On The Record
Postcards to This Place
Write what you know, record what matters to you and help us gather the evidence that this place has real value.
To speculative developers like Bute Energy and Green Gen places like this are reduced to abstractions: a route, a boundary, a view, a constraint, a technical problem to be solved.
But this place is not abstract to the people who know it, and we need to gather that evidence so we can give this place a voice.
It is children running barefoot from the lake, rain on canvas, swallows over the fields, dogs asleep by the tent. It is farmers moving stock at dusk, walkers on old paths, riders on the lanes, children learning the names of birds, trees, rivers and hills.
It is history still underfoot, and a future still being made.
It is not empty space.
It is a living landscape, full of memory, work, childhood, freedom, belonging, return and possibility.
Postcards to This Place is our way of gathering that truth.
We are asking visitors, neighbours, families, walkers, campers, swimmers, farmers, friends and anyone who loves this landscape to write a postcard in their own words.
You do not need to write perfectly, you only need to write truthfully.
Small details matter, a remembered lane, a regular walk, a bird call heard, a business affected, a child's favourite place, a family story, a photograph, a change in the seasons. All of it helps build the picture beyond the planning technicalities.
Write your postcard
Use the form below to send your postcard. This can be a memory, observation, note, letter, witness statement, photograph caption, objection, story or simple detail.
Write as much or as little as you like. You can come back and send another postcard whenever you remember more.
Not sure where to start?
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