Wordsworth's last known descendent joins fight against Lake District pylons

Although National Grid has agreed to use underground cables within the national park, it plans to place pylons just 10 metres outside park boundry

Joined by the last known descendent of the Romantic poet William Wordsworth, middle England will go on the march this new year to “save the Lake District from pylons”.

Where Wordsworth wandered alone among the clouds others may not be able to follow with plans for 90 pylons the height of Nelson’s Column across an estuary in the area of outstanding natural beauty.

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