Tidal Bore on the River Kent at Grange-Over-Sands
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2020
- The River Kent bore is well known for passing by Arnside, and I’ve seen it there dozens of times. For a change, I went to see it pass by Grange-Over-Sands, which is on the opposite side of the estuary to Arnside. I filmed it from the edge of the small marsh in front of the promenade, just up-stream from Grange railway station. There is quite a drop and the river channel runs besides the marsh. You don’t get a good view of the channel from the promenade because of the drop. You can see people walking along the promenade oblivious to the bore, mainly because they can’t see it, even though it is so close.
The bore came into view in the distance along the shore line. As it approached the filming location, the breaking waves became long low waves (undular) as the channel was deep at this point. It picked up again further up-steam, where the channel became shallower. I could hear the bore approaching from quite a distance.
The thing that I will always remember about the bore at this location is what followed after the bore had passed. The sheer volume of water coming in from the bay was very dramatic and it seems to get faster and louder. At one point the water seemed to be heaving over itself in the rush to come in. Of all the many, many, bores I’ve seen, I’ve never experienced a tidal rush as great as this.
Filmed on 17th October 2020
Expected high tide at Arnside : 10.43m 13:18
The bore passed the filming location at 11:00
All times BST. If you are interested in other tidal bores of North West England, search TH-cam for : tidal bore rob bridges
Lovverly ! I was born in Morecambe but inspired to sail the world for some reason....
Very interesting thank you
Great filming, lovely corner of the world, know it well,
Great video! Thank you. Beautiful coverage of a huge event. I think you have done this before! I grew up with tides and 16-foot water level ranges. But on the east Anglican shores, the closest I ever got to a “bore” was walking the tide in across the Westgate flats.
superb !
hi i lived in grange in the 60s and 70s there was no sea grass it was all sand and rocks up to the prom all the way along must do a roat trip bk to my old stomping ground and take my mini4 happy flying
Good job, a sightly bigger wave than Arnside.
Well done. A lot of patience required. Seen this a dozen times at Grange but not filmed it. 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍
Thanks Malcolm. Hope you get to film it one day and share it with us.
@@robbridges5975 Cheers Rob, I remember when all of this was sand. Also remember the Lido open and dear old Cedric. 🙏🙏🙏
Great vid'. Fair old flow there. More aggressive than at Arnside. I've done several walks across Morecambe Bay and two starting from Arnside to the open sands and then across to Kent's Bank. Both times knee deep in the Kent channel when that was reached.
I was hoping to film the Dee bore again in February near Shotton, but very unlikely now I think :(
Thanks Stonecat. I hope you get to film the Dee bore again, and post it on TH-cam. Highest tide of the year on 30th March... let’s hope lockdown is relaxed by then.
@@robbridges5975 The last time I filmed it was in a February on the 20th, my birthday so I made the effort to treat myself at that time. Yes, I have the March tides ticked in my tide table and as you say, let's hope restrictions don't hinder anyone in their pursuits.. I'll definitely post any bore footage :) Cheers.
Going for a walk on the sand bars is probably not advisable.
The quicksand might deter ( or detain) you too....;0)