Preview Walk |
| When I do an Exhibition it
usually has a Preview, so on Saturday April 29th I decided to do a
"Preview" for my Big Walk (starting May 13th.) What could be more
fitting than to go up onto the hills that are closest to my home, and
stand where a turbine would be? It was an absolutely perfect day, so I
took loads of photographs, a few of which I am showing on the next few
pages. . The Fullabrook Down Wind Factory
site - if it built - will cover an area of many miles,
from near West Down and Ilfracombe in the north to the line of hills
above Braunton and the Taw Estuary in the south. It will turn one of
the quietest and most peaceful areas of South West England into an
industrial site.
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This photograph
was taken on the footpath between Ash Barton and Pippacott. One of the
turbines will be sited here if the wind factory is built. Grid
ref: SS517374 On Saturday April 29th I walked up the hill from Bradiford, just outside Barnstaple, to Luscott Barton, then up through Ash Wood and across the hill to Pippacott. I came home via Whitehall, Prixford, Higher Blakewell Farm and Tutshill Woods, taking footpaths wherever possible. To find these places on the map, go to www.Get-a-map.ordnancesurvey.co.uk and type in Grid References |
Photographs that I took during the walk.
 Springfield Cross, near Ashford. GR: SS542358 It was a most beautiful day, with a blue sky and a light breeze. The Devon hedgerows at this time of year are studded with wild flowers. Back to page six |
 Approaching Luscott Barton
GR: SS524360
I kept stopping to photograph the primroses, the stitchwort, the violets, the first bluebells, the blackthorn blossom....As you can see, there isn`t very much traffic on these roads. Page Two |