Originally Posted by Kafoozalum

I was particularly thinking of town to Crossens on the coast road.

That bit is quite clearly separated by a line. Bikes one side, pedestrians on the other.
Both sections have ample width too.

Originally Posted by Alikado

From town to the old sand plant area the path is on the beach and after the sand plant it on the other side of the road.

No it isn't, the footpath/cycle track runs on the beach side to the roundabout at the end of the road, it switches sides at the next junction after the pier heading South.

Originally Posted by Alikado

From town to the old sand plant area the path is on the beach and after the sand plant it on the other side of the road.

From town to the old sand plant and beyond to the sewage works., is a tarmac joint foot / cycle path on the seaward side. There is no proper footpath on the beach or on the other side after the sandplant. The pavement along the sea wall has been there since the coast road was built until some bright spark decided to split it into two lanes, one for feet & one for bikes. with the occasional picture of a bike to remind you. If you are walking along there and happen to deviate from a straight line or stop to view something and take a step back, then you are quite likely to get wiped out by a cyclist speeding along there.

Originally Posted by salus.populi

That bit is quite clearly separated by a line. Bikes one side, pedestrians on the other.
Both sections have ample width too.

If you are walking along there and haven't made a point of checking which side you should be on, I challenge anyone to just stop and try to remember which is which, there is the odd picture of a bike every couple of hundred yards or so, bet you can't see one when you stop. Also if there are two people walking and talking not particularly paying much attention. For everyones safety it should be up to the cyclist to slow down and warn them of their approach by using a bell, if they have one. (They only became compulsory to be fitted to new bikes after 2004)

Originally Posted by Kafoozalum

If you are walking along there and haven't made a point of checking which side you should be on, I challenge anyone to just stop and try to remember which is which, there is the odd picture of a bike every couple of hundred yards or so, bet you can't see one when you stop. Also if there are two people walking and talking not particularly paying much attention. For everyones safety it should be up to the cyclist to slow down and warn them of their approach by using a bell, if they have one. (They only became compulsory to be fitted to new bikes after 2004)

I ride along their regularly without forgetting which side is the correct side.
If people walking cannot do the same then perhaps they shouldn't be out without supervision.
That said it's never exactly heaving with people so no problem riding around someone who has strayed onto the wrong side.

Originally Posted by salus.populi

I ride along their regularly without forgetting which side is the correct side.
If people walking cannot do the same then perhaps they shouldn't be out without supervision.
That said it's never exactly heaving with people so no problem riding around someone who has strayed onto the wrong side.

Don't you just love perfect people so full of self righteousness? So the fact that that I have had many near misses, as have a number of other people that I have spoken to, means that we all should be supervised? One should be able to have a pleasant relaxed wander without risking being run down by speeding cyclist, just as I should be able to comment without being insulted.

Originally Posted by Kafoozalum

One should be able to have a pleasant relaxed wander without risking being run down by speeding cyclist

You can. By keeping off the half of the path that is designated for cylcists.

How hard can it be?

There are signs at the start, end and every junction not to mention pictures of little bikes on the surface.
Impossible not to see them at the start of your walk unless you're parachuting onto the path midway or wandering in from the marshes.