Crispin Aubrey…

You may remember my piece written earlier this year on the “Stop Hinkley” campaign and nuclear power station development near my home here in Nether Stowey.

I thought it pertinent to pay tribute to Crispin Aubrey who has died, though not a name known to the wider public, he was an extraordinary man.  I must admit his campaign has been shamefully ignored by the national media here, particularly the BBC who once prided themselves in alternative viewpoints of which Aubrey was a personification.  I only ever met him in passing despite being a neighbour!  In fact rather comically, the last time I spoke to him was whilst attending a training exercise on his land for last October’s demonstration.

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