Ickle pylons

[Flash Bristow]

Found these when clearing out an old phone recently. They were taken somewhere between Royston and east London.

First I spotted some like this:
gorge.org/pylons/2009/Image491.jpg

Then I got up close to one like this:
gorge.org/pylons/2009/Image493.jpg

From a distance I'd thought they were wooden, but close up it was clear that rust and a bad paint job gave that effect.

The nettles show how small the pylon is!
gorge.org/pylons/2009/Image494.jpg
gorge.org/pylons/2009/Image495.jpg
gorge.org/pylons/2009/Image498.jpg

[poyks]

Blimey, they are ickle! Nice to see the old fashioned danger signs.

[Dr Fortran]

Feb 1, 2009 10:46:02 GMT -5 Flash Bristow said:

First I spotted some like this:
gorge.org/pylons/2009/Image491.jpg

That's a Trident pole - 132kV single circuit. Older ones have ceramic insulators; newer ones have polymerics.