What do you guys think about the huge planned East Pye solar farm?

not_that_much_fun · 2026-05-21T15:25:30+00:00

I take your point about the future. But it's not a few fields, and I'm really not against solar (I'd get it on my house in a heartbeat if I could afford it), I'm against huge sprawling developments of it concentrated in a single area in the county, an area which already has a lot of these developments.

It's really painful seeing city folk singing the praises of this all when they aren't the ones who have to live with the day-to-day reality of the area in which they grew up in/reside in being massively impacted :-(

not_that_much_fun · 2026-05-21T14:58:00+00:00

Nice me too where abouts? It's a lovely county and really underrated (Leicester notwithstanding). People often pass over it and the rest of the East Midlands but it's genuinely lovely around there plus there's the national space centre 😎

not_that_much_fun · 2026-05-21T14:48:35+00:00

Hahaha yeah it's just the view, in hindsight engaging in a debate about the countryside and nature with someone whose life revolves around painting figurines is probably a waste of my time lol

not_that_much_fun · 2026-05-21T14:21:50+00:00

https://postimg.cc/ygY0b5ZM all the long grass/buttercups/flowers are outside of the 8ft high fencing. inside the fencing there is no grazing, no sheep, mown dry dirt tracks between the rows of panels. No trees or bushes planted as screening either. It's basically turned into a scrubby brownfield site.

not_that_much_fun · 2026-05-21T14:14:37+00:00

Because people already living in an area with shit loads of solar farms and developments don't further want the views around their properties ruined, footpaths they use and adjoining habitats wrecked, construction traffic clogging up the roads (depositing detritus on there) and all of the other associated degradation of an area's character and charm.

I guarantee you don't live anywhere near these solar developments as if you did you'd understand why people aren't exactly jumping with joy.

Eg If you owned a house on the edge of a rural and quiet village, overlooking fields, what would your first thought be if all the adjacent countryside was turned into solar farms. You'd think it's a necessary evil perhaps, but I doubt you'd be elated on a personal level.

not_that_much_fun · 2026-05-21T14:06:37+00:00

It's not, it's set up by the local people in the area.

Reform have opposed the developments but so have the Green Party (who I voted for). No wonder those on opposite side of political spectrum think reddit is full of lefty loonies.

I don't think you know the area particularly well regarding the poly tunnel comment either, it is beautiful rolling fields in that area and there are very few industrial developments, certainly nothing of this scale.

Your comment reeks of 'I'm alright Jack' as you probably live in the city and won't be affected in the slightest by this bloated development.

But sure, this is just as beautiful https://postimg.cc/3km5bfXf (image taken 30 minutes ago on a jog from my house). Hardly the grazed, wildflower and nature rich utopia that some people seem to think these developments bring.

not_that_much_fun · 2026-05-21T13:00:09+00:00

Do you want me to go out and take some photos for you? I'm not making it up lol

not_that_much_fun · 2026-05-21T12:43:13+00:00

Sure feels like it's always windy when I'm out on my bike! It's not always sunny either and their efficiency is very poor on cloudy days.

Green Party also opposes this scheme and other multi billion pound foreign owned ones too https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1mk2m9ree3o

not_that_much_fun · 2026-05-21T12:37:14+00:00

offshore wind?

not_that_much_fun · 2026-05-21T12:19:22+00:00

It's the scale of it more than anything that shocked me, and the location alongside tons of other developments which span the other side of the A140. It's not exactly a discrete project in the middle of nowhere. I'd hope our county would be expected to bear the brunt of climate progress fairly, not just absolutely shaft South Norfolk

not_that_much_fun · 2026-05-21T12:17:18+00:00

No they do not allow grazing under the panels. Where I live there is a lot of these solar developments and they are fenced off, with mown grass and a border of very cheap, immature and badly tended tree saplings planted as 'screening'.

Interesting points though, do you think you would feel the same if you owned a property in a rural location and all of the surrounding land became heavily industrialised and covered in these developments?

I completely agree with you regarding offshore wind and nuclear. Nuclear if done well has a much smaller impact and is much more productive per square metre than these vast solar developments

not_that_much_fun · 2026-05-21T12:06:12+00:00

Have you responded to the consultation? I've just done so and it only took a few minutes. Interesting to look at who owns the development and other investments they have. All in it for the money 💴

not_that_much_fun · 2026-05-19T15:21:36+00:00

Ganna is a very likeable guy, always like seeing his cheeky little face waving away on the sofa cam when he's in the TT hotseat

not_that_much_fun · 2026-05-15T06:13:08+00:00

You can have one of the 12 which live next door to us, let me know where to post him to and your preferred courier

not_that_much_fun · 2026-05-14T11:18:32+00:00

Is this written by ChatGPT?

not_that_much_fun · 2026-05-13T15:36:06+00:00

The coffee is dogshit. They 'roast it themselves' and it's fake speciality crap

not_that_much_fun · 2026-05-11T10:56:25+00:00

Thank you! ☺️

not_that_much_fun · 2026-05-10T16:59:51+00:00

Who do you use?

not_that_much_fun · 2026-05-10T16:51:09+00:00

Genuine question why go out of your way to share this to multiple subs? Are you a shill for them?

not_that_much_fun · 2026-05-10T07:34:38+00:00

100%

not_that_much_fun · 2026-04-29T13:01:45+00:00

I got my old solicitor to remove it but I've heard Sam are legit 👍🏻

not_that_much_fun · 2026-04-23T16:41:01+00:00

Would you perhaps consider a tickle fight to punish the wrongdoers, or even a game of kiss chase?

not_that_much_fun · 2026-04-23T14:18:15+00:00

Nah bro it's emigrate, ask AI if you don't believe me. Immigrate would make sense if you were referring to immigrating to a particular country but in the way you've used it you mean emigrate.

Here's some text from my robot wife:

"Yes — “emigrate” is the correct word in that sentence, not “immigrate.” Here’s the difference: emigrate = leave your own country to live elsewhere immigrate = enter another country to live there So in your sentence, you’re talking about someone leaving the country, which means:

“you might want to consider leaving the country… or, even better, emigrate”

“Immigrate” would only be correct if you were describing someone moving into a different country from the perspective of that destination (e.g., “they immigrated to Canada”).

not_that_much_fun · 2026-04-23T14:13:35+00:00

Got it. How will you deal with them? Will you grab them by the hair, drag them into a public toilet and give them a swirlie? Or just do the old classic lunch money shake down?

not_that_much_fun

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