Well done to the staff on the Cowes floating bridge who today had to carry passengers to dry land.
The reason for the fireman’s lift for passengers was nothing to do with any particular failure of Floating Bridge 6 (of which there have been many), but it was instead related to the high tide.
As you can see from the video and photos below, the tide was pretty high, lapping up onto the road.
Thanks to Paul Southwell for sharing this video of the great work of the floating bridge staff.
Photos below are shared with OnTheWight by Steve Howard.
Images: © Steve Howard
Flooding in East Cowes
Cllr Karl Love also shared this video and photos of the flooding in parts of East Cowes.
Images: © Karl Love
