There are plenty of things I would expect to derail the route of a £430 million energy project, but a fictional house-elf from the Harry Potter movies does not make my list. Yet even amidst 2026 calendar release schedule, Dobby apparently still has enough pull nearly two decades after his death to make a major infrastructure project change course.
According to BBC News, the Greenlink interconnector between Wales and Ireland had originally been planned to run through part of Freshwater West beach in Pembrokeshire. Potter fans probably recognize the location as the beach where Dobby tragically dies and is buried in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Once fans learned the cable could pass through the area containing his unofficial “grave,” they made their displeasure extremely clear.
