I find that like WGS, walking in the middle of the path normally causes a slow down, and when I'm walking up from the port, it makes me chuckle as I pass the cyclists (who have passed me earlier) standing looking forlorn at the bottom of the first section of the many steps when they realise that carrying / pushing their bikes is the only option.
Before I preferred walking / hiking to cycling, I was always respectful of "shared" paths and I think that many today assume that pedestrians will dive out of the way over the cliffs, into the road, the bushes or even dive out of the way into the River Dour!
