Standing in the queue for coal, long redundant words suddenly ignite again; peat, premium trebles, smokeless ovals and anthracite. Pondering the fuel of my youth I recall the herculean men, like my Uncle Eck, who could lift a steel bucket full of ash then march off in search of a Read more
When Windy Standard was built in Dumfries and Galloway in the mid-1990s, it was Scotland’s second largest wind farm. Now it is coming to the end of its functional life and the old turbines are set to be replaced by more powerful machines. But what happens to the original turbines? Read more
I AM intrigued by the new VisitScotland campaign for visitors to embrace “slow travel”. They want tourists to go to one place instead of whistle-stop tours round Scotland. Unspoilt islands feature high on their list. Could it be that they have finally realised wind farms affect tourism? A Government study Read more