Pictures tell the story very well. I had to look up the term, "horsebox driver". It appears that the driver did not heed the signs. Looks kind of dangerous as the crossing is underwater twice per day at high tide.

A horsebox driver became stranded when he attempted to cross a causeway at high tide.

The man had to be rescued when the van became submerged on the Holy Island road, which is under water twice a day.

He managed to escape and reach a refuge box. It is thought he did not realise it was unsafe to cross because he spoke little English.

Ian Clayton, from Seahouses RNLI, said: "We suspect that language problems may have contributed to this incident."

He added that despite the language difficulty they were able to establish no animals were inside the horsebox at the time.



The man managed to make his way to a refuge box.
The rescue happened just after 15:00 GMT on Saturday. Safe crossing times to the island - also known as Lindisfarne - on Saturday were 08:20 until 13:50 and it was unsafe to cross until 20:50.

Northumberland County Council installed warning signs at either end of the mile-long causeway in 2012 in a bid to cut the number of strandings.

They display a message to check the tide tables followed by the safe crossing times.

LINk:https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-47684980

What does language have to do with being able to look at a road and figure out that there's four feet of water covering it?

It wasn't covered with water at the time he crossed. He violated safe crossing time because he couldn't read the schedule.

Hands up anybody here who has taken their horsebox/trailer to a pilgrimage location?

The 'AYES' to the right, and the 'NEIGHS' to the left.

Since I love to travel and I’m fascinated by this island and causeway I looked it up. The tide schedule is well marked and documented with green and red color coding. Obviously, green is good and red is bad. This driver must have figured he could beat the clock. HM Coastguard has to do a rescue approximately once per month at a cost of around £2500 per rescue.

The island posts this warning: If you were meant to get on the island or off the island and the tide gets in the way, take a deep breath and find a place to have a drink and relax.

Clearly, these folks are on island time.

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Obviously, green is good and red is bad.

He was color-blind, too.

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Originally posted by PD:
Since I love to travel and I’m fascinated by this island and causeway I looked it up. The tide schedule is well marked and documented with green and red color coding. Obviously, green is good and red is bad. This driver must have figured he could beat the clock. HM Coastguard has to do a rescue approximately once per month at a cost of around £2500 per rescue.

The island posts this warning: If you were meant to get on the island or off the island and the tide gets in the way, take a deep breath and find a place to have a drink and relax.

Clearly, these folks are on island time.

If it's that often they should put in a gate system

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Originally posted by Shaql:

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Originally posted by PD:
Since I love to travel and I’m fascinated by this island and causeway I looked it up. The tide schedule is well marked and documented with green and red color coding. Obviously, green is good and red is bad. This driver must have figured he could beat the clock. HM Coastguard has to do a rescue approximately once per month at a cost of around £2500 per rescue.

The island posts this warning: If you were meant to get on the island or off the island and the tide gets in the way, take a deep breath and find a place to have a drink and relax.

Clearly, these folks are on island time.

If it's that often they should put in a gate system

So who looks after the gate?

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Obviously, green is good and red is bad.

He was color-blind, too.

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Thanks for the chuckle.

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If it's that often they should put in a gate system

History of the island goes back to the 6th century. Despite what we read about European politics, Europeans and Brits have a different concept of personal responsibility compared to us in the US.

Read the sign. Follow in instructions.

Would be interesting to know how fast the tide comes in. You could drive a mile in a couple of minutes or less. Below the road to covered in less than two minutes would be impressive. On the other hand, if you headed across a water-covered road in the middle of the ocean, you don't have a language barrier, you're an idiot.

https://m.youtube.com/results?...holy+island+causeway

Plenty of entertaining videos

Note the bright flashing sign, “Check tide tables.”

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Originally posted by PD:
https://m.youtube.com/results?...holy+island+causeway

Plenty of entertaining videos

Note the bright flashing sign, “Check tide tables.”

The moon is a harsh mistress....

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Originally posted by PD:
https://m.youtube.com/results?...holy+island+causeway

Plenty of entertaining videos

Note the bright flashing sign, “Check tide tables.”

The moon is a harsh mistress....

Yeah. Good thing we don’t have more than one

Smart enough to get a driver's license but stupid enough to figure a road gets flooded twice a day?

Yea, the stupid is strong with this one.

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Smart enough to get a driver's license but stupid enough to figure a road gets flooded twice a day?

Yea, the stupid is strong with this one.

Ah, but we don't know that he had a yUK driving license, given that his knowledge of English doesn't appear to go as far as determining times of day. However, I'm inclining to the opinion that he was a total freakin' Dwong, given that even ten feet up in the air, there is seaweed around the TOP of the refuge...

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total freakin' Dwong

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Is that American for tool?