Beautiful path for all

Thank you for allowing me to respond to the letter in Forum by Michelle Ortlipp of Koolewong.

The Gosford Council is constructing a shared path from Gosford to Woy Woy, perhaps 90 per cent completed.

The last part involves a separate narrow bridge alongside the car-bridge and the remaining path to the Woy Woy wharf.

This beautiful path is for pedestrians and bike riders of all ages, like you and me, mostly motorists and part-time cyclists.

There has been no narrowing of the channel, and hardly any of the mangrove plants have been disturbed.

The path has been developed on an already-decaying foreshore.

Last Sunday, at least 100 bike-riders used that path to Gosford and our cycle club has regular rides from Gosford to Woy Woy and beyond.

One has to ride that path and be amazed at the numbers of walkers (with or without dogs) and children on tricycles using this path skirting the shore.

May I suggest Michelle to join us on her bike for one of our Sunday rides?

It may open her eyes to a different world.

We are looking forward to a safe and peaceful ride on this wonderful path, constructed by the Gosford Council, not for them, but for us.

Peter Frylink, Umina Beach