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If wind farms come the tourists won’t
BUSINESSES in north Northumberland rely heavily on tourism - but if plans to site huge wind farms in the area come to fruition, many fear this income may dry up. Alastair Gilmour reports.
July 12, 2007
by Alastair Gilmour
in The Journal
BUSINESSES in north Northumberland rely heavily on tourism - but if plans to site huge wind farms in the area come to fruition, many fear this income may dry up. Alastair Gilmour reports.
The Plough Inn at West Allerdean is a country pub "with views to die for", according to landlord Trevor McArdle.
But those same views will lose much of their charm if a cluster of seven, 125-metre wind turbines are allowed to march across the magnificent landscape that unfolds between the pub and the Cheviot Hills.
"They're going to be huge - it'll be like taking the scenery away," says... [continue via Web link]
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