We walked the most dangerous path in Britain

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  • Опубліковано 29 лис 2020
  • The Broomway is surrounded on both sides by quicksand and deep, sucking mud. It has no markers and no guideposts. And if you mistime your walk, you won't outrun the tide. Oh, and it's in the middle of a Ministry of Defence firing range. But most of the time, if you want to visit Foulness Island, it's the only way.
    Thanks to Tom Bennett: www.tombennettoutdoors.co.uk/
    Filmed safely: www.tomscott.com/safe/
    Edited by Michelle Martin / mrsmmartin
    Audio mix by Graham Haerther
    REFERENCES:
    Christy (1922): "A high road in the sea", The Windsor Magazine, volume 56, p556
    MoD Shoeburyness Public Access Leaflet [PDF]: www.qinetiq.com/shoeburyness/...
    🟥 MORE FROM TOM: www.tomscott.com/
    (you can find contact details and social links there too)
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  • @TomScottGo
    @TomScottGo  3 роки тому +33166

    Meanwhile, in an alternate universe, an irresponsible version of me with a goatee is making a spectacular video that involves trying to outrace the tide on a motorbike, then getting arrested by military police.

    • @vishaals2522
      @vishaals2522 3 роки тому +2378

      Why does this say 1 month ago my god was it unlisted for that long

    • @brickwall2900
      @brickwall2900 3 роки тому +341

      ok good fact

    • @nick-st7jx
      @nick-st7jx 3 роки тому +1333

      why do you keep your videos unlisted for so long? you should make a video on it

    • @dat_fast_boi
      @dat_fast_boi 3 роки тому +490

      One month? What? You're telling me that Tom Scott knows how to put a comment on his video before it goes up?
      Clear evidence that we live in the matrix.

    • @aaclovern9804
      @aaclovern9804 3 роки тому +56

      BRING THE AGONIZER!

  • @rasmusn.e.m1064
    @rasmusn.e.m1064 3 роки тому +12705

    I am not saying a hovercraft line would solve this, but.....

    • @FloydBunsen
      @FloydBunsen 3 роки тому +1360

      **adds a bar**

    • @metalwhere
      @metalwhere 3 роки тому +552

      ... but is a hovercraft "road legal"?

    • @chrismcgarry2840
      @chrismcgarry2840 3 роки тому +420

      @@metalwhere presumably if the hovercraft is operating over the sea and tidal flats it is counted as a boat rather than a road vehicle?

    • @ENKTDeeColon_and_randomnumbers
      @ENKTDeeColon_and_randomnumbers 3 роки тому +217

      some lad in a shed might be already working on that, maybe they've even done it before

    • @superslimanoniem4712
      @superslimanoniem4712 3 роки тому +233

      @@ENKTDeeColon_and_randomnumbers mr. Furze, we need you

  • @joyphobic
    @joyphobic 3 роки тому +9015

    It's not a Tom Scott video without his pinned comment being a month old already

    • @safe-keeper1042
      @safe-keeper1042 3 роки тому +458

      It's not the pinned comment without 173 people going "commnet one month old y?"

    • @abhayh924
      @abhayh924 3 роки тому +37

      @@safe-keeper1042 lmao i said the same in another comment

    • @h0griph
      @h0griph 3 роки тому +64

      How does that happen??

    • @Virtuous_Rogue
      @Virtuous_Rogue 3 роки тому +332

      @@h0griph It was unlisted for a month, then became listed at its scheduled time.

    • @crystaldazz
      @crystaldazz 3 роки тому +37

      Witchcraft!

  • @goplayer7
    @goplayer7 3 роки тому +8657

    next time
    Tom: "I am just outside the international space station."

    • @ElectraFlarefire
      @ElectraFlarefire 3 роки тому +657

      "And if I move 20 meters to my left, I WILL be arrested by NASA security on my return.."

    • @kattkatt744
      @kattkatt744 3 роки тому +220

      Honestly, if there is two peope that should space tourist to the ISS it is Tom Scott or Scott Manley.

    • @Skoran
      @Skoran 3 роки тому +160

      @@kattkatt744 We should merge them into Tom Scott Manley =').

    • @Chris_Cross
      @Chris_Cross 3 роки тому +2

      Nice

    • @alansmithee419
      @alansmithee419 3 роки тому +153

      "I am currently standing inside an armed nuclear missile on its way to North Korea."

  • @Triple259772
    @Triple259772 3 роки тому +4162

    British military: “can’t use this bridge it’s ours”
    Also British military: “however we do have this firing range”

    • @shinjisan2015
      @shinjisan2015 3 роки тому +103

      and the red flag indicates it is in use at the time.

    • @nicke1903
      @nicke1903 2 роки тому +65

      May get lucky if they're using a L85A1

    • @termitreter6545
      @termitreter6545 2 роки тому +9

      @@nicke1903 Not so lucky since the germans fixed it.

    • @sambrooks4413
      @sambrooks4413 2 роки тому +4

      @@nicke1903 We use the A2 now so not much chance of that.

    • @stevenbobbybills
      @stevenbobbybills Рік тому +2

      @@sambrooks4413 or even the A3 by this point.

  • @bgone444
    @bgone444 3 роки тому +8750

    The path my parents walked to school

    • @maythesciencebewithyou
      @maythesciencebewithyou 3 роки тому +255

      must have been classmates of my parents

    • @BigShrimpin_
      @BigShrimpin_ 3 роки тому +197

      @@ragnkja
      Drown, or get swept out to sea and lost presumably.

    • @olik136
      @olik136 3 роки тому +289

      It can't be since it doesn't even go uphill both ways

    • @maythesciencebewithyou
      @maythesciencebewithyou 3 роки тому +117

      @@olik136 According to my parents they just made it more kid friendly for my spoiled generation after they finished school.

    • @qzbnyv
      @qzbnyv 3 роки тому +53

      My parents walked uphill both to AND from school. So this definitely isn’t their path.

