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[poliphilo]

At the very limit of sight is the offshore wind farm. It hovers out there in a strip of yellow cloud- which is probably an optical illusion. Some people say it ruins the view. How can they say that of something you have to strain to see- that is almost not there- that makes you think of a faery city?

Thanet is a wedge sticking out into the Channel. Like a chisel or a doorstop. Margate is just short of the point beyond which you can go no further- unless you have a boat, of course.  We walked to the end of the stone pier yesterday afternoon. Water on three sides and walls you could trip over. It made me feel giddy- even though I was standing well back.



Margate from Westgate-on-sea



Margate from the Stone Pier. The Turner Contemporary is the boxy building on the far left.

Comments

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

Beautifully stated. ^_^

I'm all for far broader deployment of wind farms. Myself, I think they look magical - turning around majestically, all the while harnessing precious energy, with no risk of leaks or spills, no lethal dangers lurking, and no supply chains extending out of dodgy dictatorships.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

I've always admired wind turbines. I think they're wonderfully elegant.

[jfs.livejournal.com]

I've sailed around that wind farm and the others off the east coast too. They're lovely up close too. (I've got a bone to pick with the developers who didn't bury their cables properly and who've caused a hazard to shipping because of it, but that's nothing to do with the turbines themselves.