Coastal Country Focus
On May 5th the world's first National Coastal Path will open - from Chepstow right round the shores of Wales to the outskirts of Chester.
Last updated: 01 April 2012
Country Focus - Sunday 1st April at 0700; presented by Jane Davidson and repeated Monday 2nd April at 0530
Back in 2007 when Jane Davidson was a Minister with the Welsh Government she came up with an idea for the Labour party's manifesto for the May elections that year. Five years on the world's first National Coastal Path will officially be opened on May 1st.... a continuous stretch of 870 miles from the outskirts of Chester right round the shores of Wales to Chepstow. Over the next five weeks on Country Focus Jane will be exploring different sections of the coastal path and how it's been achieved.
This week the journey begins in Chepstow where walkers can head north up Offas Dyke or West around the coastal Path. Then it's onto discover the effect on the wildlife at the Wetland Reserve in Newport, onto meet Rhodri Morgan in Cardiff before getting on a horse in Ogmore and ending at Whitford Point on the Gower coast.
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