2,800 mile England coastal trail

[sillydoll]

CONDE NAST TRAVELLER - And you thought the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain was long? Conde Nast Traveller’s November edition in England had a story saying UK authorities are planning a “round England” coastal trail - estimated cost about 49.5million euro. Right now, only about 70 per cent of England’s coast is open to the public. Plans call for adding about 1,250 miles of coastline to the program, for a whopping total of 2,800 miles. Even if you walked five miles an hour for 10 hours a day it would take you almost two months to make the trek.

a la Paul Theroux and The Kingdom by the Sea!

 

[JohnnieWalker]

and they plan to improve the weather too?

 

[Peter Robins]

you can't walk round the coast of England as it doesn't have a continuous coastline. If you include Wales and Scotland, it's more like 7,000 miles (depending on what you mean by 'coast').

 

[sillydoll]

.... and, with the annual erosion of 1.5m of coastline in some parts, they would have to ensure that the path is a few miles from the coast. (The Holderness coastline in East Yorkshire is the fastest eroding coastline in Europe losing 1.5m of caostline each year.)