  • @JBDazen
    @JBDazen 3 роки тому +6271

    You know you're in Britain when a mountain leader is guiding you over the flattest path ever without even a small hill in sight.

    • @Nynke_K
      @Nynke_K 3 роки тому +280

      some landscapes are underrepresented in that job title!

    • @Misses-Hippy
      @Misses-Hippy 3 роки тому +456

      Only outdone by the mountain climbers of the Netherlands.

    • @mikethomas5510
      @mikethomas5510 2 роки тому +19

      There used to be a Goodwin sands potholing club. They used hovercraft

    • @Angel-bz5jm
      @Angel-bz5jm 2 роки тому +36

      Scottish highlands: am I a joke to you

    • @rowanmelton7643
      @rowanmelton7643 2 роки тому +7

      @@Misses-Hippy And Bangladesh

  • @bread_3393
    @bread_3393 3 роки тому +892

    Tom Scott: the guy who does legal things that are seemingly illegal

  • @rebmcr
    @rebmcr 3 роки тому +16162

    Can we all take a moment to appreciate Tom's sound equipment for bringing us something useful from the North Sea coast on a windy day?

    • @jeanc1622
      @jeanc1622 3 роки тому +334

      Thats actualy true! So great. The only thing which could be heard was that flag banging on its pole and his voice

    • @Eve.n.t_horizon
      @Eve.n.t_horizon 3 роки тому +161

      rebmcr now that i think about it, its hella impressive

    • @krazed9918
      @krazed9918 3 роки тому +123

      VERY good point! I've had to take background noise out of a video and the thought didn't even register with me while watching this! Great job, Tom & Crew!

    • @rascalw.492
      @rascalw.492 3 роки тому +1

      👍

    • @Eve.n.t_horizon
      @Eve.n.t_horizon 3 роки тому +50

      krazed truly it is that the most important things for immersion and video quality are those things that your concious mind doesnt even register!

  • @pkingglazersout6665
    @pkingglazersout6665 3 роки тому +3898

    In this video Tom is walking with Tom who guided Tom and Tom thanked Tom for giving information about the place to Tom

    • @altraaasvk8547
      @altraaasvk8547 3 роки тому +32

      You are the new justin y. I literally see your comment on every video I see nowadays.

    • @Jake-rm4be
      @Jake-rm4be 3 роки тому +16

      Tom

    • @moshahriz1346
      @moshahriz1346 3 роки тому +14

      @@altraaasvk8547 a lot of people are justin y now

    • @degenerals6127
      @degenerals6127 3 роки тому +2

      @@altraaasvk8547 wow

    • @ad-skyobsidion4267
      @ad-skyobsidion4267 3 роки тому +9

      But where is the guy without a mustach

  • @WolfJustWolf
    @WolfJustWolf 3 роки тому +757

    2:30 the irony of brooms being swept away

  • @connermckay4012
    @connermckay4012 2 роки тому +179

    Fun fact, the reason "brooms" are called what they are is because originally they were made from "broom", a type of brush native to most of Europe iirc. This brush would be harvested and tied to the end of a stick before it dried, hence a "broom-stick". The name eventually got shorthanded to just "broom" and now the plant and the cleaning tool have ambiguous names.

    • @Drag0nvil
      @Drag0nvil Рік тому +4

      Thank you for this interesting fact!

  • @dle511
    @dle511 3 роки тому +4072

    this means Tom could legally operate his hoverpub along this path

    • @morgansearle3912
      @morgansearle3912 3 роки тому +201

      And the local one closed, so there's an open niche

    • @anderpanders6210
      @anderpanders6210 3 роки тому +112

      And since hover craft have very limited seating it probably wouldn't be against any corona regulations

    • @Vousie
      @Vousie 3 роки тому +31

      But is the hoverpub road legal?

    • @MajesticSkywhale
      @MajesticSkywhale 3 роки тому +8

      @@anderpanders6210 can't socially distance

    • @juango500
      @juango500 3 роки тому +19

      2007 Tom would do that

  • @JW-vx9mz
    @JW-vx9mz 3 роки тому +3186

    Hovercraft ownership seems far more useful for the residents of this island than anywhere else.

    • @SymbioteMullet
      @SymbioteMullet 3 роки тому +216

      And there is the market for the hoverpub!

    • @Kyrelel
      @Kyrelel 3 роки тому +45

      Hovercraft are not road legal.

    • @dunebasher1971
      @dunebasher1971 3 роки тому +85

      If you're a resident you're allowed to use the road. The Broomway is just for tourists.

    • @nitehawk86
      @nitehawk86 3 роки тому +293

      @@dunebasher1971 I think you misunderstand. We are trying to find an excuse to have a hovercraft.

    • @Eira_
      @Eira_ 3 роки тому +35

      @@Kyrelel but they are water legal

  • @luapslev5826
    @luapslev5826 3 роки тому +172

    2 hours later: "I am here, in M.O.D's holding cell."

    • @miscellaneous_man756
      @miscellaneous_man756 3 роки тому

      @Lionel Rich Tea the military dont have holding cells, i dont know if you know l but military prisons do exist

  • @peppermintmiso4341
    @peppermintmiso4341 3 роки тому +412

    This sounds like the beginning of a joke:
    Two Toms walk through the most dangerous path in Britain

    • @yayeetmeoffacliff4708
      @yayeetmeoffacliff4708 2 роки тому

      @@amishabharti4734 i- just- what??

    • @1.4142
      @1.4142 2 роки тому

      "So where was this most remote bar in britain you were talking about?"

    • @wessexdruid7598
      @wessexdruid7598 Рік тому

      'Toms' of course being the common slang for British soldiers...

