mainland during high tide, means most tourists leave allowing the island to recover a sense of peace and tranquillity which is appropriate for a place which has been a site of Christian pilgrimage since Irish monks settled there in AD 635.

@heatherholliday407 3 ай бұрын

These people who get stuck while crossing off or onto holy island when the tide is coming in, should be fined heavily, because they need to be rescued by the lifeboat Which in turn takes a lot of time and money to rescue these silly people. The timetables Of the tide times,Which tell you ,the times of a safe crossing on and off holy island, are not Put there for fun ,They are put the so you can stay safe while going off and onto holy Island. Please be sensible and stay safe😊

@alexnaismith9979 11 ай бұрын

The woman paddling in the water was driving a landrover. She could drive in water 400mm deep.

@stevemessruther172 11 ай бұрын

If you take the time to watch the video properly you will see that I said she is stood in water that is already 400mm deep - just a few yards further the depth is greater. The level increases to 600 - 700mm in just a few yards - that plus the tide is rising very fast - means her car will not be able to go any further and it will start to float away. When all said and done the safe crossing times are there to prevent this sort of stupidity.

@carmadme 13 күн бұрын

With all due respect you've not a clue what you're talking about I would've taken my ZX through there a Land Rover would have no issue

@helenfrew2319 5 ай бұрын

I was there with family in October 2022 and just loved the place but I was very shocked at the state of the public toilets they were putrid so we had to go to the pub and buy a drink before they would let us use the toilets.