What i think most people are simply against, is that the Zip wire is to be constructed within a National Park.
Its an area of outstanding beauty, but that should not be the sole reason for not allowing a zip wire to be built.
I agree the Honister Pass is not the best location to construct such a popular attraction, due to its very poor access for large influx of traffic and visitors.
A zip wire attracts vast numbers of people, all of whom will happily spend considerable amounts of their money in the area, if the venture is carefully managed.
Local B&Bs, Hotels, Youth Hostels, and businesses will benefit from such a project, simply because many of the new visitors will decide to stay an extra night or two, to see what else is on offer.
Businesses in North West Wales have profited to the tune of over £250 million in the past five years alone, and such is the popularity of Zip Wires, even South Wales wants a piece of the action.
Like Ive already said, if a new Nuclear power station was proposed for the Honister area, or any area within the Lake District National Park, then i could see the anguish and worry of the locals, but all is proposed is a wire from one end of the pass to the other.
There is this assumption that the Lake District is exclusively an area for those who want to walk it hills, and valleys, and anything other than that, will not or should not be considered.
Areas of outstanding natural beauty need other attractions to persuade people to visit the area.
Walking i agree is very popular, but what else is there to do in the Lakes other than walk the fells.
The younger generation or those with no interest at all in the great outdoors, need other reasons to travel to the NW of England.
Zip wires, like them or loathe them, its virtually transformed the economy of a small area of NW Wales, that still suffered high unemployment and poor job opportunities.
Any venture that brings large numbers of people into an area, all willing to spend their money locally, must be good.
If the proposed Zip wire venture is carefully managed, it will ensure the continued prosperity of local businesses and other attractions.
Just imagine what £250m can do for local Cumbrian businesses, and that's only in a five year period.