DAVID Robertson asks in his letter of April 17 if those who are too old, ill or unfamiliar with the hills would use a cable car enough to bring in sufficient income.
Surely it is not just those two groups who would use it, but entire families, friends and groups, as I have seen elsewhere.
The cable car would be a splendid tourist attraction bringing excitement, joy and income to the area.
As for "building-free", this was not always so, as is well known.
The Beacon Hill café was burnt down in 1989.
The then Conservators wished to rebuild it (a change from the attitude shown now) but were warned that they risked prosecution by encroaching on common land.
So why had no prosecution already taken place?
A discreet visitor-centre tucked into the hillside by the top of the cable car would be an additional asset.
This is the Gilbert and Sullivan bit – five members of the House of Lords visited the hills and decided that there were enough facilities already, so the application to rebuild was turned down.
The current legislation is an excuse to block the cable car.
Laws can be changed, even the law to make taxi drivers carry hay for their horses was changed in 1976.
Shelley Longhurst
Ledbury
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