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[NSC] Lighthouses.
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Baldseagull
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Neap tides are when the lowest tidal range is, the least difference between low and high tides. Low tide of a neap tide, is not as low as low tide of a spring tide.
Also tidal range is greater in winter, so low tide of spring tide in January, is lower than low tide of spring tide in June.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,258
My favourite lighthouse is Cape Byron, jewel in the crown of my favourite walk in all the world
That's a tid(e)y way to sum it up.
I'm thinking of using the phrase "Neap tides happen but are not as low as spring low tide" and having someone look at me and go "huh?"
Recently visited The Hope Town lighthouse in the Bahamas. Last kerosine and hand cranked lighthouse in the world.
en.wikipedia.org
Elbow Reef Lighthouse - Wikipedia
joydivisionovengloves
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No kicking from me I love a lighthouse.
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
Would be nice to buy one and convert it to a luxury home.
Must be really cosy at night with a storm brewing outside and your cuddled up in under the duvet.
Must be really cosy at night with a storm brewing outside and your cuddled up in under the duvet.
- Oct 20, 2022
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I’ve been to a lot of lighthouses in my time, purely because they are usually in locations that are great for birding/migration surveys - including Spurn lighthouse which is an hour’s walk along a spit separating the Humber Estuary from the North Sea
The one thing about lighthouses though is they are all usually built on a solid rock foundation
The one thing about lighthouses though is they are all usually built on a solid rock foundation
AmexRuislip
Retired Spy 🕵️♂️
Talking about lighthouses.
Ten Hag is like a lighthouse in the desert at the moment, given the current drubbing they're getting of Liverpool.
Ten Hag is like a lighthouse in the desert at the moment, given the current drubbing they're getting of Liverpool.
I see you have that particular book.
Bet you didn't know Ten Hag in Norwegian means Lighthouse.
Herr Fyrtårn told me that. But he does lie a bit.
Been out fishing in that area several times recently……..been interesting to watch it gradually disappear
Worried Man Blues
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The light of the Mumbles lighthouse reflects on my bedroom wall and I can see a distant couple on Devon across the water.
Marty McFly
Seagulls Over Canada
Albion in the north
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About 16 years ago we stayed at the lighthouse keepers cottages at Ardnamurchan. Amazing place. The most westerly point of mainland Britain.
Belle Tout is now a B&B if you want to try it……
Belle Tout Lighthouse - a unique place to stay
Book at room at the amazing Belle Tout Lighthouse (Hotel/B&B) and marvel at the 360 degree views of the Beachy Head Lighthouse, Beachy Head and the Seven Sisters.
www.belletout.co.uk
BrightonCottager
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I actually think that Met Office description is misleading. Neap tides are ones where the tides are smaller (not lower) ie go in and out less than average. It's the twice monthly spring tides when moon, earth and sun align when the tides are higher and lower and walking to Belle Tout would be possible on a low tide.
Its explained well here: https://science.nasa.gov/moon/tides/:
You can see the differences on charts like this one https://beachofbrighton.com/product/east-sussex-hastings-eastbourne-tide-chart/
Something's gone drastically wrong if the tide's stopping you walking to the Belle Tout lighthouse.
There are longer cycles to do with distance from the Earth to the Moon and Sun and other factors as well. It's vaguely plausible that there'd be only a couple of tides a year when they'd want to organise the walks, even if in reality I suspect this has more to do with the likely weather conditions than how low the tide is.
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