Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 47 by Nick MacKinnon

Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 47 by Nick MacKinnon Nick MacKinnon is a freelance teacher of Maths, English and Medieval History, and lives above Haworth, in the last inhabited house before Top Withens = Wuthering Heights. In 1992 he founded the successful Campaign to Save Radio 4 Long Wave while in plaster following a rock-climbing…

Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 43 by Nick MacKinnon

Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 43 by Nick MacKinnon Nick MacKinnon is a freelance teacher of Maths, English and Medieval History, and lives above Haworth, in the last inhabited house before Top Withens = Wuthering Heights. In 1992 he founded the successful Campaign to Save Radio 4 Long Wave while in plaster following a rock-climbing…

Walshaw Turbines

A series of guest blogs by Nick MacKinnon on the plans to site 65 wind turbines on Walshaw Moor in West Yorkshire. Email: [email protected]   Walshaw Turbine 11 – 18 January 2024 – click here Walshaw Turbine 43 – 31 January 2024 – click here Walshaw Turbine 47 – 16 February 2024 – click here …

Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 11 by Nick MacKinnon

Nick MacKinnon is a freelance teacher of Maths, English and Medieval History, and lives above Haworth, in the last inhabited house before Top Withens = Wuthering Heights. In 1992 he founded the successful Campaign to Save Radio 4 Long Wave while in plaster following a rock-climbing accident on Skye. His poem ‘The metric system’ won…

RSPB press release – moorland burning is massive problem

New analysis shows that burning of moorlands is the biggest threat to England’s most important places for wildlife New analysis of Government data by the RSPB shows that the burning of moorlands is the biggest identified threat to England’s Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). The analysis also shows that no reason has been identified…