I HAD to reply to Mr Rob Wilcock's support of wind farms on Darwen Moor.

I would be the first to agree that alternative means of power are needed, but having read reports about these wind farms, they hardly generate anything at all.

Obviously, living in Blackburn, he hasn't the foggiest notion about what Darwen Tower and the moors mean to the people of Darwen.

Had he walked up there last June, he would have seen about 3,000 people standing there in the rain, commemorating 100 years of the freeing of the moor, so that ordinary folk could go up there to enjoy the view from the top of the tower. There are all kinds of birds and small animals up there, and the heather is beautiful.

Three years ago, my family and I drove through the Nevada desert in America when we suddenly saw hundreds of wind farms.

What a horrible sight! The only thing in its favour is that it is miles away from people's homes.

How anyone can say that they look "nice" is beyond belief.

Maurice Bowcock

Abbey Crescent

Darwen

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