A fundraising garden open day is to be held at Kingswood House, West Chilla (near Kingslake) on Sun 10th August from 2pm onwards. Mary and Gordon King, our fund raising co-ordinators, will be kindly opening the gates to their beautiful gardens.

• Open Garden & walks
• Lakeside cream teas
• Tabletop sale (under cover)
• Plant sale

Please come along and support us to help raise funds for the campaign.

Originally published in 2000 and updated in 2006, this comprehensive paper by Dr J. R. Etherington, a professional environmental scientist and former Reader in Ecology in the University of Wales, explains in layman's terms why wind turbines are not the saviour of the world that the environmentalists would have you believe. Covering all of the essential topics, this paper should be compulsory reading for anyone who wants to gain a better understanding of the issues.

Jane and Julian Davis, the couple whose lives have been blighted by turbines erected just 930 metres from their home, have won a landmark case. At a recent Lincolnshire Valuation Tribunal hearing, the tribunal upheld their appeal to have their council tax band level reduced. The Davises' three-bedroom house, valued at £170,000 before the turbines arrived, is now essentially worthless because no one will grant a mortgage on a house blighted by noise pollution.

"It was apparent from the evidence submitted that the construction of the wind farm 930 metres away from the appeal dwellings had had a significant detrimental effect on the Appellant's quiet enjoyment of their properties. The tribunal therefore found that the nuisance caused by the windfarm was real and not imagined and it would have some effect upon the potential sale price of the appeal dwellings"

Click the PDF icon to read the full hearing details.