The majority of the visitors to our hotel just up the coast from Rhyl are either middle-aged or elderly and many of them holidayed in Rhyl or Prestatyn when they were children.
One of the things many of them want to do is to relive those glory days of holidays in North Wales from forty or fifty years ago.
We do warn them that Rhyl may not be quite what they remember from their childhood holidays and, in past years, when they return from their day trip they usually comment that the place looked a bit run down. What we have not heard in previous years are many comments about the wind turbines off the coast. But this year it is a different story.
"What are those pillars being put up in the bay. . .what are they for?" And when we tell them that it is a for a wind farm their reaction is almost invariably the same.
"How could it be allowed? . .Why are they so close to the shore?. . .How many more of them are there going to be?
It does appear that those in power have shot themselves in the foot over the towering turbines that are now being built.
Yes, there is a demand for renewable sources of energy and wind power must have a part to play in that.
But, tourism is a major part of the way of life in North Wales and, if visitors are going to be put off by the new wind farm, we will all lose.
It would appear the original windfarm was far enough off shore not to make an real impact on visitors.
But the new batch appear little more than three or four miles out and are going to dominate the landscape.
Many visitors come to the area just to stroll along the front and gaze out to sea.
These wind towers are a serious blot on the landscape.
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