A Big Walk in the Wee County
The Independent
How do you measure the coast? It’s constantly changing, never staying still. From a low tide that’s not quite as low as the last, to high tides that swallow up swathes of land, it’s impossible to say where the shoreline always ends. This makes plotting a coastal walk tricky, and Google Maps doesn’t help too much either. Pathways and trails end when you look at them in 2D on your computer screen, but in person, there often are rocks to climb over, animal tracks to follow and creaking stiles to cross.