River Aire tidal roads/ wet lanes

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Mon 08 Oct, 2012 8:46 pm

Fern Girl wrote: Yes you guessed! Sunderland Point is a very mysterious place - with such a history, now faded and all the more atmospheric for it. People do live there and obviously plan thier home lives around the tides. It's kind of beautifully bleak. Holy Island (Lindisfarne) in Northumberland has a similar feel to it, albeit a bit more "touristy". Part of me thinks it would be a wonderful way of life, but the city boy in me would probably go stir crazy in a matter of months!

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Tue 09 Oct, 2012 10:25 am

[quotenick="raveydavey"] Fern Girl wrote: Holy Island (Lindisfarne) in Northumberland has a similar feel to it...... Part of me thinks it would be a wonderful way of life, but the city boy in me would probably go stir crazy in a matter of months! Same daveyHere's a Holy Isle pic from the 80's - that tide comes in at a pace.

Richard A Thackeray · Post by **Richard A Thackeray** » Wed 10 Oct, 2012 4:01 pm

Fern Girl wrote: Yes you guessed! Sunderland Point is a very mysterious place - with such a history, now faded and all the more atmospheric for it. People do live there and obviously plan thier home lives around the tides. It's kind of beautifully bleak. Yes indeedy!!For some reason it used to set me in mind of something like Innsmouth from the HP Lovecraft books http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/125417Then there's the sad grave of Samboohttp://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/553226http:// ... 960904i've driven onto the point on many occasions, but always after referring to the tide timetables & have driven off whilst watching the channels fill up & eventually block the road access off