DARC Matters – 15 – Fighting Them on the Beach

by · July 22, 2025

Opponents of plans for a US/UK space radar station on the St Davids Peninsula plan to stage a major protest on Newgale beach on Sunday 3 August at 12 noon.

Organisers are asking attendees to bring a small mirror with them – the idea being to send mutliple reflections of the sun upwards to be filmed by a passing drone.

Protest group PARC Against DARC says: “If you’re also not a fan of the Newgale bypass road, why not feel free to consider it a demo against that too while we’re at it.”

The group adds that it wants to “keep reminding the MOD, and the UK and Welsh governments that Pembrokeshire people never forget – and the ridiculous DARC proposal is no exception”.

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Nigel Summerley

Nigel Summerley retired from The Oldie magazine to return to freelance journalism. He previously held executive staff jobs at the London Evening Standard, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph and the Daily Express before freelancing for 20 years for newspapers including The Times, The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Guardian and the ‘i’ paper, plus a wide range of magazines. He continues to write about music, travel and health, to freelance for the Financial Times and The Oldie magazine, and to edit selected books. He blogs at www.nigel-summerley.blogspot.com.

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