WHY is the Government so intent on installing ugly, expensive and inefficient wind farms that are disfiguring our countryside?

If there’s no wind, then no electricity.

That’s madness!

I was driving from Hebden Bridge to Burnley over the Long Causeway the other day and got the impression of being somewhere quite alien and moon-like.

There were these huge wind turbines, which were not moving — but silently telling me they are costing each one of us more than £50 a year.

Surely the way forward is to build nuclear power stations, ensuring that this country is power rich and free from the threat to our fuel supplies that we are now reliant upon from overseas?

So, it seems we are no longer using teapots.

I, like most people I know, do brew up in mugs, but on a tray in my larder is a teapot, with four cups and saucers, ‘at the ready’, for when friends drop in.

It occurred to me how wasteful teabags are.

We must use about 20 odd a day at our house, but if I used a teapot I could cut that down to 12.

Multiply that by every family in the country and we are literally throwing ‘bags’ of money away.

Also, instead of having to get up to make another cuppa, the teapot would be there on the table, waiting to be poured.

It might also mean tea cosies coming back into vogue!

The Royal Society of St George is making plans for ‘Jubilee Day’ and, among other things, we are hoping to have a plethora of Blackburn bands playing in King William Street, near the town hall and a small fairground.

If you have any interesting suggestions for the day, they would be welcomed.

I must also say a big ‘thank you’ to Thwaites Brewery, which has once again sponsored £1,000 for our St George’s commemorative day in Blackburn Cathedral on April 21 — of course all are welcome.

I enjoyed a family Sunday lunch at Samlesbury Hall with a splendid roast beef dinner, just like my mother used to think she made. Wonderful!