  • @winoo1967
    @winoo1967 3 роки тому +2243

    Tom will say to his children: "I walked through the most dangerous path in Britain to get to work"

    • @thesenamesaretaken
      @thesenamesaretaken 3 роки тому +150

      Youngsters these days. When I was your age I had to race rising tides, sinking sands and gunfire to get to work

    • @samuelelder9434
      @samuelelder9434 3 роки тому +8

      @@thesenamesaretaken top marks 😉 for the profile pic

    • @DisorderedArray
      @DisorderedArray 3 роки тому +4

      But if you work there you can just drive over the bridge ;)

    • @tomtom4405
      @tomtom4405 3 роки тому +7

      ​@@DisorderedArray Yes true, I have driven over it myself some years ago but I had an appointment, still there was quite a process and had to wait a while for permission to enter. You can't just drive on. Not sure how it works for the residents, maybe they have a special permit to show or something?

    • @nicholasleclerc1583
      @nicholasleclerc1583 3 роки тому +14

      Nay, “ *WHILE* I worked”

  • @xxbeatuupzz
    @xxbeatuupzz 3 роки тому +3577

    Next video:
    "I'm here, in the middle of the North sea"

    • @ymgve
      @ymgve 3 роки тому +29

      Has Tom ever visited the foundation of an oil rig?

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 роки тому +29

      Just another reason to need a hovercraft.

    • @Moshimulations
      @Moshimulations 3 роки тому +2

      @@ymgve yes

    • @DragonMaster1804
      @DragonMaster1804 3 роки тому +18

      At time of writing this comment, 'Doggerland' is trending on Twitter, so it may be more likely than you think that his next video comes from the middle of the North Sea!
      (No, Doggerland isn't what you think it is. It's the north's Atlantis, a big stretch of land between Britain and mainland Europe before a tsunami sank it and separated the two)

    • @godzillas6301
      @godzillas6301 3 роки тому +2

      @@DragonMaster1804 Is that the car park in Cannock chase ? .... gets a bit latexy and spunky underfoot after a warm summers evening errrr so ive heard .

  • @kjamison5951
    @kjamison5951 3 роки тому +3048

    Irony: a dangerous path called the Broomway where the tide will sweep you away.

    • @johnnyheli
      @johnnyheli 3 роки тому +147

      That's coincidence, not irony

    • @Chris_Cross
      @Chris_Cross 3 роки тому +40

      That's not irony.

    • @dropmelon
      @dropmelon 3 роки тому +12

      @@hairyairey Still not irony so they’re half-right.

    • @Dorsidwarf
      @Dorsidwarf 3 роки тому +13

      @@johnnyheli Being coincidental doesn't rule out something being ironic!

    • @ObjectsInMotion
      @ObjectsInMotion 3 роки тому +54

      Being swept away on a path called Broomway, while funny and a rare event, is not a subversion of expectations so is not irony.
      Brooms used as markers being swept away is unexpected, brooms tend to sweep not be swept, so that would be irony.

  • @TheDarrellimpey
    @TheDarrellimpey 3 роки тому +133

    "Broom" being the name of certain, thorny, straight shrubs, which were harvested to make sweeping devices, which became called brooms.

  • @inq101
    @inq101 3 роки тому +1441

    You used to be able to go to Foulness by phoning the islands pub. The landlord would take your name, contact the gate guards who would then let you through. Unfortunately the George and Dragon pub closed in 2007.

    • @clockworkkirlia7475
      @clockworkkirlia7475 3 роки тому +83

      The George and Dragon, of course. I'm sure it made a killing.

    • @Geeves8612
      @Geeves8612 3 роки тому +45

      @@clockworkkirlia7475 that's Berney Arms but unfortunately that pub is closed too :(

    • @sentientarugula2884
      @sentientarugula2884 3 роки тому +7

      @@Geeves8612 AWWWW

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 3 роки тому +49

      And then just to be a right bastard, you don't visit the pub.

    • @fredhasopinions
      @fredhasopinions 3 роки тому +7

      this is my favourite bit of information yet

  • @ZeldaplusSmallville
    @ZeldaplusSmallville 3 роки тому +2016

    Because “Danger” is Tom Scott’s middle name.

    • @kingblob6244
      @kingblob6244 3 роки тому +6

      @Shivansh you don't call their kilts skirts

    • @andrewche4066
      @andrewche4066 3 роки тому +7

      Imagine Tom saying "I AM the danger" in Heisenberg's voice

    • @emiharith
      @emiharith 3 роки тому +8

      i think his real middle name is "Legal"

    • @raassh23
      @raassh23 3 роки тому +13

      @@emiharith did you mean "Technically Legal"?

    • @MrMadeinisrael
      @MrMadeinisrael 3 роки тому +8

      It's actually pronounced 'Donger', it's derived from a Dutch word meaning 'prudence in financial matters'

  • @sternis1
    @sternis1 3 роки тому +155

    "It is technically allowed to drive any street-legal vehicle here". Anyone else hear Top Gear?

    • @chickenpommes19
      @chickenpommes19 3 роки тому +21

      *gets stuck in quicksand" "Does that mean he's not coming on then?"

    • @bill1682
      @bill1682 3 роки тому +1

      How hard can it be

    • @JoshHeidenreich
      @JoshHeidenreich 3 роки тому

      Landcruiser? Hilux? They got to the north pole...

    • @ShadowDragon8685
      @ShadowDragon8685 2 роки тому +10

      Clarkson showing up in his Lambo (tractor) and yelling at Tom to get out of shot.

    • @almostcertainlynotapotato6528
      @almostcertainlynotapotato6528 2 роки тому +1

      I hear the Grand Tour

  • @GiraffeFlavoredCondoms
    @GiraffeFlavoredCondoms 2 роки тому +67

    "Tide that moves faster than you can run" is one of the scariest sentences

    • @John01GM40
      @John01GM40 Рік тому +3

      go to Morecambe Bay then - tide that moves faster than you can think.

  • @CptMaximus
    @CptMaximus 3 роки тому +1231

    Tom is truly putting his life on the line to educate us

    • @kausthita11
      @kausthita11 3 роки тому +7

      That's what "Good" teachers do.... Maybe not life

    • @chaitanyarao5546
      @chaitanyarao5546 3 роки тому +3

      And I genuinely cherish and appreciate for him.
      Never missed an upload and always learnt something awesome from him.

