Last updated on August 23rd, 2023 at 11:36 am
The last land bridge between Britain and mainland Europe gave way to the rising sea about 8,000 years ago. It is doubtful whether the significance of the event was widely recognised at the time – it was possibly the original hard Brexit Day.
Read a bit about it.
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That one was less problematic than this one.
It was certainly discussed less.
Only 8000 years?? I imagined it to have been a lot longer ago than that!
I know – where DOES the time go?!
Hahaha. It seems like only yesterday!
I said to the wife only yesterday, “We’ll always have the last land bridge.”
I remember Britain’s attempts to get into the EU, battling against the French predominantly. And once the UK made a third and successful application for membership, I was already living in the UK. EU membership was critically important then in 1970, and I would still say it is now.
It wasn’t really critical in 1970, Hels, but it was a good idea. I would have voted for it if I’d been old enough. As for now – it’s a bit late – the subject’s been done to death and we need to see whether our current path succeeds or fails, because it ain’t changing any time soon!
As always an interesting bit of history. As the state of Florida vanished under the lapping Atlantic I’ll remember this post. 🙂 My review is up, but I think you know that.
Thanks, Lee. Yes – now you’ve got me worried that I didn’t thank you for your wonderful review – I need to check!”
Thanks Mike – yes must get to do the review … it’s a great reference book for anyone visiting this little land. Cheers Hilary
Thanks, Hilary! Very kind. If you want to tell Amazon that, that would be wonderful!
Definitely puts the current situation into historical perspective, doesn’t it?
Doesn’t it just?! All of this upset will be an item in our history in just a few short decades. How big an item remains to be seen!
An excellent reminder that ocean levels have risen and fallen in (relatively recent) times…
I think the island of Britain is still recovering from the lifting of the ice.
I daresay not many people would see it that way! Do schools still teach about Doggerland?Never mind, England’s got Rockall!
It;’s always good to take a fresh perspective. My school didn’t teach me anything about Doggerland – schools don’t really have time to put events in full context, do they?
Dogger Bank was just something read on the shipping forecast!
There used to something curiously reassuring about listening to the shipping forecast – Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire – Tyne, Dogger, Fisher, German Bight etc. I hardly ever hear it now, I doubt it was reassuring if you were already in a small boat in a gale in the middle of the North Sea.