Buchanty and Other Animals!

[lesc]

Everyone -

Now I've got your attention here's a boatload from Central / North Central and upland Scotland. Caution large pics and limited bandwidth

Getting an hour on the Buchanty Spout is privilege indeed but the day after (Sunday) may be of more interest to you lot. Apologies for encroaching on Envision (Buchanty) and I suspect Dr. Fortran territory in these. Flash: you are more than welcome to use these and other pix I've put up as I'm not fond of Photobucket.

No fish were caught or even <CENSORED> seen but the olympus had a field day!

Muthill. Near Crieff. JL Eve PL16 / 132KV - ED51107 from the tower bible along with a gaggle of 33KV poles march past this village.

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Detail:
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They march off up to the Sma' Glen and beyond, more on these later.
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Same circuit. PL16D10 deviation tower - ??
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B U C H A N T Y !
The pylontastic feast that's known as Buchanty here's Les's contribution to the PL1 bible....

Looking at the earth wire on these babies there's another something twisted around it probably broadband fibreoptic.

At Buchanty hamlet, Buchanty - type PL1 double circuit suspension tower for the lack of a better name / 132KV, presumably Scottish Hydro, caught in the early morning sun.
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Honestly, cracking pic THIS IS NOT off the Gorge website
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Lightning Conductor. Perhaps pylon is in a lightning hotspot and was clobbered a few times.
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Buchanty Type PL1 D60.
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Off they go towards Aberfeldy.
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The other way. Farmer didn't mind me going up his farm track he seemed rather surprised seeing some tit with a camera at 8 in the morning photographing these ancient structures.
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Glen Quaich. Road was 'unsuitable for...'
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Some of them the pain was peeling off leaving this bizarre effect.
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Buchanty PL1D10:
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The JL Eve PL16 towers crossed the A822 further up.
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PL16D10?
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D U N F E R M L I N E
L4M / 132KV double circuit - these must have replaced a PL1b line which I remember was here.

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Village in background is Kingseat.
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Detail:
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F O R D E L L F I R S
This ex SSEB PL16 / 132KV string goes from Dunfermline to Inverkeithing.
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C L E I S H R O A D E N D
Detail - Danger 132000 VOLTS South Of Scotland Electricity Board
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PL16 tastic.
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Off they go. To Westfield I suspect.
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Surprise Surprise. Caught this on the Forth Bridge approach.
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G I L S T O N , S C O T T I S H B O R D E R S
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As good as new.Looks like Spanish Scottish Power refurbished this lot fully. The famous Milliken PL1b / single circuit 132KV.
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Aww. Lambs & PL1b.
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Marching away in the background were these L6 - Stella - Eccles - Cockenzie 400KV supergrid stuff.
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Springtime.
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PL1b / L6. One is small and cuddly the other is huge and menacing no wonder nobody wants these L6 anywhere near them!
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Further down the A68 coming off Soutra:
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E C C L E S and Les passing thru Dr Fortran territory
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L2 / 400KV heading from the mother of all substations.
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ZA185...Huge!
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Off towards Cockenzie.
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PL16 / 132KV heading away from Eccles. Britain's Commonest Pylon?
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Detail:
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Eccles Substation has this oddity. Is this a PL16D60?
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and it goes off to another identical one.
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Ooerr.
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PL1b terminal tower or a modified PL16?
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The L12s also march towards Edinburgh.
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Enjoy!

les

[poyks]

Superb collection of pictures!