NEWS · B2 Level - Part 7

Fans Saved Dobby’s Beach Memorial

Harry Potter fans managed to get an electricity project rerouted all to protect Dobby's grave.

Level: B2 · 13 sentences

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  1. Harry Potter fans managed to get an electricity project rerouted all to protect Dobby's grave.
  2. The grave is actually a memorial for the fictional character on a beach in Wales where Dobby's death scene was filmed.
  3. It's a popular tourist spot where fans leave stones and some travel across the world to visit.
  4. The Greenlink Interconnector carries electricity between Britain and Ireland through cables going under the Irish Sea.
  5. During the project's development, its planned route was set to go through the fan-made memorial to Dobby the Elf.
  6. That's before fans caught wind of the plan, former project manager Simon Ludlam said in a podcast.
  7. He said they received hundreds of calls protesting the route after the plans were revealed.
  8. So, they ultimately changed the planned route to avoid the grave.
  9. It's actually not the first time the memorial's been saved.
  10. In 2022, the National Trust considered removing it or relocating it
  11. because of the environmental impact it was having on the beach.
  12. In the end, they decided that it could stay open
  13. as long as visitors stopped leaving socks and other items that could harm the environment.