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Title: Cliff Path This Year
Post by: Gordonc on May 02, 2011, 04:33:19 PM

Info on the state of the cliff path to Arillas would be welcome from any early visitors. Like many, we enjoy a stroll to and from Arillas and prefer to use the path coming back.

Title: Re: Cliff Path This Year
Post by: tonyco1 on May 03, 2011, 02:41:35 AM

Good suggestion Gordon, maybe a local there can advise???
I heard that the footpath would be moved away from the "crumbling" edge of the cliff, as it was looking very fragile by end of season last year!
Has anything been done to shore it up??

Title: Re: Cliff Path This Year
Post by: swedebasher on May 21, 2011, 10:14:47 PM

Still passable with great care and further cliff falls last winter. The path now has a piece of yellow twine to stop anyone falling off the edge!!! Arillas sea front shows signs of further damage and rocks used at base of road.

Title: Re: Cliff Path This Year
Post by: tonyco1 on May 23, 2011, 03:17:11 AM

I was hoping some kind of path re-structuring would have been done - sounds a bit dodgy!!

Title: Re: Cliff Path This Year
Post by: swedebasher on May 23, 2011, 10:26:07 PM

Ha! Maybe avrio.

Title: Re: Cliff Path This Year
Post by: Gordonc on May 25, 2011, 07:25:38 PM

There are a couple of photos on the arillas.com forum showing that the path is very narrow(and quite scary) at a couple of points. Dimitris, the administrator has also posted a photo showing an alternative route to reach the upper part of the path missing the dodgy bit. I'll be taking that option methinks!

Title: Re: Cliff Path This Year
Post by: don on May 25, 2011, 11:39:08 PM

Gordonc                 ............. Could you supply a link please.

Title: Re: Cliff Path This Year
Post by: dimitris on May 26, 2011, 09:36:05 AM

That;s how the Cliff path looks currently in Arillas
 (http://www.arillas.com/forum/gallery/3_23_05_11_12_38_22.jpeg)
  If you wish to avoid it you can follow the route from the picture that follows:
(http://www.arillas.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6778.0;attach=2826;image)

Title: Re: Cliff Path This Year
Post by: tonyco1 on May 27, 2011, 09:14:11 PM

Thanks Dimitris, a picture saves a thousand words!

Would there be any reason why walkers cannot tread in a new path, missing the edge of the cliff, by 20 metres or so, in a semi circle around the bad section??

I can see someone finding the ground crumbling under them one day.

Would the council help out by clearing a pathway at a safe distance away from the edge?

Your thoughts would be appreciated.

The alternative walk is fine so thanks for that as well!