I worked on Foulness for the MoD; they used to bring the tanks along the broom way to the island, as it was deemed too expensive to build a bridge. Well after they ‘lost’ 2 brand new battle tanks to the tides (would’ve thought that they don’t seem to like total immersion in salt water for several hours) the government decided that a bridge was actually the cheaper option after all!
It's the same with the mud flats at Morecambe bay, treacherous quick sands, the speed of the incoming tides cutting you off and everything else it throws at you. There is an official guided walks service but many don't head the notice and either die or need rescue. It's a very fertile breeding area for Cockles and other shellfish and a group of Cockle gathers (Chinese) were caught out with a great loss of life a few years ago.
I live near there! This is my home town, I grew up in Southend-on-Sea and spent my whole life on these beaches along the Thames Estuary. You can walk this path but don't do it without an expert guide, our tides are lethal! I was amazed to see you discovered my hometown! Ive been to Wakering Stairs but not brave enough to venture onto the Broomway!
Lindisfarne Holy Island in Northumberland is cut off from the mainland twice a day. I have been there a few times. It's beautiful up there. Some have tried to beat the tide but unfortunately haven't made it
People constantly try to race it and get caught out often. I never understand - there's signs everywhere! Honestly, I really don't get the mentality of people who just drive into the sea thinking tides don't apply to them. The tide comes in so quickly there too with it being so flat and it get deep enough to totally cover a car unless you make it onto the bridge bit with the "idiot box".
Fun fact: The path was still marked by the broom sticks when i was a child. I asked my dad to go on it a few times he obviously said no. I live in Shoeburyness now. We hear the military firing sometimes and I love it here. It's just an hour from London by train and is steeped in history although nobody has ever heard of it. (The Romans named it Esoberia 2000 years ago)
Sometime in the 1880s there was a case of a haywain drawn by two big horse coming off Foulness Island and mis-timing the tide. The carters left the wagon in the middle of the creek between the island and the main land, and galloped the horse off. Once the tide was slack, a loaded barge coming out of the creek hit the abandoned wagon getting it stuck on their bowsprit.😂
I actually got scared watching the last bit of that when he was talking about people getting disorientated. I've got a bad sense of direction anyway. Me getting lost is like Joel seeing spiders
If you like walking and views I would recommend the hardrian wall Many many hills dips and the Robin Hood tree several hours for a day trip and I think three days to walk it all with campsites … yes pubs are available at certain points Maybe a good shout for a walk ….. but if I’m honest the weather needs to be good for the full experience of it beauty
Growing up me and my family spent many summer holidays at east beach camp site which is just down the road from there and at low tide we used to walk out so far we could hardly see the coast and never thought about getting stuck in mud! I wouldn't be brave enough to do it now!!!
Morning Joel, I love these outdoor walks, there are plenty near me. There is no public transport to the Broomway, it's either a taxi, or a four hour walk from Southend. There are alot of beaches here where the tide comes in as fast as you can run. Right, gardening for me today, Best Wishes, T
Very similar to Lindisfarne. Most people head across the causeway nowadays (where even so, the local lifeboat crew and the coastguard are regularly called out), but you can also walk across the sand. That walk at least has way markers, to keep you on the path, because there's a lot of sinking sand and quicksand around Lindisfarne, and they get hundred and hundreds of tourists. And again, when the tide comes in, it comes in *fast*. Takes about half an hour for things to be indistinguishable, and the island to be cut off. The walk across the sand takes about two hours. Just last week the lifeboat was called out to rescue three French walkers who were up to their waists in sea water. It's not unusual.
We went to Lindisfarne 2 weeks ago; we drove across the causeway just after the tide had gone down enough, but some of our party walked the old pilgrims way over the sand. They had to wade thigh deep over the middle part. Pro tip: if you are wading, don't leave your phone in your trouser pocket!
I did it fifty years ago on a large motorcycle as it was classed as bridle way then,I also rode across the firing ranges across Salisburyplane to the villiage of Imber.
