How Many Times A Day Do You Cross A River?

JupiterKid

So AHers...

...in your average day how many times to you cross over (or even under) a river?

I live in Dublin and on my daily commute I would cross the Liffey twice, either by bus, Luas or, in good weather, bicycle.

So, how many times each day do you cross a river?
What river do you cross?
On what mode? Car? Bus? Train? Bike? Tram? On foot?
How long does the crossing take?
The last time you made this crossing...what were you thinking about?

Harry Palmr

Define a river is is also a stream?

kikilarue2

I'd cross the canal anywhere between twice and ten times a day. It takes between 10 seconds and 2 minutes depending on traffic lights, and I have absolutely no idea what I was thinking about last time.

Your Face

Ain't no river wide enough, baby.

gerrybbadd

Twice over a river, and twice over 2 separate streams

Badly Drunk Boy

I live about 2km from the Liffey but wouldn't cross it most days. I'd be more likely to do so at the weekend. I cross a stream going to work and back, but most people wouldn't even know it's there.

Undividual

Do tributaries count?

ChikiChiki

Probably the most pointless thread ever. I actually felt a surge of anger at it's utter pointlessness and yet I still had a bit of pointless curiosity to take a look inside and respond.

Not good for the ticker OP.

theteal

I cross the River Crouch 4 times on the way to work but only twice on the way back. Actually finished working there today so from Monday I'm likely to be crossing the Thames 4 times a day. In truth I do love a good meander!

Corruptedmorals

5 on the way in, 4 on the way back. Tough picturing the bus route in my head even though I'm on one now.

gozunda

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down Yeah we wept, when we remembered Zion

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
Yeah we wept, when we remembered Zion

So nope made it to the river twice - but that was it where we sat down ...

my3cents

I've just waded across the river that runs by our house to get to the neighbors garden to water their plants while they are away and then waded back again. So with driving to get some car parts and going over 3 rivers and back again thats 8 today. Errrrm so what?

10pennymixup

I regularly use a canal to cross over a river............. do I win a prize????????

Mundo7976

Actually an interesting topic and prompted me to look at google maps and my route, didn’t realise there was an extra river that i crossed, and also into co dublin for a couple of miles!!
Travelling between ashbourne and navan
Twice over the boyne
Four times over the nanny
Four times over the hurley

The Tetrarch

I cry a river.

Strangely interesting question.

I've been made 11 crossings over 5 waterways today (so as to include canals)

The Swan (underground river in Ranelagh, which runs under Mount Pleasant Tennis club x 2
The Grand Canal x 2
The liffey x 4
The Royal Canal x 2
The Poddle (underground at Iveagh Buildings) x 1

There are surely more rivers underground in my route that I don't know about.

Gonad

I’ll cross that river when I come to it .

lbc2019

17x2 34 worked it out on google maps

Greyfox

Zero, I cross a river once or twice a month but that leads to Dublins north side and I try to avoid that as its full of prositants

Tell me how

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Probably the most pointless thread ever. I actually felt a surge of anger at it's utter pointlessness and yet I still had a bit of pointless curiosity to take a look inside and respond.

Not good for the ticker OP.

Same here.

I actually thought about creating a thread called 'What's with all the pointless threads' and yet here I am reading posts and trying to figure out where people live going by their commute.

I crossed the same river twice today but expect to cross two twice each more later today.

I'll be thinking about who else crossed those rivers and what were they thinking about when they crossed them.

Rubberchikken

up to 8 times a day but i cant say where

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I pass water several times a day.

Alf Veedersane

'Bout tree fiddy.

my3cents

Is this a test to see what boardsies are whitches? https://wiccaorguk.wordpress.com/2016/08/11/why-witches-may-not-cross-water/ .

Redneck Reject

I cross the Abbey River and the Shannon about 8 times daily.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

About 2 times everyday, sometimes more, usually not Sunday. Cork City centre has around 20 bridges so it's not hard to do if you live or work in around the place.

donspeekinglesh

On a work day I cross the Rye once in each direction, and the Tolka 2 or 3 times each way, depending on the route I take.

McMurphy

my3cents wrote: »

I've just waded across the river that runs by our house to get to the neighbors garden to water their plants while they are away and then waded back again. So with driving to get some car parts and going over 3 rivers and back again thats 8 today. Errrrm so what?

Did you put on your waders?

my3cents

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Did you put on your waders?

If it was that deep I'd go the long way around and use the bridge, its less effort than putting waders on then taking them off and hanging them up again. River is really low so a pair of wellies is all I needed.

Sonny noggs

Typically 4 in the morning on the way to work by the DART and 8 on the way home in the evening if I call into SuperValu, otherwise 6. Occasionally another 2 if I go an extra DART stop in the morning, occasionally another 2 at lunch time.

Capt'n Midnight

Witches. Cannot. Cross. Running. Water. :mad:

dennyk

Working from home means I don't go anywhere most days, but if I do go into the office, I first cross the Shannon, then a couple tiny unnamed tributaries, the Kilmastulla, the Mulkear, and the Groody. Otherwise I'll often cross the local canal twice walking into town, and sometimes walk across the Shannon to a pub or restaurant or the hardware shop.

AudreyHepburn

Does the Royal Canal count? I cross that daily on the bus to and from work.

odyssey06

If your house is over a culverted river (ok well more likely a stream), you could be crossing over it just making yourself a cup of tea

Some days I cross the Tolka thrice on my way to work.

pajor

The river IJssel and one if its tributary canals twice a day.

branie2

Once or twice

Sugar Free

About 4-6 times a week. I also float down a river 1-2 times a week in Summer from behind my office. Thankfully the water quality is a lot better than the Liffey!

I've never crossed the same river twice.

ILoveYourVibes

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Witches. Cannot. Cross. Running. Water. :mad:

I know its a bitch so many detours.:(

Graces7

Fascinating thread!

No rivers out here and for any serious outings it is the mighty ocean I would be travelling over...

Graces7

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Witches. Cannot. Cross. Running. Water. :mad:

Oh yes they can if they fly...:)

Ted_YNWA

I avoid crossing them as I am afraid I'll burn them bridges.

suicide_circus

if i'm working i cross the liffey, the tolka and both canals twice each

MilaM

2 or 4. Less during the weekends

ever not always

Only once

Cee-Jay-Cee

4.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

About 2 times everyday, sometimes more, usually not Sunday. Cork City centre has around 20 bridges so it's not hard to do if you live or work in around the place.

There's actually over 30 bridges in Cork City centre crossing the Lee.

Had to Google it there. That's a fairly impressive number.

holliehobbie

Grand canal 4: twice on luas, twice on foot. Liffey 4 or 6 times a day depending, Luas and on foot. Don't know about any underground tributaries but assume there are a few!

BuboBubo

I cross 4 of them on my commute to work, that's feckin 8 times over a river there and back × 6 days a week. Forty feckin eight river crossings just because...work!!! I never thought about it before!

tobsey

I used to commute from Swords to Dundrum so driving through town meant crossing the Tolka, Royal Canal, Liffey, Grand Canal and the Dodder. It was the always these bridges that caused the problems with traffic. There’s always rat runs between the waterways you can take to skip a bit of traffic but you’d always get stuck trying to find a bridge to cross over.

Now I take a bus through the tunnel so it’s under the canal and over the Tolka at the mouth of the tunnel. No need to cross the Liffey for me any more.

Lewis_Benson

Many