You would think in this day and age that in a Cotswold village a consistent electricity supply would be a matter of course.

But Amberley is on the edge of Minchinhampton Common, owned by the National Trust. Electricity comes to the northwest of the village via an overhead line through woodland – and the trees have grown in the past fifty years. If a branch moves too much in bad weather – like the snow early in February – dozens of houses lose power.

Central Networks wishes to put in underground cabling, but the National Trust worries about the location of the three substations necessary.

I have a feeling that this story is going to run and run ….  

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