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IN DEFENCE OF WIND FARMS I take issue with David Gibson of the Mountaineering Council of Scotland [Letters, Aug 2013], over wind farms. Virtually the whole of Scotland is in some way unnatural.
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Sheep farmers have dry-stane dykes over hills as high as 2800ft, their sheep keep the grass shorter than it would be naturally and cows keep bracken in hand. Seemingly wild grouse moors are covered by regular patches of carefully managed heather. Wild red deer are kept out of forestry plantations and forest parks by conspicuous high fences to preserve the young trees. In the Borders I have walked for 45 miles through continuous
boring black pine forest. Anglers keep the riverbanks clear for their casting. Gibson probably carries a mobile phone when walking and uses the numerous countrywide beacons. His house phone will use line of sight microwave dishes for medium and long distance telephone transmissions. All over Scotland there are coal and oil burning power stations, plus hydroelectric dams and nuclear power stations, each with a network of pylons. Crofters have small holdings with walls and fences. All over Scotland we have unnatural development. His own mountaineers have damaged numerous peaks
and hilltops by using their big heavy boots on fragile surfaces, while lower down their boots create peaty bogs (I have climbed Munros in bare feet, but I wouldn’t recommend that in winter!). Finally I enjoy kayaking, from top to bottom of rivers like the
Tay, the Tweed and the Spey, but I’ve not gone repeatedly up and down the same rapids, which is calculated to annoy anglers who have paid steeply to fish those same rapids. When I finish my kayaking – either on rivers or at sea – there is no trace of where I have been. So wind farms should at least reduce the need for power stations, and thus improve Scottish conditions. Ken Napier, Chazarem, Beaugas, France
FURTHER EDUCATION IS NEEDED I must take issue with your General Knowledge quiz this month [Puzzles, October 2013]. Surely the answer to the number of universities in Scotland question
should be 16? Or possibly 17 if you count the Open University in Scotland, which is a
distinct entity from the Open University in England. I suspect you have missed out the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
For more information please contact Felicity Legge: T: 01738 812546 E:
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(formerly the RSAMD). This has full degree granting powers. It would have been nice if you had provided a list though. Lynne McGregor, Newton Mearns, Glasgow
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