I've had this photo of Ludlow Castle in Shropshire sat on my desktop for several months. Since I'm on a bit of a historical kick at the moment, I thought it was time it had an outing.We have planning laws in the UK designed to protect sites of historical interest from the encroachment of unsympathetic development. However, as in any society, these can be circumvented by applying grease to the right palms, chatting up with your mates in the Freemasons, or taking influential people out to dinner and slipping them the odd bottle of malt whisky at Christmas.
I've no evidence that this has happened in Ludlow but you've got to wonder at a system which would allow a unsightly caravan/trailer park be sited so close to a medieval monument dating from the 11th century.
4 comments:
Unbelievable, are you sure you're not talking about the US?
Beautiful castle and picture though!
That's beautifull, old buildings get Heritage listed over here!
Yikes. All because people are too complacent to care about a greedy developer who wanted to make his yearly earnings.
Puke.
Thank you
I think 'puke' sums it up exactly!
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