Sad times

From inside sources, we can reveal that CCBC have plans in hand to remodel Happy Valley and the gardens in a major cost-cutting exercise. The overall plan is to remove a lot of the terracing in the gardens, along with most of the plants and trees, and lawn the entire area, so that the current amphitheatre modelling will be continued right up the ski slope. In effect, the whole of Happy Valley and the old outdoor theatre will become a grassy hillock, bereft of trees, plants and  interest for visitors. This plan, however, has been quietly slipped through to anticipate the furore that might erupt if the plans to concrete the decaying Haulfre Gardens become a reality.