WAVENEY VALLEY, England, May 30 Reuters Dot Matthie says she faces losing the use of the airstrip in her field because of a British government plan to build electricity pylons in the area, which would put light aircraft in danger.

Will Gaze fears losing half of a field growing arable crops. Christine Murton says she sold her house at a big loss because of the scheme.

All three are part of an eclectic group of campaigners in the Waveney Valley and nearby areas in England39;s East Anglia region fighting plans for highvoltage lines to carry wind and solar power across the rolling fields towards UK cities part of the government39;s strategy to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

The group is not opposed to green policies most support the energy transition. But they object to 50 metrehigh pylons being built in farmers39; fields, among the thatched cottages and winding lanes of villages, and in private gardens.

And they are threatening legal action if the proposals do not change.

Instead they want an offshore grid or cables underground, using new High Voltage Direct Current technology HVDC.

That would cost more, underscoring the challenge Britain39;s next government faces to build power infrastructure at a rate not seen in decades, at an affordable cost and without losing public support.

It39;s not green to actually bombard your way through precious woodlands and hedgerows, said Murton. She said she sold her house in Waveney Valley as soon as she saw plans for two…