A calculator app to help plan the ideal timings for a foot crossing of the Pilgrim's Way to Holy Island (Lindisfarne) in Northumberland.
Link -> https://mootparadox.com/webapp/pilgrim
The app began as a simple form that accepted safe crossing times which you had to copy and paste from the Northumberland Council website. As my focus was to simplify the calculation of Pilgrim's Way crossing times over Holy Island Sands, I've now simplified it by pre-calculating the times and presenting it as a date picker. After that, I also added a search filter.
- Date picker - shows crossing times
- Navigation buttons to step through dates
- Display a sun icon (daylight) or moon icon (night)
- Show a daylight table for this latitude (dawn, sunrise, solar noon, etc)
- Created a filter option (search for crossing that meet your criteria)
Admiralty "Easy Tide"
Interesting to note that the Admiralty low-tide typically shows as approx 25-30 mins before the "midpoint" as calculated from the causeway safe-crossing times.
Northumberland Council Tide Times
Guide to Crossing the Pilgrim's Way
In summary, cross on a receding tide. Journey takes around 90 minutes. You can calculate the start time by subtracting 90-120 minutes from the mid-point of the safe (traffic) crossing times.