South West Path Section May Re-Open

Part of the South West Coast Path, which has been closed for five years may be re-opened soon according to this BBC story.

The stretch of path near Torquay fell victim to subsidence making it impassable and a dispue with a local landowner led to problems with re-opening the route. Now though the Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust have got the lawyers involved and things are apparently moving towards a compromise solution.

The South West Coast Path is Britain's longest national path running from Minehead in Somerset, all the way round the coast to Poole in Dorset, some 630 miles of walking with around 19 miles of that reportedly at risk from 'regular coastal slippage' according to the South West Coast Path Association.