high tide
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Date: 21 August 2005 23:09:47
Well, it wasn't quite high tide but it was higher than last time I did this particular bike ride - so we went round the first bit which looked to be about a foot under water. I thought it would have been quite low but it was high enough that there were jetskiiers skiing down the river which, when it is very high, covers the road but when it is low, is about 2 metres away from the road. So we managed to cycle past at jetski time. It's not a very big river, though we used to have a port up the river, so it's odd seeing jetskiers on it - a bit like seeing them on the canal.
We then cycled round to the village at the end of the point - the road has a sign:
The posts were actually under a little water but we could see someone walking along the road ahead so we decided to risk it and we got through - it was very muddy, though, and our bikes needed washing with the power washer when we got back. The village at the end is only accessible by this one road, as far as I can tell, and you can't get through at high tide, so whoever lives there must have very flexible work hours!