    • @zappawench6048
      @zappawench6048 3 роки тому

      Extreme Educator!

    • @iHaveTheDocuments
      @iHaveTheDocuments 3 роки тому +6

      "Walking the most dangerous road in Britain" sounds like a title that will bring in the views and money if we look at this honestly.

    • @Blazer-bn9ev
      @Blazer-bn9ev 3 роки тому

      Always has been

  • @MaxJDF
    @MaxJDF 3 роки тому +1157

    "tide that moves in faster than you can run"
    that's terrifying.

    • @srenkoch6127
      @srenkoch6127 3 роки тому +130

      It may sound terrifying, and rightfully so.
      It is also totally true in a lot of places, so do heed those warnings!

    • @popuptoaster
      @popuptoaster 3 роки тому +59

      Its very flat and shallow around many parts of the Thames estuary so the tides are really fast in a lot of places, Southend pier is over a mile long so that large boats had somewhere deep enough that they could dock and drop passengers.

    • @cameron7374
      @cameron7374 3 роки тому +70

      Many tides in many places are faster than you can run and the ocean behind them potentially more turbulent than you can endure.
      Yes, that is terrifying and for a good reason.

    • @bernier42
      @bernier42 3 роки тому +6

      I wondered if that meant “faster than you can run through mud”, but either way...

    • @epic-concept
      @epic-concept 3 роки тому +8

      "tide that moves in faster than you can run", huh? challenge accepted.

  • @OSW
    @OSW 3 роки тому +230

    Shoutout to Michelle and Graham video editing and audio mixing this vid! It hid the edits to Tom #2's talking so it flowed almost as seemless and natural as Tom #1! (Having hidden edits this way myself) it was textbook 😃

    • @onetwothreefourfive12345
      @onetwothreefourfive12345 3 роки тому +26

      I have no idea what you are talking about.

    • @prappsy3028
      @prappsy3028 3 роки тому +2

      OSW Review commenting on a Tom Scott video... what a pittance!
      Great to see you here :)

    • @DespOIcito
      @DespOIcito 3 роки тому +9

      The guide is also called Tom, hence Tom #1 and Tom #2

  • @slinkerdeer
    @slinkerdeer 3 роки тому +45

    This is the channel I go to when I want to watch 30 minutes of content in 5 minutes. Tom is just that efficient

  • @teacup6530
    @teacup6530 3 роки тому +310

    I was expecting the active firing range to be the dangerous part

  • @watcherofwatchers
    @watcherofwatchers 3 роки тому +622

    Growing up I truly thought quicksand would be a more ever-present danger in my life. I guess I just live in the wrong place.

    • @odin_191
      @odin_191 3 роки тому +23

      The quicksand you're used to hearing about is most likely the type with dry sand above an empty space that sinks as you apply pressure. The type in this video is just wet sand that sinks beneath you like mud.
      I once lost a welly in the latter. I was scared for my life in the moment I suppose

    • @Genius_at_Work
      @Genius_at_Work 3 роки тому +13

      @@odin_191 It's more like Sand suspended in a lot of Water so it becomes a Non-Newtonian Fluid; like Corn Starch in Water. That's also why you only sink in when you don't move and have to move slowly to get out. Quicksand isn't angerous to Pedestrians if they know how what to do and don't panic but Quicksand Shoals will swallow any Ship that is grounded on them.

    • @thePronto
      @thePronto 3 роки тому +1

      You watched too much Tarzan on TV. Like me.

    • @BodyMusicification
      @BodyMusicification 3 роки тому +1

      A famous comedian once said this-can't recall who exactly

    • @Elbowbanditest2003
      @Elbowbanditest2003 2 роки тому

      @@BodyMusicification maybe sean lock, not sure though

  • @feliciabarker9210
    @feliciabarker9210 3 роки тому +39

    'I am here, legally. And that's because I came in a hovercraft pub.'

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 3 роки тому +364

    Warning sign: "Do not approach or touch any object or debris as it may explode of cause serious injury or kill"
    Tom: Gotta do it for UA-cam

  • @geofftech2
    @geofftech2 3 роки тому +2025

    superb! have wanted to do/see this for so long. love it!

    • @5g242
      @5g242 3 роки тому +3

      I have wanted to do this since I found out about it about a week ago :) But now its solidly on my bucket list!

    • @tommygeddes6725
      @tommygeddes6725 3 роки тому +41

      Legend has it the central line actually went a bit further than Ongar and had a terminus here, come check it out.

    • @paulhaynes8045
      @paulhaynes8045 3 роки тому +1

      You would!

    • @reggiebuffat
      @reggiebuffat 3 роки тому +3

      Hello Geoff, good to see you here.

    • @stanley3647
      @stanley3647 3 роки тому +11

      Why?
      There is no railway line there ;)

  • @ArpeggioPegasusMusic
    @ArpeggioPegasusMusic 3 роки тому +947

    Plot twist : the mountain leader is a Tom from another dimension

    • @109Rage
      @109Rage 3 роки тому +38

      The Tom that decided to do tour guides to dangerous places in person, as opposed to our Tom which does tour guides to dangerous places digitially.

    • @SportyMabamba
      @SportyMabamba 3 роки тому +3

      Mirror Universe Tom

    • @smartyul2278
      @smartyul2278 3 роки тому +1

      Hmmmmmmmmmmst

    • @SymbioteMullet
      @SymbioteMullet 3 роки тому +10

      But he's not got a goatee or motorcycle...

