Telling omissions in coastal documentary

I HAVE just viewed “Glannau Cymru o’r Awyr” (The Welsh Coast From The Air) on S4C, showing the varied, picturesque north Wales coastline from Menai Straits to the River

Dee; a very informative, educative programme.

The view from the air gives that coast a totally different perspective. For instance, it shows why Penmaenmawr next to that massive rocky headland is thus named. Perfect description! Also, the Dyffryn Conwy (Conwy Valley) area out towards Pen y Gogarth (Great Orme) looked spectacular.

The film featured a beautiful stretch of Welsh coast, with the programme culminating with the singing of the lovely patriotic Welsh anthem, “Dros Gymru’n Gwlad” to the tune Finlandia by Sibelius.

However, I noted that the programme was very careful not to show the 25 offshore wind turbines of Rhyl Flats or the phenomenal 160 wind turbines, 150m high, called “Gwynt y Mor” off Colwyn Bay. They would have ruined the scenic perspective. Obviously, the producers thought so too!

By the way, if readers think that 150m turbines at sea are enormous, they should reflect that an Irish Government company wants to ridiculously erect 26 250m (825ft) wind turbines above the village of Bryn near Maesteg and Port Talbot. They will be the biggest on land in the world! The Eiffel Tower is only a little over a 1,000ft high! How will air ambulances safely travel to Morriston and Singleton Hospitals, particularly with low cloud mixing with smoke from Port Talbot steelworks?

I wonder what the Irish would say if a Welsh company wanted to erect even small wind turbines on the Wicklow Hills?

LJ Jenkins, Cardigan, Ceredigion