Readers of the blog may be interested to hear that a windfarm is entering the public consultation phase, on the doorstep of Snowdonia on Mynydd Hiraethog. link

While an upland area - reaching over 500m - it isn't protected by National Park or AONB status, meaning if Mid Wales is anything to go by, they'll probably be passed. There's also a sweetener of £150k per year to the local community, obviously the monetary value of wilderness.

What it looks sans turbines....

Consider that, other than Eryri / Snowdonia, Beacons and the Clwydians, the upland areas in Wales have no protection. Are we to start seeing Pumlumon and Y Berwyn dug up in the near future?