    • @joelmcc88
      @joelmcc88 3 роки тому +4

      take the broomway to the bush dimension mortyyyyy

  • @daved2352
    @daved2352 3 роки тому +31

    Next time
    "I'm here in the Mariana trench about to fist fight a giant squid"

  • @sinbadddx
    @sinbadddx 3 роки тому +21

    I love how straightforward and to the point Tom is, making any boring topic, interesting. Definitely one of the top ten UA-camrs

  • @pirateadam3686
    @pirateadam3686 3 роки тому +74

    "Or we could just walk back"
    >Looks at walk. Begins to climb a fence

    • @jackm6593
      @jackm6593 3 роки тому +9

      *films next video inside of a military base*

  • @davidvenegas6401
    @davidvenegas6401 3 роки тому +784

    Dangerous place: exists
    Tom Scott: it's free content

  • @rossinimauro
    @rossinimauro 3 роки тому +16

    Tom, you should go to Tornio in Finland, it a city and municipality in Lapland, Finland. The city forms a cross-border twin city together with Haparanda on the Swedish side.
    There is a shopping centre which straddles the border and is in TWO time zones, as Finland is 1 hour forward of Sweden.
    You can zigzag down the center aisle changing timezone as you go from one side to the other!

    • @bfcmik
      @bfcmik 11 місяців тому

      Watching your watch or phone change time would be a blast whilst weaving up and down that aisle.

  • @epiendless1128
    @epiendless1128 3 роки тому +10

    Just reminded of a sign I saw on "That's Life".
    It said, "People passing this sign may be drowned."
    and beneath that it said, "By order of the Council."

  • @danky9167
    @danky9167 3 роки тому +121

    Tom Scott is one of the highest quality youtubers ever and you cannot deny that

  • @erfaniom9576
    @erfaniom9576 3 роки тому +180

    "The tide that moves faster than you can run" is such a menacing statement

    • @SymbioteMullet
      @SymbioteMullet 3 роки тому +19

      Several places in britain are like that... there was a big thing in the news several years ago about shellfish harvesters drowning due to swift tides. Happens unfortunately regularly.

    • @Hoch134
      @Hoch134 3 роки тому +1

      The flatter the land is, the flatter tide will come in.

    • @matthewAlan13
      @matthewAlan13 3 роки тому +2

      kinda like the cens0rship big tech social media companies are doing right now

    • @tomasxfranco
      @tomasxfranco 3 роки тому

      Sounds like a challenge.
      Cheetah vs tide who wins?
      How about Toby?
      RIP Toby.

    • @tubewatcher97
      @tubewatcher97 3 роки тому

      @@SymbioteMullet Thats was on my doorstep, and the RNLI do have the much discussed hovercraft here , never seen it though

  • @lteht6919
    @lteht6919 3 роки тому +6

    Thanks for making these videos Tom, they are fantastic and they bring me immeasurable joy

  • @alistairMS
    @alistairMS 3 роки тому +4

    It's great to see Tom Bennett doing well! A great musician and human being

  • @TheKitKatProject
    @TheKitKatProject 3 роки тому +586

    ngl I actually love “unfortunate” names like “Foulness”. You’d never name a place “Foulness” today, so it will always be unique 😄

    • @ishoottheyscore8970
      @ishoottheyscore8970 3 роки тому +34

      There is an Upper Piddle and a Lower Piddle in Worcestershire. Not to mention a place starting with F in Austria that kept getting the sign nicked...

    • @kosinusify
      @kosinusify 3 роки тому +14

      @@AnnaJulia-vx2rm Yes, it will be called Fugging from now on...

    • @ishoottheyscore8970
      @ishoottheyscore8970 3 роки тому +4

      @@AnnaJulia-vx2rm I hadn't heard that! I guess they decided against trying to lean in to it as a tourist spot... Can't blame them, but feel a bit sorry for them for feeling like they had to change it

    • @Michael75579
      @Michael75579 3 роки тому +34

      @@AnnaJulia-vx2rm They've voted to change the name, effective 1 January 2021. If I were a resident I'd have voted against the change, just for the fun of telling people where I lived. Reminds me of Shitterton in Dorset, where they got tired of people stealing the village name sign and replaced it with the name carved into a 1.5 ton block of stone set in concrete.

    • @57thorns
      @57thorns 3 роки тому +15

      There are three towns in Sweden, just south of Sweden:
      Handen, Trosa and Fittja.
      Handen means hand.
      Trosa means female underwear.
      And Fittja is close enough to a vulgar name for female genitalia.
      The real life placement of the towns, unfortunately, does not place Handen in the middle of any sensible pathing between the other two.

  • @Random3716
    @Random3716 3 роки тому +224

    Toms walk this lonely road,
    Beside the tide it's just two Toms alone.

    • @maclikescartoons
      @maclikescartoons 3 роки тому +30

      They do know where it goes, and it's home to them and tToms walk alone

    • @57thorns
      @57thorns 3 роки тому +12

      Never rely on a TomTom when navigating paths like this. They are not accurate enough.

    • @vaclav_fejt
      @vaclav_fejt 3 роки тому +9

      Two Toms and the Tide. That sounds like a name of an indie band with a very limited drum set.

    • @kekow176
      @kekow176 3 роки тому +5

      @@vaclav_fejt A kid's drum set bought off ebay

    • @em__1
      @em__1 3 роки тому +1

      @@vaclav_fejt They only have two drums and a Cymbal

  • @lennaerthondelink9135
    @lennaerthondelink9135 3 роки тому +25

    "Shouldn't we close this path or make it safe?"
    "Nah let's just put up some warning signs"

    • @rowanmelton7643
      @rowanmelton7643 2 роки тому

      Made funnier by the fact Britain is so obsessed with health and safety, yet will let stuff like this slide

    • @johanness3850
      @johanness3850 2 роки тому

      @@rowanmelton7643 better yet, lets also _use it as a firing range_

    • @jossland1628
      @jossland1628 2 роки тому +1

      @@rowanmelton7643 It's a right of way. Which means it's an old path that people used to use hundreds of years ago- these are legally protected, and almost impossible to bar people from using, being part of national heritage. Good luck trying to get something like that closed.

  • @kategolding5083
    @kategolding5083 3 роки тому +4

    I was stationed at Foulness in the early 70s. I had a fabulous time there firing guns. We used to plot the trajectory from shot to burst by various different means and then collate the information later.
    My favourite part of the job was going out in the DUKW and retrieving the shells.