I’ve watched many walk with Tim videos about the U.K. and holiday destinations abroad like Gibraltar, Spain and Portugal. That place definitely had an eerie feel about it, especially when Tim showed the scorching sun blurred in the distance, as I imagine you wouldn’t want to be sinking in the sand when the tide is coming in fast. That must be one of my worst fears and something that reminds me of anxiety related dreams. Great reaction Joel. ✌️
JPS think of this as a coastal "Trail" that is only passable at low tide. Yes you may need a local map and a compass to check the route, but if you are sure of the tide times (available via local news papers) then it should be safe to hike this unusual route.
You have to be very careful going onto coastal sands like this - in 2004, in Morecambe Bay in northwest England, 21 (maybe 23) Chinese cockle pickers drowned when they were caught by the incoming tide. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morecambe_Bay_cockling_disaster
That is where they wanted to put London's third airport back in the 1960s. Morecambe Bay is much more dangerous. There are public footpaths criss-crossing it, even a carriage-way, but it is covered by sea at high tide.
There are a number of places in Britain which can be dangerous. Morecambe Bay in Lancashiire has a reputation as people have lost they lives in the sinking sands when the tide came in. They look innocent at low tide but can be very dangerous.
Hi Joel you must come to Wales we have lots of castles, the best beaches in the world the best countryside and the most beautiful mountains and as a welsh song goes " we keep a welcome in the hillside " hope to see you on your next trip.
Yay! I love Walk with me Tim videos, especially his live feeds where he ends up having major domestics with his wife!😂 If I went there I would want to stay around to see how quickly the tide does come in. Most people make the mistake that the tide movements are just in and out but, depending on how the land lies, it can come in around and behind you and then you’re cut off. Very dangerous!😮
On Patreon we recently watched One foot in the grave episode with the scarecrows, foot in concrete and walking around in circles. Jps will also be walking around in circles lol
That was strange seeing that as you reacted to someone I am subscribed to on UA-cam and chat to in live streams, he is "live" tonight btw. For those who want to know it's Walk With Me Tim.
Whens your next trip to England mate you still have places to see like yorkshire dales /white cliffs of dover/ St.ives/ jurassic coast and Beverley minster thats a full trip for ya oh and Jersey and Guernsey are part on England just 2 separate islands and are really nice
You’d be surprised how many areas there are the roads are closed down that have fairly similar features and what are the tide comes racing to some extent of such as thieves the runners. The mysteries of the Spurs playing or the other danger being that it is also alive. Firing range or most of it was however close the walks of any sort anywhere around England, Scotland and Wales to do some extent. Oh and candy very dangerous going to his fellow call, sinking sand village where is the note quicksand and there are ways of saying offloaded the time won’t go into that. Unfortunately, if you should happen to get caught in quicksand if you’re on your own, your chances are slim, always look out for areas of the coast where there is a long flat stretch out to the sea and have a look at the timetable, please look at the timetables because what CJ says here, who is Interlocutor Rachel audiobook is absolutely right tied and the tide times must be observed the change every day of the Earth is it doesn’t take long before one part is safe and then it’s not also being quiet maze of these walks through certain areas like the wash and Morecambe Bay areas like that someone in the south west coast very interesting. I am in the evening for a child Warned very strongly about signs saying warning, quicksand>
The rise of health and safety, competing with common sense-that has prevented people from rolling cheese down a hill as a tradition every year, for example-means it's unlikely there's such a thing in practice as "the most dangerous path" and it's just clickbait. I also love how the approach to "The Most Dangerous Path in Britain" is the wrong way down a road with no pavement next to a live shooting range-which is apparently fine.
