I was confused as to why Ireland was showing up as accessible in these maps. Mainland Ireland isn't accessible by train from Europe. I found this excerpt in the original blog post which makes the concept slightly misleading:
Any points on water were assigned a swimming rate of 100 minutes / kilometer in order to create dense contours at the coasts.
Any points on water were assigned a swimming rate of 100 minutes / kilometer in order to create dense contours at the coasts.