  • @ClarinoI
    @ClarinoI 3 роки тому +23

    I can see an episode of The Grand Tour on the horizon where they have to buy cars for less than a given sum and then drive them along this path, possibly modifying them first.

  • @portal2kid
    @portal2kid 3 роки тому +424

    Tom, I hope you’re ok, and not dead.
    And by that I mean you didn’t edit and post this video in quicksand.

    • @domi7007
      @domi7007 3 роки тому +7

      Who is tom?

    • @hexerei02021
      @hexerei02021 3 роки тому +9

      @@domi7007 What is tom ?

    • @alialmans
      @alialmans 3 роки тому +11

      @@domi7007 How is Tom?

    • @dafeels3085
      @dafeels3085 3 роки тому +13

      @@hexerei02021 everybody ask what is tom but never how is tom

    • @oscarwong197
      @oscarwong197 3 роки тому +8

      @@domi7007 How is tom?

  • @davidrodgers1952
    @davidrodgers1952 3 роки тому +7

    I spent 7 years working on Foulness, it was a rare day that the wind wasn't blowing like that.

  • @jchopat2099
    @jchopat2099 2 роки тому +1

    Absolutely mad, I have lived next to this island for my whole life. Had family who worked there. So cool to see Tom so close to where I once lived.

  • @BeyondthePoint
    @BeyondthePoint 3 роки тому +62

    The MoD areas here are fascinating, also home to the laboratories involved with developing Britain's first nuclear bomb. I did a video walking the Great Wakering section a few months ago, and we found ourselves going across a footpath over the backstop of an active firing range complete with an autocannon pointed at us :)

    • @Kyrelel
      @Kyrelel 3 роки тому +6

      Not to mention the MoD painting the runway at RAF Machrihanish four times a year to match the season

    • @stillious
      @stillious 3 роки тому +2

      Yes I read the place name wrong.

    • @romulusnr
      @romulusnr 3 роки тому +1

      why don't you link?

  • @Quixotic-rr8qu
    @Quixotic-rr8qu 3 роки тому +64

    Tom guided by another Tom tries to reach a forbidden island.

    • @amojak
      @amojak 3 роки тому +9

      they could of used a GPS but they already had a Tom Tom

    • @adrianthoroughgood1191
      @adrianthoroughgood1191 3 роки тому +1

      @@amojak *applause*

  • @katherinekinnaird4408
    @katherinekinnaird4408 3 роки тому +1

    So interesting. I enjoy following videos and guides of various walks of life through canals, walking paths and the occasional guided tour by a professional such as you have provided today thank you so much from Bakersfield California USA

  • @ColinH1973
    @ColinH1973 3 роки тому

    Thanks Tom.

  • @JoeBob79569
    @JoeBob79569 3 роки тому +45

    When I heard "quicksand" I immediately decided I'm never going there.
    There's no way I'm going out sinking in quicksand like some guy in a cheap 80s B-movie. What a horrible way to go..

    • @vaclav_fejt
      @vaclav_fejt 3 роки тому +4

      Still better than spending decades in chasing happiness in an alien, consumer-centric world, only to find there is nothing, no-one, that can help you, only yourself, and you're tired, too tired...

    • @JoeBob79569
      @JoeBob79569 3 роки тому +6

      @@vaclav_fejt That's debatable, but surely there's a better way to go than choking on a mouthful of wet sand?
      You might even be unluckier and get stuck halfway down and starve to death, or get eaten alive by crabs.

    • @vaclav_fejt
      @vaclav_fejt 3 роки тому +1

      @@JoeBob79569 Yes there are, but still...it's over in a couple of hours. Tens of hours tops.

    • @geoffreywilson7008
      @geoffreywilson7008 3 роки тому +2

      I'm hearing 'stuck, then eventually drowned' going off the pace of the tide and all. Maybe if you bring a long enough snorkel, might manage long enough to ponder flotation gear and cold-proofing.

    • @gemfyre855
      @gemfyre855 3 роки тому +5

      The quicksand won't kill you. But it will slow you down so the incoming tide can.

  • @HeyItsJakegaming
    @HeyItsJakegaming 3 роки тому +19

    I was walking my dog at brightlingsea (across the water from there) when the ground shook and my ears nearly burst. Brightlingsea is 20 miles away... mustve been hell for the soldiers in WW1

    • @Reddsoldier
      @Reddsoldier 3 роки тому +1

      I worked in one of the offices in Southend and occasionally you'd see plumes of smoke from Foulness as they blew something up.

    • @57thorns
      @57thorns 3 роки тому

      How did your took take it?

    • @HeyItsJakegaming
      @HeyItsJakegaming 3 роки тому +1

      @@57thorns dog ? Not well. At all

  • @TheSportsman1977
    @TheSportsman1977 Рік тому

    This is awesome. Well done Tom! 👍🏼

  • @poja82
    @poja82 Рік тому

    Really nice of you to help a local guide.

  • @dougthedonkey1805
    @dougthedonkey1805 3 роки тому +305

    “Firing range keep out”
    Americans walking to school

    • @PurtyPurple
      @PurtyPurple 3 роки тому +45

      Americans in school*

    • @trinidad17
      @trinidad17 3 роки тому +9

      So I take it your school didn't have a firing range in it.

    • @vividandlucid
      @vividandlucid 3 роки тому +22

      Americans in America*

    • @archerymidnight3422
      @archerymidnight3422 3 роки тому +12

      My cousin's school (in Britain) has a firing range lmao

    • @nullskull6860
      @nullskull6860 3 роки тому +9

      Sharia law zone. Keep out.
      British walking through their cities.

  • @timmccarthy872
    @timmccarthy872 3 роки тому +41

    It's places like this - low, marshy, uninhabitable parts of the otherwise-heavily-populated island of Britain - that remind me of Doggerland and how it disappeared below the waves.

