May 22
Looking down and over to Fife from George Street earlier.
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Looking down and over to Fife from George Street earlier.
National Meseum, New Town, Prague, Bohemia, CZECH REPUBLIC
Hello everyone, sorry for not posting in a while but I got some questions about the au, that I want your opinions on. Frist question if I make Bill speak in a different language (one of the ones in the pic below) would you want to decode yourself or have me put in the translation with the code?
The translation would look something like this:
No translation or translation?
translation
no translation
Keep an eye out for my second post!
Sainsbury’s, 32 The Broadwalk, Harlow, 1981. From the Sainsbury Archive.
This game looks so crunchy on the saved photos! But yuh, our house and front yard are bare asf. It’s the early game after all!
Potential 3,500-home town to be built, risks destroying one of the last true dark-sights in the midlands.
"... the council’s own assessment of the proposed site warns that the new town would be at risk of regular flooding and that development could cause “landscape harm”. ..."
“...The Malvern Hills AONB’s own lighting guidance warns that once dark skies are lost, they are almost impossible to regain. This development would effectively write off one of the last good stargazing spots left in the Midlands”, he added.
Sudden light pollution over the Malvern Hills would devastate natural habits, Mr Gamble added, noting that councils must take light pollution into account when allocating land for planning.
“Nocturnal animals – bats, moths, owls, hedgehogs – rely on true darkness to hunt, navigate and breed – artificial light throws their whole ecosystems out of sync”, he said. ..."
".Now, light pollution expert Ben Gamble, has warned that Glynchbrook threatens the “priceless” and “incredibly rare” dark-sky site at Castlemorton Common – 2.9-miles from the proposed new town."
“Light pollution is now recognised as a form of pollution under the Environment Act and in national planning guidance.
“Councils already have to assess air, noise and water pollution; light should be no different. It affects biodiversity, public health, and the character of protected landscapes like the Malvern Hills National Landscape.
“Ignoring it isn’t just short-sighted – it’s legally and morally indefensible when better lighting solutions exist and when other sites with lower environmental impact are available.”
Mr Gamble’s concerns were shared by local residents, all of whom want to see the Glynchbrook plan scrapped. ..."
"The assessment also recognises that the 113.8-hectare site is “poorly located for low carbon access to services”."
For the people who aren't from countries where it's more so domes of light than it is dark-sights, I must say, it is always rather ominous when I see cities in a distance. Even with modern lighting being so cold and blue-looking. They still look like tall domes fire. It's quite terrifying, really. Now imagine youre a creature that is practically blind in the light and can only truly see in the darkness. Imagine losing one of the final few places in the midlands that you can finally see, live, forage, hunt, meet others, copulate, so that the beings that took everything else and covered it in concrete, to have yet another place.
And for the people that don't care about animals, think about the fact that this is one of the last places in the midlands where you can actually see some of the stars. Light pollution travels so far, and despite the fact that I live in a forest, and the closest town is an hour away (via motorway), we can still see where the town is, as it creates a wide lightdome where it is at night. It's all rather frustrating when you want to see the stars, but literally can't, as the light is causing reflections to happen in the atmosphere, thereby making the sky less transparrent.
I find it so deeply depressing that most people alive today have never actually truly seen the stars.
A new 3,500-home town in the Forest of Dean will “flood” the Malvern Hills with a “dome of orange haze” that will be visible for miles at…
“It will no longer be a rural oasis. It’ll be just another hill, next to an anonymous town.”
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"A plan for a new town near the Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire border has been described as a "horror story" by nearby residents."
"Andrew Elliot, from Bromsberrow, said: "It's a travesty, it's a horror story". Herefordshire Council and Malvern District Council have both lodged opposition to the plan."
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"Speaking to BBC Hereford & Worcester, Elliot said infrastructure in the area was "already bursting".
"The schools, the doctors, the dentists and Forest of Dean District Council are suggesting 3,500 new homes, which could equate to possibly 9,000 people.
"Do they think they're going to service them within the Forest of Dean district? Personally, I think that's very unlikely.""
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He added: "Quite simplistically, Glynchbrook should be taken out of the draft Local Plan, end of."
Elliot also said he had experienced issues with the authority's consultation process, which he described as "so user unfriendly".
"I have found it complex, I have found it confusing, and I know I'm one of very, very many others who have found it really daunting indeed," he said.
"I know many people who have just given up trying to voice their concerns.""
yup, let's just take the whole forest, shall we. It's not like we need them to survive, breathe, and eat, or anything. No, not at all. Let's just smack a new settlement, right slap bang in the middle of everything. I'm sure it wouldn't negatively impact the encironment, local, infrastructure, etc. at all, in a negative way/s
""It's right up to the border of the area of outstanding natural beauty, which is the Malvern Hills," she explained."
Let's also ignore that some of the towns close by are under protected status, shall we.
A resident in bordering Worcestershire says the new town is "planning madness".
Victor Pasmore’s Apollo Pavilion.