Comments on Chris Townsend Outdoors: Scottish Wild Land Group

You're right about Glen Moriston. I was up Mam Sod...

2009-07-17T23:29:22.285+01:00

You're right about Glen Moriston. I was up Mam Sodhail and the four Munros at Glen Affric back in April. God's country all around me, then you look dead South and it was just such an eyesore. And you see it from just about any hill above Glen Spey. How it ever got approved I'll never know. But now, with the change in the planning laws (not sure if they only affect England or if

Andy, all we can do to protect wild land at presen...

2009-07-17T20:25:35.267+01:00

Andy, all we can do to protect wild land at present is to support and work with those groups doing so like the Scottish Wild Land Group, John Muir Trust and Mountaineering Council of Scotland.

There are already turbines that should be removed as soon as possible, such as those above Glen Moriston.

Aye, Chris, that picture is magnificent. It intima...

2009-07-17T19:36:45.527+01:00

Aye, Chris, that picture is magnificent. It intimates what this country should be.

But yesterday's announcement by the genius Ed Milliband prompt the question: where are those 6,000 more turbines gotta to end up?? How many glorious views such as the one you captured will be left by 2020 and beyond?

It's sad beyond belief, and 'rewilding' now sounds to me like

Thanks Dave.

2009-07-13T22:31:42.636+01:00

Thanks Dave.

Sorry to depart from the thread of the the topic s...

2009-07-13T21:58:28.332+01:00

Sorry to depart from the thread of the the topic slightly Chris but I would just like to say what a brilliant photo that is.

dave

I am sympathetic to James Fenton's views. I certai...

2009-07-13T13:14:49.205+01:00

I am sympathetic to James Fenton's views. I certainly don't think a particular point in the past should be picked as some sort of ideal state and I don't think we can return to any such time anyway. I would like to see grazing reduced and the land left, as at Creag Meagaidh, and then missing mammals reintroduced as the habitat becomes suitable.

I have heard James Fenton argue against the re-for...

2009-07-13T12:40:59.000+01:00

I have heard James Fenton argue against the re-forestation of Scotland on the grounds of “Letting things be wild means letting nature decide what happens” during a lecture several years ago. He questioned the need (or or desire) to return to the natural state of one period in our country's natural history, ie the period about 6,000 years ago when the Caledonian Pinewoods were most widespread