Arrgh, I somehow managed to miss it.... even though it appears that I passed it en route.

Bang on....and with the start finish stations too.... Severn Tunnel Junction to Chepstow.
Interesting walk along this section of the Wales Coast Path which included Black Rock where one of the old Severn ferries used to ply back an forth to New Passage near Severn Beach.  It's now a picnic site with splendid views.

Blimey, that brought back a memory from childhood as I recall my father was sent on what seemed like a fairly lengthy residential course there in the 1960s.

I'm a fairly keen walker (perhaps there's some nominative determinism there) .  For example, I probably covered more than 12 miles yesterday....but that was a day out walking, of which I do a fair few.
It would not surprise me if the mean average comfortably exceeds 5 miles per day, especially between the spring and autumn.
I'm so pleased that I was brought up to enjoy walking from childhood and to a greater or lesser extent have kept it up ever since.  Keeping "in practice" continues to be a great joy in life.....both with company or on on my own little jaunts.

Had a "station to station" day out walk yesterday and found myself here....but where was it?  Bonus point if you can name the start and finish stations too.

Not sure where the steps are but they look like the next substantial storm could cause them ten grands worth of improvements.

Hurrah for that.....now for the Henbury station plus the small matter of that chord linking the line in the Severn Beach direction.

There's a part of me that's tempted to write to the local news papers claiming to represent the "Portishead Rubber Mat Resistance Group" although, in reality, I don't actually think that would be particularly constructive.

From the photo it looks like the thieves have pretty much trashed it when cutting out it's front half.  Hopefully repairable though.
The tent round the bench made it look somewhat reminiscent of a murder scene.....I wonder if this was something of a tongue in cheek gesture by the local police?

Yes there is which offers hope for perhaps some sort of planting but adds the complication of who owns the land....it may well be the council....where I think enquiries are already being made.

Here's a before and after:

Might be able to later.  I'll see what I can do.

It's rather as I thought but thanks to you both for the above replies.  Indeed, the structural integrity of the line rightly comes first but I was curious as to, if with today's emphasis on the environment, NR^» (Network Rail - home page) had set themselves any guidelines regarding the ecology of their embankments, cuttings etc.

The home of some close family has a railway embankment at the back of their garden.  Up until last year the entire length of the embankment had for many years been screened by the undergrowth, bushes and trees along it's side...and largely still is. Then directly behind their house a landslip occured.... although trains could still run along it on the Bristol Parkway to Wales route.
Network Rail have since completed repairs to the embankment but despite apparent earlier assurances that there would be remedial replanting on the embankment repairs, what has now been left is a rather ugly ballast covered bank standing higher than their house as well as a concrete retaining wall.
When they asked Network Rail if anything was in fact going to be done, the reply was basically a "no" and that any ecological /cosmetic remediation was the job of the council.....and so a game of "responsibility tennis" looks like starting.

Do any forum members have any knowledge or advice on what NR^» (Network Rail - home page)'s actual responsibilities are regarding restoring the repaired area to something like before?
The repaired length is quite short but very impactful on their formerly pleasant view.

Although I've not been there, there is the Devon Railway Centre at Blickleigh.