Anyone interested in the application by Coriolis to ECU for permission to build a windfarm in Glen Dye will be aware that the application received hundreds of objections from the general public (and about half a dozen letters of support). There were also statutory objections from multiple agencies such as SEPA, RSPB, MOD, Mountaineering Scotland, John Muir Trust, several Community Councils and Aberdeenshire Council.

Logic would suggest that the project is doomed, but that isn't the way things work in Scotland. There are several examples of where ECU reporters, who after all are appointed (and paid) by the Scottish Government, have totally ignored public. local government and environmental objections to windfarms and granted consent anyway. Corrupt puppets dancing at the SNP puppet masters bidding.

To cut a very long story short...it is going to get longer. Coriolis have submitted a letter indicating that they intend responding to objections from SNH, SEPA and MoD but not before Apr/May 2020. This means that the Sword of Damocles will be hanging over the area for some time to come.

Enjoy your crossings in the next few weeks and if you are going through Glen Dye, take a look at the Mid Hill windfarm in front of you and remember that the whole area could well look like that. There are also planning applications in to extend Mid Hill with enormous turbines and a windfarm near Rickarton extending the Meikle Carewe windfarm that is already there.