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In Shropshire, at the Iron Bridge in Ironbridge, I have a corkboard, pins, string, and a frankly-unhinged conspiracy theory. | Watch the next episode on Nebula right now: nebula.tv/videos/tomscott-i-get-excited-about-an-ampersand | England series map: tomscott.com/england
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In Shropshire, at the Iron Bridge in Ironbridge, I have a corkboard, pins, string, and a frankly-unhinged conspiracy theory. | Watch the next episode on Nebula right now: nebula.tv/videos/tomscott-i-get-excited-about-an-ampersand | England series map: tomscott.com/england
π₯ MORE FROM TOM: tomscott.com
(you can find contact details and social links there too)
β LATERAL, free weekly podcast: lateralcast.com youtube.com/lateralcast
π₯ THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: youtube.com/techdif
Written and presented by
Tom Scott
Producers
for Penny4 penny4.co.uk
Cambria Bailey-Jones
Guy Larsen
Studio Associate Producer
Heloise Lowenthal
Studio Director of Photography
Jamie MacLeod
Studio Gaffer
Frank Hammond
Head of Post
for Breadbox Studios breadboxstudios.co.uk
Mandy Celine
Associate Post Producer
Isla McTear
Senior Editor
Myles Wheeler
Online Editor
Jamie MacLeod
Sound Supervisor
Dan Pugsley
Sound Assistant
Maggy Apodaca
Subtitles by So Speedy sospeedy.co.uk
With thanks to the Historic County Borders Project county-borders.co.uk
Executive Producer
Tom Scott
Β© Pad 26 Limited MMXXVI










![We walked the most dangerous path in Britain
The Broomway is surrounded on both sides by quicksand and deep, sucking mud. It has no markers and no guideposts. And if you mistime your walk, you wont outrun the tide. Oh, and its in the middle of a Ministry of Defence firing range. But most of the time, if you want to visit Foulness Island, its the only way.
Thanks to Tom Bennett: https://www.tombennettoutdoors.co.uk/
Filmed safely: https://www.tomscott.com/safe/
Edited by Michelle Martin https://www.youtube.com/@OnTheCrux
Audio mix by Graham Haerther
REFERENCES:
Christy (1922): A high road in the sea, The Windsor Magazine, volume 56, p556
MoD Shoeburyness Public Access Leaflet [PDF]: https://www.qinetiq.com/shoeburyness/-/media/3153cda9b4544222aaaa224ba88192a4.ashx
π₯ MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/
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β LATERAL, free weekly podcast: https://lateralcast.com/ https://youtube.com/lateralcast/
π₯ THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: https://youtube.com/techdif We walked the most dangerous path in Britain](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mM7C_Pw7OL8/mqdefault.jpg)