I know this place, it's opposite where I grew up the island of Sheppey Kent Google map it. I grew up on the other side of the water. I could see this from Sheppey
Hello Joel, while I have no doubt this is one of the most dangerous paths in the UK, I think we have to be careful of claims that things are THE most... or best.... or worst.... or scariest.... in the UK or wherever, as there are of course multiple claims! I personally cannot remember hearing of any deaths on this path in recent decades, although I do recall such reports on very similar rights of way that cross Morecambe Bay in Lancashire - that has long attracted shell fishermen. You may well be right that it doesn't claim as many victims as it one did owing to there now being alternative road access to Foulness Island... Paths through the Scottish Mountains on the other hand, continue to claim many lives each year and indeed, you may wish to doing a reaction to a walk along the Aonach Eagach ridge, which is basically above Glencoe, which you passed through recently. It claimed its latest three victims - which included a professional mountain guide - just a few weeks ago. This is perhaps particularly apt for you (from another of the channels I follow), as you can actually see the road that you were driven along: ua-cam.com/video/45L5gVIYN_U/v-deo.html
the problem is every area has deadly paths that locals stay away from and its visitors who end up in hospital or not making it because of them, morcambe bay is well known but as you say scotland and the peak district have a lot of walks that claim people who are meant to be guides and have done the walk many times
I think deadlier for me would be trying to walk up the steepest road from another video. RIP heart attack to me :-( maybe I should do something about my basic fitness
@@Gomorragh Same for the Lake District. Striding Edge is so well known and so often done that many people think it's nothing to be taken too seriously so far too many people don't, slip of the ridge and fall to their deaths. Absolutely tragic.
.. just skip first 6 minutes.... very similar to Holy Island in Northumberland, where idiots ignore the title times/signs and get trapped in thier cars, with their kids, and need rescue before they drown - google it. They should ALL be charged for their rescue, The RNLI are volunteers and dont need to deal with these fools. A coastguard helo costs thousands to launch and winch... ppl need to take responsibility
All your videos are about in the uk is drinking and how novel it is because you can here back you maybe cant unless tou ar 21. However you could buy a gun and enlist in the military and get married but you can't buy a beer.
Joel,certainly visit some of our "safer" coastal or country paths close to village,town or city suburbs, but don't waste your time with the town of Southend. It's a bit like Birmingham, and being so close to London,it's a big draw for over crowdedness and sometimes delinquent behaviour. Basically,it's "London-on-Sea". I'm sure Southend does have its good points, but you'll have to look them up. The Norfolk Broads and Cornwall/Devon and Canterbury in Kent,are more worth it
Thanks for watching
I worked on Foulness for the MoD; they used to bring the tanks along the broom way to the island, as it was deemed too expensive to build a bridge. Well after they ‘lost’ 2 brand new battle tanks to the tides (would’ve thought that they don’t seem to like total immersion in salt water for several hours) the government decided that a bridge was actually the cheaper option after all!
It's the same with the mud flats at Morecambe bay, treacherous quick sands, the speed of the incoming tides cutting you off and everything else it throws at you. There is an official guided walks service but many don't head the notice and either die or need rescue. It's a very fertile breeding area for Cockles and other shellfish and a group of Cockle gathers (Chinese) were caught out with a great loss of life a few years ago.
I live near there! This is my home town, I grew up in Southend-on-Sea and spent my whole life on these beaches along the Thames Estuary. You can walk this path but don't do it without an expert guide, our tides are lethal! I was amazed to see you discovered my hometown! Ive been to Wakering Stairs but not brave enough to venture onto the Broomway!
Same!
Its Tim! 😂 Love Tim & Gabby. ❤
Lindisfarne Holy Island in Northumberland is cut off from the mainland twice a day. I have been there a few times. It's beautiful up there. Some have tried to beat the tide but unfortunately haven't made it
People constantly try to race it and get caught out often. I never understand - there's signs everywhere! Honestly, I really don't get the mentality of people who just drive into the sea thinking tides don't apply to them. The tide comes in so quickly there too with it being so flat and it get deep enough to totally cover a car unless you make it onto the bridge bit with the "idiot box".
Walkers rescued last week waist deep (on the walk across the sand), a car a few days before that. *sigh*
I doubt any Americans have ever died trying to cross it. It's a 3 hour walk 😉
Lol. Good comment
😂😂
Lol. Meaning Usa people wouldn't go on a 3 hour walk yeah.
I reckon Jps could run a 3 hour walk in ??? 30-45 minutes ?
@@adrianhempfing2042 yes, I’m sure he would with those lovely long hairy legs
He’s my fantasy I have to admit. I like listening to him but I like looking at him even more. He’s gorgeous
Fun fact: The path was still marked by the broom sticks when i was a child. I asked my dad to go on it a few times he obviously said no.
