David Bellamy's Blog

David Bellamy's blog is very much worth visiting if you are an artist, and also if yuo are concerned about the wind farm threat to Mid Wales.
Here is a link to his June 30 2011 posting.

March on Cardiff tomorrow

Mynydd y Gwair, from Lliw Reservoir, painted by David Bellamy at the 2005 Paint it while its there day in Wales.

David has this to say about tomorrow's event:
"Let's hope it will light the flame of resistance against these politicians who want to trash our landscapes for the benefit of the corporations. Never in living memory have I witnessed such governmental vandalism and total disregard for the feelings, lives and economic welfare of British country folk for so little.

Artists Against Wind Farms will be there in strength with Featured artists David Bellamy, Jenny Keal and Christine Lovelock, Featured photographer Tom Hutton, and of course, Angel;a Kelly, Chairman of Country Guardian. Also coming we hope is playwright Henry Lewis ("The Wind Thing".)

If any of the other artists who have shown work on our website come to Cardiff, please look out for us, we'd love to see you. Some of us will have placards so we hope we will be easy to spot. Most of all, of course, we all hope to show our support for everyone involved in the wonderful protest organised by Conservation of Upland Powys.

The Cambrian Mountains Society

News on the their excellent website:

Artist David Bellamy donates a watercolour to the Society to help raise funds:

http://www.cambrian-mountains.co.uk/issues-wind-nantymoch-bellamy-watercolour.php

Some amazing - and horrifying - photo-montages of the proposed Nant y Moch wind farm:
http://www.cambrian-mountains.co.uk/nantymoch-windfarm-photo-montage1.htm

More about the horrific plan to put a 64 turbine wind farm with turbines up to 481 ft high on these most beautiful mountains:
http://www.cambrian-mountains.co.uk/issues-wind-nantymoch.php

Nant y Moch protest walk

Great news from Wales

Mynydd y Gwair by David Bellamy

After 7 years of fighting to save this upland area, the SOCME group have sent out a Press Release to express their delight that the Welsh Assembly has not granted planning permission for the Mynydd y Gwair Wind Farm.

How sad it is that Mal Davies and Jan Mosely, who fought so hard to save the mountain, are not alive to join the celebrations. Please take a look if you can at the website that Mal Davies set up: www.socme.org, and be grateful to all who fought to preserve this beautiful mountain for future generations to enjoy.
here are some more links : protest walk
Paint it day from the reservoir
Glyn Morgan, Chairman of SOCME, with Jenny Keal (artist) at Cefn Coch, 2007