As I write this I'm listening to BBC R4's "Lives in a Landscape". Listening to local people from my nearest shopping/market town, Knighton, just seven miles up the road across the Welsh border into the old county of Radnorshire, now known as Powys. Knighton has a split personality: the river Teme runs through and the town to the south bank is in Wales and the town to the north bank is in Shropshire, England. But that's not the only way the town is split. I'm listening to people, many of whom I know, talking about the proposed windfarm planned for Stonewall Hill which is just to the south east of the town. I'm listening to the people of Knighton who're bound together in this ancient market town yet opinions are split and views divided about the wind turbines which threaten to dominate this most beautiful wild place with its panoramic views for miles; sparsely populated with outlying farms and cottages along this ancient border between England and Wales. I ride up there. Through its old green lanes, mediaeval roads and sunken bridlepaths. It's home to red kites, buzzards and ravens..... and sheep. This photograph shows Knighton in the valley and we're riding through a mediaeval road which is the proposed access road for vast construction lorries and subsequent service vehicles. This road leads to a spider's web of ancient foot paths and bridlepaths across Stonewall Hill and if the planners and the rich landowner get their way these will be lost to all for the future. For a A MUST read, the "Wind Farm Scam" by Dr John Etherington - this book literally blows the wind industry away.www.swindlefarms.com
Stay for bed and breakfast here at Lower Buckton www.lowerbuckton.co.uk and we'll introduce you to this unique "Life in a Landscape"
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