Under the leadership of Havard Hughes, who serves as the spokesperson for the Carmarthenshire Residents Action Group (CRAiG) and as the Vice Chairman of Our Tywi Valley (Llandeilo Community Group Against Pylons), a protest occurred outside the Plaid Cymru Conference in Swansea. This demonstration was organized in response to the extensive developmen …… Read more
What is the red and yellow website icon?
When you view this website you will see a small square icon at the top of your browser. What’s that?
It’s a reduced version of this :-
Which is a square version of a flag representing Carmarthenshire. It shows the golden lion of of Rhys ap Tewdwr Mawr, the King of Deheubarth (c. 1040 – 1093). This was used as the banner of the House of Dinefwr and the Kin …… Read more
Saving the Green Energy at the Heart of Wales
The Loud Hills of Wales (Dylan Thomas)
Wales, Cymru ! What do those who live here and those who visit see? Different things almost certainly, but for many it is a landscape that is rich with mountains and hills, lakes and rivers and stunning coastlines. They see castles which tell the story of Wales and some which chart the story of Owain Glyndŵr and his rebell …… Read more
About this News page
This News and Views page is managed by WordPress software using its well known Blog style. The navigation menu at the top-right links it into the rest of the Our Tywi Valley website. It is locally hosted on the same server but may respond a little slower than other pages due to the additional software overhead.
Unlike the rest of the site there is only one instanc …… Read more
The North South pylon line: How did we get here, where will it go?
by Jonathan F Dean
The long speculated north south pylon line seems to be on. Identified as critical to the U.K. government’s aim for clean power by 2030, necessary to get electricity from Scotland to south Wales and facilitating the mass building of onshore wind farms in mid Wales, National Grid are now offering connection agreements to it
How did we get he …… Read more
History Repeating Itself: From valley drownings to pylon routes
The slogan for the controversial Tryweryn valley drowning (despite protests and opposition from local MPs against it), was Cofiwch Dryweryn (“Remember Tryweryn”) and this became a symbol reminding people not to forget the destruction of the landscape and the community. The wall on which the slogan is painted is an unofficial memorial to th …… Read more
ATP Demonstration Day showing how cable ploughing offers an alternative to 60 miles of pylons
Protest march through Llandovery in opposition to Green GEN’s plans for 60 miles of pylons
Hundreds of protestors opposing plans for a 60 mile pylon route through mid Wales took to the streets to show their opposition. Bute Energy/Green GEN has submitted plans to run the pylons through countryside and farmland from Radnor to Carmarthen.
The company met a frosty reception from people living in the affected areas when they attended a public consu …… Read more
How the Welsh government sold out the Welsh countryside
The following is an article written by David Goodridge in the publication NetZero Watch.
It details the events which led to the Welsh Government effectively selli …… Read more
Bute Energy plan new pylon route through the Teifi Valley
The Towy Teifi scheme which will connect Bute Energy’s Lan Fawr Energy Park, which is being developed on land north of Lampeter, to the east of Llanddewi Brefi. The proposed route would see it passing near the communities of Lampeter, Llanllwni, Alltwalis and Rhydargaeau, then east of Carmarthen crossing both the A40 and A48 to a National Grid substation at …… Read more