I live in Shoeburyness now.
We hear the military firing sometimes and I love it here.
It's just an hour from London by train and is steeped in history although nobody has ever heard of it.
(The Romans named it Esoberia 2000 years ago)
Well worth watching more “Walk with Tim” videos, he takes you some great places in Uk and further afield.
Amazing. I don't think I would be brave enough. Growing up near the sea, I know how quickly sea mist can creep in.
You can tell that was filmed last year, super sunny. 😅
I live near here and I’m actually walking the broom way to Foulness in September!!!
Bit scared but excited to do it 😊
Sometime in the 1880s there was a case of a haywain drawn by two big horse coming off Foulness Island and mis-timing the tide. The carters left the wagon in the middle of the creek between the island and the main land, and galloped the horse off. Once the tide was slack, a loaded barge coming out of the creek hit the abandoned wagon getting it stuck on their bowsprit.😂
I actually got scared watching the last bit of that when he was talking about people getting disorientated. I've got a bad sense of direction anyway. Me getting lost is like Joel seeing spiders
If you like walking and views I would recommend the hardrian wall
Many many hills dips and the Robin Hood tree several hours for a day trip and I think three days to walk it all with campsites … yes pubs are available at certain points
Maybe a good shout for a walk ….. but if I’m honest the weather needs to be good for the full experience of it beauty
Growing up me and my family spent many summer holidays at east beach camp site which is just down the road from there and at low tide we used to walk out so far we could hardly see the coast and never thought about getting stuck in mud! I wouldn't be brave enough to do it now!!!
Morning Joel, I love these outdoor walks, there are plenty near me. There is no public transport to the Broomway, it's either a taxi, or a four hour walk from Southend. There are alot of beaches here where the tide comes in as fast as you can run. Right, gardening for me today, Best Wishes, T
Actually you can get a bus to Wakering, it's easier to walk from there.
@@suecondon1685 thank you, that'll teach me to Google it!
I live pretty close to it and ridden my bike around there, seen quite a few people get stuck and have to be rescued.
Very similar to Lindisfarne. Most people head across the causeway nowadays (where even so, the local lifeboat crew and the coastguard are regularly called out), but you can also walk across the sand. That walk at least has way markers, to keep you on the path, because there's a lot of sinking sand and quicksand around Lindisfarne, and they get hundred and hundreds of tourists. And again, when the tide comes in, it comes in *fast*. Takes about half an hour for things to be indistinguishable, and the island to be cut off. The walk across the sand takes about two hours.
Just last week the lifeboat was called out to rescue three French walkers who were up to their waists in sea water. It's not unusual.
We went to Lindisfarne 2 weeks ago; we drove across the causeway just after the tide had gone down enough, but some of our party walked the old pilgrims way over the sand. They had to wade thigh deep over the middle part. Pro tip: if you are wading, don't leave your phone in your trouser pocket!
I did it fifty years ago on a large motorcycle as it was classed as bridle way then,I also rode across the firing ranges across Salisburyplane to the villiage of Imber.
I’ve watched many walk with Tim videos about the U.K. and holiday destinations abroad like Gibraltar, Spain and Portugal. That place definitely had an eerie feel about it, especially when Tim showed the scorching sun blurred in the distance, as I imagine you wouldn’t want to be sinking in the sand when the tide is coming in fast. That must be one of my worst fears and something that reminds me of anxiety related dreams. Great reaction Joel. ✌️
10:17 Do the guided tour just to be safe.
JPS think of this as a coastal "Trail" that is only passable at low tide. Yes you may need a local map and a compass to check the route, but if you are sure of the tide times (available via local news papers) then it should be safe to hike this unusual route.
Than you Joel for showing places I have never heard of 😊
You have to be very careful going onto coastal sands like this - in 2004, in Morecambe Bay in northwest England, 21 (maybe 23) Chinese cockle pickers drowned when they were caught by the incoming tide. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morecambe_Bay_cockling_disaster
10:41 😂😂😂 love your humor mate!
I love Walk With Me Tim channel. He does a lot of hotel reviews. He seems a nice guy.
