The desecration of Britain
This stunning Lake District view is set to be blighted by new 'super-pylons' soon to scar 300 miles of countryside (all to hook up green energy)
Several areas in Britain will see electric pylons installed. Areas under threat include the Scottish Highlands and the Lake District. More than 200 miles of pylons may be built in the UK in ten years.
Susan Forgie lives in a converted barn set amid eight-and-a-half acres of gently undulating limestone hills which straddle the ancient border of England and Wales. When she put her home on the market, more than 250 families asked her estate agent for details. Ultimately, none would come to view. Mrs Forgie, 63, and widowed in 2011, has had to take The Old Barn in Maesbrook, Oswestry, Shropshire, off the market.
Today her five-bedroomed property is as much a prison as a home because it stands on the potential path of a new line of high-voltage electricity pylons servicing a future cluster of wind farms in mid-Wales. Even at a knockdown price, she cannot sell.
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