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Thread #128011 Message #2862403
Posted By: Jack Blandiver
12-Mar-10 - 04:13 AM
Thread Name: BS: Onshore windfarms
Subject: RE: BS: Onshore windfarms
They mess with aesthetics too. One of my favourite views in the world is from New Kyo to the west of Stanley in Co. Durham looking over the Stanley Burn valley to the fellside above Quaking Houses, beyond which the lands falls away to the coastal plain. Not pretty-pretty by any means, but on a clear day might feel on top of the world. The two gigantic wind turbines of the Holmside Wind Farm sighted are on a scale which dwarfs the rural, woodland & architectural features into virtual insignificance. The same happened along the B6301 out of Tow Law with the siting of an initial six turbines of the East Hedleyhope Wind Farm which have now spawned other such monsters ruining the surrounding countryside and the views of same for miles around.
For other considerations the Moorsyde Action Group webpage is well worth a look.