New Turbine for Strangford lough

It's official something that has been previously planned in Northern Ireland has actually happened after years of planning and thinking and scheming and delays the new tide turbine has actually been put into the mouth of Strangford lough . As I have grown up in the area and never known the view to change its going to be a little strange to have this in you sight line but it's also interesting to note that they said it was chosen because it was the best place with the strongest currents something that Sailors in the lough have know for years. It will be interesting to know just how it works out.I remember reading in one press release that they also wanted an area that they could bring people to to have a look at the turbine that was'nt off shore and anyone out there that knows the hospitality in Portferry will know they will have a good time there even if they never get to see the turbine at all, in fact if they go for hospitality in Portaferry they may never be able to see anything ever again................ Thanks uncle Lennie for the photos.

Two last thing, in discussion with someone in East Belfast about my upcoming trip to China we were talking about the pictures of Tibet on the news. He was saying that was'nt it nice that all that was going on just to let someone living in East Belfast feel at home on a holiday visit ;-) Oh how times have changed.

The last observation I had today was driving down shaftebury square you could see the big wheel glistening in the sun and it really felt that it was a different city to the one I moved to ten odd years ago, I parked my car on Townsend Street where I used to work on the bottom of the Shankill and the Falls and an open top bus drove through the peace line, we are a city in transition and I think many people have just started to realise it.