Health and safety on the edge of a cliff

I THINK it is worth mentioning that over the last winter we have had unprecedented wet weather, followed by severe frosts in March, followed by more wet weather, followed by great heat in late April.

Can there ever have been better conditions for cliff-edge erosion? Local authorities, national parks, etc should be checking the safety of cliff-edge public paths for which they have a responsibility.

Of course, a cliff fall can occur without warning at times, particularly following hard frosts and heat.

I must say that when we set up Cardigan Island Coastal Farm Park near Cardigan in 1993, I checked out the location of each fence-post for our cliff-edge safety fence.

I made sure our fence was put on a very safe section of cliff. Hence, we have never had any problems with erosion in the areas where our paying visitors walk to view seals and dolphins.

I’m afraid Ceredigion County Council did not apply the same amount of diligence to their haphazard location of the “Ceredigion Coast Path”. Nor did they conduct a proper prior Health and Safety Assessment, backed up by Construction Design And Management Regulations.

I wonder if any other sections of the Wales Coast Path have been constructed without any involvement of Health and Safety regulations? LJ Jenkins Gwbert, Cardigan