    • @JohnyG29
      @JohnyG29 3 роки тому +1

      I used to live there, highly overrated.

    • @archerymidnight3422
      @archerymidnight3422 3 роки тому +16

      @@JohnyG29 Going dogging doesn't make you an inhabitant of Doggerland

    • @jur4x
      @jur4x 3 роки тому +1

      @@JohnyG29 What amenities did you have there? Mcdonalds, Costa and a small carpark for dogging?

    • @thePronto
      @thePronto 3 роки тому +8

      I was the last resident of Doggerland. I told them, I said: "I'm a Doggerlander born and bred. My Dad was a Doggerlander, and his Dad before him, going back into the mists of time. You'll not see me dead livin' in any poncey 'home counties' village." They said that I would be seen dead if I stayed in Doggerland. I said: "I'm not leaving the birthplace of my ancestors for all the tea in China. At least not without compensation." They said it would cost the RNLI 500 pound to fish my body out of the sea. I said "400 pound and we've got a deal." Now I live on Foulness until global warming gets me a few bob more.

    • @gregoryspatisserie9858
      @gregoryspatisserie9858 3 роки тому +1

      @@thePronto Cracking

  • @justhearmeout
    @justhearmeout 3 роки тому

    Keeping it short. Your videos are amazing for so many reasons! Keep up the great work 👍

  • @MarkJT1000
    @MarkJT1000 Рік тому

    Short, simple, to the point and fascinating as ever.

  • @ElectroBOOM
    @ElectroBOOM 3 роки тому +374

    Dang, now I want to go there! On another note, feels like I'm watching an episode of crown! hmmm... maybe you should review the amount of truth in that show.

    • @archockencanto1645
      @archockencanto1645 3 роки тому +20

      Stop shocking yourself you maniac.

    • @deathnova7
      @deathnova7 3 роки тому +5

      This the path my mom and dad took to get to school

    • @joeeeee256
      @joeeeee256 3 роки тому +6

      Omg you're here :D I literally just watched your 500,000V arc video

    • @aneesh2115
      @aneesh2115 3 роки тому +12

      Oh look I found a wild capacitor on the broom way.
      Capacitor explodes

    • @joelhasson6268
      @joelhasson6268 3 роки тому

      Why are you here lolol

  • @rolfs2165
    @rolfs2165 3 роки тому +24

    I'm a bit surprised that nobody has taken it on themselves to replace the brooms again.

    • @sykeassai
      @sykeassai 3 роки тому +9

      Just a guess here, but I highly suspect that the Military would make a habit of using the replacements as target practice.

  • @MrEDMeaner
    @MrEDMeaner 3 роки тому

    Absolutely amazing!

  • @uBreeze
    @uBreeze 3 роки тому

    Glad we can see this video!

  • @LadyMcBite
    @LadyMcBite 3 роки тому +14

    I just love that little "cheers" the guide did when Tom introduced him x)

  • @safe-keeper1042
    @safe-keeper1042 3 роки тому +72

    You missed the opportunity to make a cheap "you'd have to hire a guide... so I hired a guide!" joke based on the Iceland vid.
    Thank you.

    • @MateusSFigueiredo
      @MateusSFigueiredo 3 роки тому

      that'd've been nice

    • @Anankin12
      @Anankin12 3 роки тому +2

      That would have been predictable

    • @MenloMarseilles
      @MenloMarseilles 3 роки тому +10

      You have to be really careful about introducing a running joke as a popular UA-camr. Too many uses of a ritual format and people start to get disturbed when you *don't* conform to it!

    • @kekow176
      @kekow176 3 роки тому +1

      Better save it for extreme ones like a rocket to get to orbit

  • @watsupcaz
    @watsupcaz 3 роки тому

    When I feel down and alone, Tom Scott gives me warmth and happiness

  • @tomtom4405
    @tomtom4405 3 роки тому

    Wow, what good timing to see the video! A month or so ago I learned a friend wants to walk this, so I'm planning to do it myself. Will watch this and take notes :)

  • @thecrazyparrot1083
    @thecrazyparrot1083 3 роки тому +4

    Hey dude, thanks for existing. You encouraged me to play through some of my favorite games again and again with a different view, and I was able to start seeing the connections and artful design in them. Thanks for being incredibly intelligent and articulate

  • @andyp1510
    @andyp1510 3 роки тому +81

    My parents walked this to school every morning.

    • @ruben307
      @ruben307 3 роки тому +1

      doesnt the tide vary? would that mean they came a few hours late or early if the tide was in bad sync?

    • @variousthings6470
      @variousthings6470 3 роки тому +3

      Uphill both ways!

    • @shiverinxd
      @shiverinxd 3 роки тому +3

      r/woosh

    • @sussurus
      @sussurus 3 роки тому +2

      uphill both ways in the dark and the pouring rain. and they liked it!

    • @JamesFreedmanIsVeryCool
      @JamesFreedmanIsVeryCool 3 роки тому +1

      @@ruben307 I think it was a joke

  • @HeyDropthat
    @HeyDropthat 3 роки тому +4

    Drew Dober over here guiding tours
    what a cool episode. Now I have like 25 broomway tabs open. Right to roam/right of way is such a cool concept to me, as a yank. Or really just the idea of a countryside path you can take to travel between towns and cities. Meanwhile in Florida I'm constantly crossing the street when a sidewalk randomly ends half way into a block.
    great stuff

  • @Duck_Ellington
    @Duck_Ellington 3 роки тому +12

    I’m reading about this path right now in the book The Old Ways- cool to see what it looks like!

  • @ChrisH78
    @ChrisH78 3 роки тому +47

    Back when I were a lad that byway was uphill both ways

    • @ErilynOfAnachronos
      @ErilynOfAnachronos 3 роки тому +7

      Everything went downhill after that.

    • @areadenial2343
      @areadenial2343 3 роки тому

      If you walk both ways while the tide is going out, the elevation will be rising relative to sea level so yes, you can walk uphill both ways

  • @David-pt4bm
    @David-pt4bm 3 роки тому +3

    Thank you for always providing prime procrastination material

  • @gregcoyote1980
    @gregcoyote1980 3 роки тому

    This is on my doorstep and I've been meaning to walk it one day soon. Thanks for this!

  • @jaredthomas2957
    @jaredthomas2957 3 роки тому

    Why was this so incredible? Tom is the best at story telling.

  • @MemesnShet
    @MemesnShet 3 роки тому +23

    Reminds me of that mushy river that some people jump over that also gives a false sense of security

  • @evbo21395
    @evbo21395 3 роки тому +9

    My uncle used to be one of the handful of civilians that lived on Foulness (long story involving the Kray twins and him stealing the identity of Britain's oldest man...). I remember going to visit him as a kid and needing to go through the army checkpoint at the bridge, hoping he'd not forgotten to tell them ahead of time that we were coming. If only we'd known there was another route - we needn't have worried!

    • @ternovnik257
      @ternovnik257 Рік тому +1

      Now I think we all want this story

  • @KuruGDI
    @KuruGDI 3 роки тому +3

    I'm still sitting in quarantine and yet Tom gives me these interesting places I never knew existed, but all the sudden want to visit ^^

  • @budaguda9603
    @budaguda9603 3 роки тому +4

    0:53 was it just me that thought it was a drone shot

  • @Opus313
    @Opus313 3 роки тому +8

    Tom goes to the dangerous places so that you don't have to. Thanks, Tom!

    • @57thorns
      @57thorns 3 роки тому

      In 2020, that would be "outdoors"?

  • @bradarmstrong3952
    @bradarmstrong3952 3 роки тому +6

    I do like Britain's system of byways, bridleways, and footpaths. It's a cool tradition. Reading about them actually led me to the existence of one of these near where I live in the United States, which I then traveled to just to walk it.

  • @b4builds89
    @b4builds89 3 роки тому +1

    Tom Scott walks through wet sand... Awesome as always!!

  • @jonathans1759
    @jonathans1759 3 роки тому +33

    You were tempting the fates walking there. A very wise decision not to wear the red shirt.

  • @theonetheonlyjoey
    @theonetheonlyjoey 3 роки тому +4

    I work in Shoeburyness, just down the road from Foulness, and the place absolutely fascinates me. Great video, cheers for uploading

    • @MrChrisl182
      @MrChrisl182 3 роки тому +1

      I always go to east beach, goes right up next to a military place. Kids love it. Much quieter than southend sea front

    • @theonetheonlyjoey
      @theonetheonlyjoey 3 роки тому

      That's a lovely beach! Great chip shop nearby too haha

  • @Kynan29
    @Kynan29 3 роки тому +5

    Glad to see Tom walk the path that my parents took on their way to school as children!

    • @Kynan29
      @Kynan29 3 роки тому +1

      @@ragnkja Coped

  • @shubhammaurya3671
    @shubhammaurya3671 3 роки тому

    Thank you Tom for this extremely informative video. When I will build my army, I will use this path to conquer Britain

  • @ianstokes291
    @ianstokes291 2 роки тому

    Another great video Tom. Many years ago I used to visit the island when I worked in the MoD, and spend lunch in the local pub. Strange place.

  • @rhysmorgan7027
    @rhysmorgan7027 3 роки тому +38

    Something about hearing them talk about it being an MOD firing range while the MOD firing range across the road from me blows something up was certainly appropriate

  • @joeytje50
    @joeytje50 3 роки тому +9

    This makes me think this is kinda similar to the Dutch Wadden Sea. The Dutch Wadden Islands are absolutely islands in every sense of the way, but at low tide, there are guided tours where you walk from the mainland through a very specific route all the way to one of the islands. If you don't follow the guide, you could very well get stuck in the wrong parts of the sea, but the guides do know what route to take. Very interesting to see the UK has something like that as well.

    • @daniel_bohrer
      @daniel_bohrer 3 роки тому +2

      This is also very usual in the German part of the Wadden Sea, and there are a lot of guided tours for tourists to learn about the nature of the wadden sea. There is also a tidal path which is regularly used to deliver the mail between the islands of Pellworm and Süderoog, the latter of which is only inhabited by two people. (Search for Knud Knudsen if you want to know more, but most content is in German.)

    • @classicambo9781
      @classicambo9781 3 роки тому

      There are a few little Islands around Tasmania that you can walk to as well at low tide - mostly on rocky land bridges though. Would be very dubious about mud.

  • @sneaks9150
    @sneaks9150 2 роки тому +5

    Govt: "Why were you trespassing onto military property?"
    Tom: "I was just visiting, but I got too tired to make the walk back I'm sure you understand"

  • @judedoesmetal7915
    @judedoesmetal7915 3 роки тому +1

    I've actually cycled on Foulness island a few times. They run a yearly cycle ride through the island open to the public and going across that bridge is quite special!

  • @uwuvision3211
    @uwuvision3211 3 роки тому +16

    foulness is the cryptid of the essex islands. it just has that "lost media" vibe to me. i can't really explain it but it lowkey freaks me out.

  • @inund8
    @inund8 3 роки тому +239

    The Guide: "Historically, there is reportedly 60-100 casualties on the Broomway."
    61 dead hikers: Dislike

    • @sagagis
      @sagagis 3 роки тому +6

      now it is 117... some of them are seem to be died twice at there :D

    • @withhighregardsband
      @withhighregardsband 3 роки тому +2

      It’s the lack of time frame for me. 60-100 every what? Year? Month?! DAY?!

    • @reflectedcrosssite2848
      @reflectedcrosssite2848 3 роки тому +1

      @@withhighregardsband in history

  • @tomrengert1221
    @tomrengert1221 3 роки тому

    Love it, I've been there a couple of times, very dangerous for someone who is not familiar with tides, quicksand and soft mud.

  • @unexpectedpenny3126
    @unexpectedpenny3126 3 роки тому

    A great video. My grandad was from Foulness and I still live near by!