Public footpath rerouted after two year legal battle because ramblers kept walking through nudist campsite
A public footpath is to be rerouted following a two-year battle by a nudist campsite to stop ramblers wandering through the grounds.
The historic path gave walkers a right of way into the Dolcoed Naturist Campsite in Carmarthenshire, where holidaymakers are free to walk around naked. But the existing passage will now be blocked, with a new route installed to divert ramblers around the site.
Campsite owner Jo Eveleigh said there had been a two year fight to change the path from running through the 15-pitch site.
Mrs Eveleigh, who runs the Carmarthenshire campsite with husband Mike, said: "We're relieved it's over and done with and the path is going to be diverted.
"It's great for us because it's completely out of the way. It's better for everybody concerned - better for us, better for our neighbours."
A council report said the new path "would pass through two fields between the campsite and neighbouring houses where no unclothed people would be allowed".
It added: "The campsite would be screened by hedgerows."
The campsite - which offers pitches for static caravans, touring caravans and tents - describes itself as a place for "congenial peacefulness."
It says: "It is a naturist site (or nudist site, depending on your views) - either way we hope all our visitors will feel free to be undressed or dressed, in their own company or with friends, social or alone, the choice is yours!
"The atmosphere at Dolcoed is one of understatement, it's not a 'party' site, rather, it's one of congenial peacefulness. "We hope that you just feel relaxed in the stunning surroundings."
