RUMBLINGS…

Seems like this is almost a follow-up to my last blog rant, about the Scottish government’s inability to see the harm that the erection of dozens of useless turbines in wild areas will cause to the environment, the tourist industry and just about everything else that Scotland has going for it.

One of the other great environmental insults to Scotland’s wild treasure’s is being inflicted in the name of another big business – golf. You probably know that American dollar collector Donald Trump is creating a luxurious golf courses among otherwise unspoiled sand dunes at Menie, just north of Balmedie on the north east coast.

This only a few short miles away from where I finished one of my early TGO Challenge backpacking expeditions across Scotland – two weeks to walk across what it’d take Trump a few minutes to fly across in his private jet, and seemingly even less time to convince the Scottish government that he should be allowed to trash the area.

I chose the location of my finish point – Forvie Kirk – because it’s a peaceful, unspoiled spot, one where I could reflect on the fortnight among the wildness before heading back to work.
(more…)