There are a number of country walks near outer London. And Southend itself is worth a quick visit.
Walk With Me Tim is a great channel, it'd be great if you guys could collab next time you're in the UK.
Have a look at Southend pier. Supposed to be longest in the world. 1.3 miles and has its own train line
That is where they wanted to put London's third airport back in the 1960s. Morecambe Bay is much more dangerous. There are public footpaths criss-crossing it, even a carriage-way, but it is covered by sea at high tide.
There are a number of places in Britain which can be dangerous. Morecambe Bay in Lancashiire has a reputation as people have lost they lives in the sinking sands when the tide came in. They look innocent at low tide but can be very dangerous.
Hi Joel you must come to Wales we have lots of castles, the best beaches in the world the best countryside and the most beautiful mountains and as a welsh song goes " we keep a welcome in the hillside " hope to see you on your next trip.
Yes ! You should do this !
Yay! I love Walk with me Tim videos, especially his live feeds where he ends up having major domestics with his wife!😂
If I went there I would want to stay around to see how quickly the tide does come in. Most people make the mistake that the tide movements are just in and out but, depending on how the land lies, it can come in around and behind you and then you’re cut off. Very dangerous!😮
Live vlog tonight 😀
@@betagombar9022 watching it now. Scarborough looks particularly gorgeous tonight!
There are a lot of dangerous tidal areas on this island whatever beach always best to look up up tides.
Hello Joel. Now I have "Road to Nowhere" as an earworm.
Joel, next time you come to the UK. You'll have to visit Norfolk & Suffolk, the 2 counties to the north of Essex in East Anglia 🙂
I'm pretty sure Tom Scott did a video on this a while back. It was more in depth into the history and the dangers if I remember correctly
That video was by Walk with me Tim, I love watching his vlogs. What a very scary looking place, I definitely wouldn't want to visit there.
Really interesting video just because you watch a video doesn't mean you have to visit you can just learn .
Quote of the Day: “Why do I feel disoriented just watching it?”
On Patreon we recently watched One foot in the grave episode with the scarecrows, foot in concrete and walking around in circles.
Jps will also be walking around in circles lol
Amazing one of my favourite local bloggers walk with me Tim 😊
Why does the song, "I'm On a Road to Nowhere" keep coming to mind?
That was strange seeing that as you reacted to someone I am subscribed to on UA-cam and chat to in live streams, he is "live" tonight btw. For those who want to know it's Walk With Me Tim.
Been watching Tim's videos for a while, seems a really nice guy, this isn't his usual type of content though!
Whens your next trip to England mate you still have places to see like yorkshire dales /white cliffs of dover/ St.ives/ jurassic coast and Beverley minster thats a full trip for ya oh and Jersey and Guernsey are part on England just 2 separate islands and are really nice
You’d be surprised how many areas there are the roads are closed down that have fairly similar features and what are the tide comes racing to some extent of such as thieves the runners. The mysteries of the Spurs playing or the other danger being that it is also alive. Firing range or most of it was however close the walks of any sort anywhere around England, Scotland and Wales to do some extent. Oh and candy very dangerous going to his fellow call, sinking sand village where is the note quicksand and there are ways of saying offloaded the time won’t go into that. Unfortunately, if you should happen to get caught in quicksand if you’re on your own, your chances are slim, always look out for areas of the coast where there is a long flat stretch out to the sea and have a look at the timetable, please look at the timetables because what CJ says here, who is Interlocutor Rachel audiobook is absolutely right tied and the tide times must be observed the change every day of the Earth is it doesn’t take long before one part is safe and then it’s not also being quiet maze of these walks through certain areas like the wash and Morecambe Bay areas like that someone in the south west coast very interesting. I am in the evening for a child Warned very strongly about signs saying warning, quicksand>
does the rail line link up to the London Tilbury and Southend ( Via the Tilbury Loop ? )
The rise of health and safety, competing with common sense-that has prevented people from rolling cheese down a hill as a tradition every year, for example-means it's unlikely there's such a thing in practice as "the most dangerous path" and it's just clickbait. I also love how the approach to "The Most Dangerous Path in Britain" is the wrong way down a road with no pavement next to a live shooting range-which is apparently fine.
