Sully Island

Today I decided to visit Sully Island, which is a small tidal island nearby the village I currently live in. During the low tide, it is accessible through the rocky pathway, but once the tide gets high, you can end up stranded on the island for pretty long time. If you don’t come back before the tide rises, you can either call coastguards or wait with some rats on the island for about six hours.

The rate of tidal rise and fall here is the second highest in the world and the tide comes quite quickly. That is why some people do not consider going there completely safe. Before entering the pathway, you can notice some not very encouraging signs. One of them says:

Warning! Warning!

DANGEROUS TIDES 

Many people have been drowned attempting to visit or return from Sully Island. The causeway is a death trap. Please take great care.

Death trap! To tell you the truth, I was a little bit scared when I began to cross the pathway to the island and every other second I was glancing to the water, if it is not too high. Even though I checked the times of tide on a website, I was nervous (those random numbers on the internet didn’t seem very credible to me). Still, I was supposed to have two more hours before the pathway disappears below the water.

I just couldn’t help but wonder, what I would do, if I really end up alone on the island. The battery on my mobile phone would run out of power in about an hour. I had with me a brand new Marvel T-shirt with Spiderman, Ironman, Hulk, Captain America and Thor on it, but I was pretty sure none of these American superheroes would help me in such an awkward situation in South Wales.

But I managed to go there, enjoy the beautiful view and come back home unharmed. Below you can see a couple of pictures I have taken there. Enjoy!

Just chillin' for a while.

My shadow.

On the island.

The pathway seemed to me a little bit the-lord-of-the-rings-ish.

When the tide is high... you shall not pass!

The path is covered with shells and sea grass.

The picture of Sully Island from the coast.

In case you want to know, where I checked tide times, go to this link.