Britsih coastline access

Apparently, one third of our coastline is inaccessible to walkers:

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8177598.stm

There are plans to make the whole lot accessible, with lots of new paths being created. I wonder what people of think of this.

I can see two sides to this. On one hand, it would be nice to be able to access any piece of coast we wanted to. On the other hand, don't we have enough places to go? What about all the native flora and fauna that would be disturbed by people trampling all over the place. Aren't we supposed to share our planet with all the other things that live here? It seems to me that we've already taken more than our fair share.

What says us lot?

 

There will always be inaccessable places people will want to go but some areas must be left alone or at least free from human disturbance.

 

Most of our flora and fauna suffers as the result of what we do to our environment, rather than the fact we like to go walking everywhere. Personally, I think that we should be free to roam on any open countryside and coastline, just as long as itâ??s not being used as an artillery range or whatever. The British in general have this attitude that they must â??ownâ?? whatever takes their fancy, just as long as theyâ??ve got the dosh to pay for it. This usually means that the rest of us can â??clear off out of itâ??, or get a couple of barrels of shot for our troubles.:hehe: