BLOW, WINDS

Over the past couple of months, a new support group for the proposed Lenchwick Windfarm has been forming.

BLoW - 'Back Local Windfarms' - currently consists of representatives from the Lenches, Harvington, Norton & Lenchwick and the wider Wychavon area. Expect a website to appear imminently.

Of course, BLoW will never be as raucous as the protesters of VVASP. And why would they need to be? The truth speaks more quietly than lies, and BLoW has the advantage of being on the side of progress and common sense, whereas VVASP represents self-interest and ignorance.

It is extremely likely that the proposed Lenchwick Windfarm will go ahead. As soon as the blades start turning, local residents will realise that all the hogwash spread about the place by VVASP nimbies was total nonsense. There will be a few who were foolish enough to believe VVASP, which is a shame because their lives might well be blighted - not by the windfarm but by VVASP's brainwashing. Let's be honest, though: the skyline over Bishampton Bank will, before too long, be graced with five elegant turbines quietly and efficiently harvesting the prevailing winds to produce green elecricity.

So, in many ways, BLoW doesn't really have very much to do. The members seem to be aware of this. Letters of support for the windfarm to be sent to Wychavon's planning department is about as much as is required, but there is also work to be done, pointing out the lunacy of VVASP's propaganda and helping to skew the argument back towards some kind of normality.

If you wish to know more about BLoW, please feel free to contact us here at 'Wind of Change' (wind-in-the-orchard@hotmail.com) and we will keep you posted.