<div dir="auto">Last summer I visited Lopwell dam which is a River ford at low tide and about 6ft deep at high tide. <div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/NYWvnVfeqzSMbhbN8">https://maps.app.goo.gl/NYWvnVfeqzSMbhbN8</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">There is also another ford further down stream which is virtually impassable for anything but a proper 4x4 or tractor, </div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/TACQSMDdw9dUR18GA">https://maps.app.goo.gl/TACQSMDdw9dUR18GA</a></div><div dir="auto">(interesting to watch on YouTube though.)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If I were to tag Lopwell dam ford I would like to give it a max value of swim and a minimum value of wellies. The foot bridge by its side is broken but once it's repaired would have a min value of dry and a max value of swim or wade. This would provide useful information to anyone planning a journey.</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 26 Jan 2022, 20:53 ael via Tagging, <<a href="mailto:tagging@openstreetmap.org">tagging@openstreetmap.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 06:30:37PM +0000, Philip Barnes wrote:<br>
> On Wed, 2022-01-26 at 18:13 +0000, Timothy Noname wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Tidal is certainly an unusual thing for a ford, I have seen one or two<br>
> but most roads affected tides are causways and the general rul is you<br>
> do not travel on them if they are covered with water. Tide implies salt<br>
> and I would certainly not drive one no matter how shallow the water is.<br>
<br>
Well, I know of one dubious case in Cornwall:<br>
<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/270055625" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/270055625</a><br>
is an historic ford crossing the West Looe River which is just about<br>
tidal at that point. It was incorrectly mapped as a bridge <br>
some years ago: I have no idea how that could be so wrong, but then<br>
I have surveyed near there several times, and presumably the "bridge"<br>
was from armchair mapping.<br>
<br>
I can just about imagine a local farmer crossing in a large tractor<br>
when the water is very low, but I have seen no sign that there is any<br>
modern use. Streetview seems to have got a bit of the track leading<br>
there: <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/9JeA6d6WN7Mbn72V6" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/maps/9JeA6d6WN7Mbn72V6</a><br>
<br>
Anyway, there can be genuine fords which are tidal, even if this<br>
particular example is disused.<br>
<br>
ael<br>
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