A coast town needn’t be a ghost town in winter

Porthcawl in south Wales. ‘The cafe culture and local events get all-year support,’ says Val Evans. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

I loved Nell Frizzell’s column – every salty, sweaty detail – but don’t think it has to be either no second homes or a ghost town (I love our noisy, chilly seaside towns – which is why I’d stop anyone owning a second home there, 19 October). Become a 365-days-a-year destination like my hometown.

Every day of the year, walkers, runners, cyclists, pushchairs and mobility scooters follow our “yellow brick road” on a bay-to-bay footpath that is used in all weathers.