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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Rachel Keenan

‘It’s not just our houses’: can a Scottish village save Queen Elizabeth’s coastal path from the waves?

Charis Duthie at her home in Johnshaven, on the north-east coast of Scotland.
Charis Duthie at her home in Johnshaven, on the north-east coast of Scotland Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

When Charis Duthie moved to Johnshaven with her husband in 1984, she could cycle along the coastal path out of the village. Now, she meets a dead end where the sea has snatched the land and is instead greeted with a big red warning sign of what is to come: Danger Coastal Erosion.

“You can see gardens that were there and now they’re gone,” she says.

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