Seil Chat

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novus ordo seclorum wrote: I see that Mr Young is organising a meeting in Kilmelfort on Saturday week. Now that is the place to get our voice heard, but it may be only for parishioners of Kilninver and Kilmelfort within which Clachan Farm is located. Need to check. Very clever sequence in the agenda for that meeting I thought.

Here's the relevant notice from the Oban Times:

.........CLACHAN WIND FARM
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Public meeting to explore the
different options for community involvement
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A panel from various different independent community groups
around Scotland will give their experiences of community
engagement in their respective wind farm projects.

Meeting to be chaired by Neil Garrard from HIE.

Kilmelford Village Hall
25/09/2010 2.30pm
planning consultation meeting to follow

This is a pretty transparent attempt to soften everyone up before the planning consultation meeting. Perhaps a good percentage of those who sent letters of objection will follow it up by attending the meeting and showing Mr. Young that the residents of Seil and Easdale are not as gullible as he seems to believe.

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On another matter, http://www.clachanwindfarm.co.uk was created to act as a focus for any organised oppositon to the windfarm. All there is on there at the moment is some outline information and links, but it can be expanded and used as a focus should any group wish to do so. I will not be adding to it unless there is further interest expressed.

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The bit that says planning consultation meeting to follow should apparently have read planning consultation meeting to follow in October. It was an unfortunate typo for which Mr. Young accepts responsibility.

The main road through Argyll – the A83 - was blocked for most of the day yesterday at Port Ann on Loch Fyne, when a large lorry carrying wind turbine parts slewed across both lanes of the road and its load shifted

The reason for the extended recovery operation was that the crane brought in was unable to lift the weight of the lorry plus its load. The load had to be lifted off, then the lorry had to be lifted back onto the road and then the load lifted, replaced and secured. Other minor roads in the area suffered congestion or closure as drivers sought diversions.

Fun and games in store on our own wee road when the construction starts at Clachan?

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Did anyone go?

Yes.
I counted eleven in all.

mags