Tom Scott did a video with a guide where he walked it.
I know this place, it's opposite where I grew up the island of Sheppey Kent Google map it.
I grew up on the other side of the water. I could see this from Sheppey
Hello Joel, while I have no doubt this is one of the most dangerous paths in the UK, I think we have to be careful of claims that things are THE most... or best.... or worst.... or scariest.... in the UK or wherever, as there are of course multiple claims! I personally cannot remember hearing of any deaths on this path in recent decades, although I do recall such reports on very similar rights of way that cross Morecambe Bay in Lancashire - that has long attracted shell fishermen. You may well be right that it doesn't claim as many victims as it one did owing to there now being alternative road access to Foulness Island... Paths through the Scottish Mountains on the other hand, continue to claim many lives each year and indeed, you may wish to doing a reaction to a walk along the Aonach Eagach ridge, which is basically above Glencoe, which you passed through recently. It claimed its latest three victims - which included a professional mountain guide - just a few weeks ago. This is perhaps particularly apt for you (from another of the channels I follow), as you can actually see the road that you were driven along: ua-cam.com/video/45L5gVIYN_U/v-deo.html
the problem is every area has deadly paths that locals stay away from and its visitors who end up in hospital or not making it because of them, morcambe bay is well known but as you say scotland and the peak district have a lot of walks that claim people who are meant to be guides and have done the walk many times
I think deadlier for me would be trying to walk up the steepest road from another video.
RIP heart attack to me :-(
maybe I should do something about my basic fitness
@@Gomorragh Same for the Lake District. Striding Edge is so well known and so often done that many people think it's nothing to be taken too seriously so far too many people don't, slip of the ridge and fall to their deaths. Absolutely tragic.
Stray bullets? UFOs? OOOO exciting. I would do it.
Ive lived in the area for over 40 years there is no need to go there.its not as busy as it used to be by the mod.
I'm also local and I'd do it for the view and the amazing light and atmosphere, but only with a guide.
I’d stay away if I were you Joel 😁👍
Do you have a lot of natural light at your new place or do you have lights installed separately?
A lot more light. And lights.
The previous room was literally a basement bedroom
The Broomway is marked on Google Maps.
Oh no it isn't! Off to Essex Next week. Thw most dangerous path in Britain..
M 25! Or walking through Moss Side in MCR after dark😉👍🇬🇧
Hi Joel , it's an interesting video (pierre)
I live in Essex.
I wouldn't waste a trip there head north to colchester and Ipswich both claim to be oldest town or community in England
Time and Tide wait for no man .
.. just skip first 6 minutes.... very similar to Holy Island in Northumberland, where idiots ignore the title times/signs and get trapped in thier cars, with their kids, and need rescue before they drown - google it. They should ALL be charged for their rescue, The RNLI are volunteers and dont need to deal with these fools. A coastguard helo costs thousands to launch and winch... ppl need to take responsibility
*tide times
You have the most flawless skin for a dude 😊
I'll join your patrion and watch with you if you start line of duty it's epic like sick bro
you should try to walk it with a guide and perhaps 2 friends at least
Much ado about not-a-lot 😂🙄
All your videos are about in the uk is drinking and how novel it is because you can here back you maybe cant unless tou ar 21. However you could buy a gun and enlist in the military and get married but you can't buy a beer.
This dangerous path needs some killer clowns and bears. Underwhelming
You need to watch line of duty
1066th
Nervous just watching 😬
Don't do it JPS, please, just not worth the risk
Joel,certainly visit some of our "safer" coastal or country paths close to village,town or city suburbs, but don't waste your time with the town of Southend. It's a bit like Birmingham, and being so close to London,it's a big draw for over crowdedness and sometimes delinquent behaviour. Basically,it's "London-on-Sea". I'm sure Southend does have its good points, but you'll have to look them up. The Norfolk Broads and Cornwall/Devon and Canterbury in Kent,are more worth it
Do you want to get that close to Southee. Lol
Amazing one of my favourite local bloggers walk with me Tim 😊