Rattus was interested to read the results of the initial consultation on the new proposed National Park which could stretch northwards through the Clwydian hills to the coast.  

Some of the people who responded or turned up were positive and some negative. 

Cynics would say if there is a massive shortage of public funds why stretch the expenditure even further. Some people would find the added bureaucracy tedious but others would expect greater protection for landscape and heritage.  

OTHER NEWS:

The area chosen is not really a coherent entity like the Gower or Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon). You only need to go to Yr Wyddfa, especially at a weekend, to see why they need to spread the visitors a bit. You can’t park, the tracks are crowded and solitude in nature is elusive.

Some bits would benefit from some sort of protection and support but possibly not a full blown national park. The lateness and idiocy of SFS is not helping.

Some farmers with good habitat are hanging on hoping their restraint will be recognised and nature friendly farming will one day compensate for the loss of the Basic Payment Scheme.

What we don’t want is a fire sale of farms being bought up by massive intensive agricultural businesses or being sold to carbon offset companies for new forestry.

In England the transition is working quite well and Countryside Stewardship payments for species rich grassland have now gone up to £640 per ha per year.

Can we have that in Wales please? 
Rattus rattus