I'm struggling to see why wind turbines should interfere with bile tracks, other than during construction that is fairly short term. Elsewhere in Wales I have ridden on bridleways within a 30 metres of working turbines, no fencing off, warning signs, disturbance or anything else 'untoward'. The Trans Wales made a bit of a feature of riding through a massive wind farm up north of Rhayader and sure enough most people enjoyed it, all a bit surreal in a pleasant way. South Wales is the perfect place for them really - close to big towns and cities but not an overly sensitive landscape and its er windy. Bring 'em on.
riding through a massive wind farm up north of Rhayader and sure enough most people enjoyed it, all a bit surreal in a pleasant way.
If you want surreal, ride the linking section on W2 (running past the existing Afan windfarm) on a clear night with either a new moon or a full moon 🙂
Below is the reply from Cognation re the prposed wind farm and Skyline - all is not lost.
Dear James
Thank you for your query.
It is now no longer envisaged at this stage that Skyline will close during the construction of the windfarm, due to changes to the number of wind turbines.
However, as part of the Section 106 Planning Agreement, Vattenfall, the developer, is required to provide a new mountain bike trail prior to construction to compensate for any potential disruption to Skyline.
Forestry Commission Wales is currently designing this trail on behalf of Vattenfall and this trail will be submitted to the Local Authority for agreement in the near future.
This will mean that mountain bikers will hugely benefit from the windfarm development, with the additional challenging trail.
We will continue to update www.afanforestpark.co.uk with information surrounding the development of the trails. Therefore, keep an eye on this site for news of what is happening when and information surrounding any temporary diversions/closures.
Kind regards
Lisa
work has already started on the windfarm.
Huge machinery is arriving and a site office is being setup.
large amounts of forest have cut markers on them
