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Cliff path to Arillas

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tonyco1:
Soon be an accident then Don!!

swedebasher:
Whilst there I found out from an environmentalist who lived locally why all this is happening. The tectonic plate that Corfu etc sits on is slowly slipping underneath the adjacent one, and that is why the beach is disappearing at Arillas (where you can obviously see it), and SS (where you cannot really see it- but it is nonetheless). In over 20 odd years of going there I have never seen the Arillas beach so small, a photo I have of 1991 makes that fact shockingly clear. The environmentalist said that at this rate the breakers will be on the other side of the beach road in some years time. The cliff path is being constantly undermined and I reckon it is one more cliff fall from being impassable. Even the naturists were having a hard time (no pun intended) finding somewhere to go!!

tonyco1:
Seems to imply that west Corfu is sinking a touch - worrying!

Sandra W:
I know nature cannot be held back but would really miss my walks to Arillas. Love the cliff path out and roadway home. Hope they can cut a new path.

tonyco1:
I don't think that will be an issue, as they seem to have already started to do that from the other year,
It's more worrying if the sea level is rising because The tectonic plate that Corfu etc;
sits on, is slowly slipping underneath the adjacent one, as per Swedebashers post.
If it sinks under, this 'may' mean that the land sinks a touch,
rising sea levels can then occur and take our wonderful beach in the end!
That is my worry, plus earthquakes can occur as well - fingers crossed.

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