Post by lesc on Jul 9, 2009 4:54:30 GMT -5
Having gone fishing yesterday to escape the IT grind meant a leisurley drive up to Brenchcoillie near Inverarary to fish the many waterfalls formed by the Leachan Water here. This is truly fishing the hard way as the only way to get at the pools is to walk up the burn!
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It wasn't all fish, however and on my way up I detoured via the A7 and found this on the bypass on the south side of Galashiels.
Blaw Knox PL16DT /132kv near Tweedbank Industrial Estate on the A6091.
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Perhaps one for the bible here as marching south from the terminal were this string of Blaw Knox PL4DD2 / 132kv ED51108, id'd from naughtyhorse's tower bible, good stuff.
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Available Light photography with digital cameras can be a bit hit and miss sometimes as you sometimes don't know when it's focussed correctly. However when it comes right you get things like this Blaw Knox PL16D30 / ED51123 silhouetted in a nebulous sky (caused by volcanic ash). Picture taken near Cleish Road End, by Kinross.
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Brenchcoillie is near where the Scottish Hydro mysteries pass from Sloy to Carradale. They were undergoing maintenance and being painted a pale green colour perhaps as they pass through the loch lomond national park. Asking the Southern plc linesmen what kind of pylons (and showing the PAS stuff and other pics on my camera) they were got an old Scottish bloke telling me he thought they were PL6 put up shortly after WW2.
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Dull skies meant plenty of fish (and midgies!) and was well worth the wet feet.
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The cammo paint seems to work.
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Mystery Sloy-type pylon for the lack of a better name D10.
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One of them was right by the farm track. Time to let the camera loose
Route indicator.
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Various shots for those who like these arty things.
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All the members were stamped with strange hieroglyphics. P6L = PL6? 3rd call. Tweeked in Picasa.
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This is where they come from. This place had more security than Fort Knox and i didn't even attempt to go near the substation.
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A couple of PL16DDT there was a third line but douldn't get any decent shots.
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les
llandru.servehttp.com/mixedbag080709/P9213287.jpg
It wasn't all fish, however and on my way up I detoured via the A7 and found this on the bypass on the south side of Galashiels.
Blaw Knox PL16DT /132kv near Tweedbank Industrial Estate on the A6091.
llandru.servehttp.com/mixedbag080709/P7072622.jpg
Perhaps one for the bible here as marching south from the terminal were this string of Blaw Knox PL4DD2 / 132kv ED51108, id'd from naughtyhorse's tower bible, good stuff.
llandru.servehttp.com/mixedbag080709/PAS_PL4DD2.jpg
llandru.servehttp.com/mixedbag080709/P7072624.jpg
Available Light photography with digital cameras can be a bit hit and miss sometimes as you sometimes don't know when it's focussed correctly. However when it comes right you get things like this Blaw Knox PL16D30 / ED51123 silhouetted in a nebulous sky (caused by volcanic ash). Picture taken near Cleish Road End, by Kinross.
llandru.servehttp.com/mixedbag080709/PAS_PL16D30.JPG
Brenchcoillie is near where the Scottish Hydro mysteries pass from Sloy to Carradale. They were undergoing maintenance and being painted a pale green colour perhaps as they pass through the loch lomond national park. Asking the Southern plc linesmen what kind of pylons (and showing the PAS stuff and other pics on my camera) they were got an old Scottish bloke telling me he thought they were PL6 put up shortly after WW2.
llandru.servehttp.com/mixedbag080709/P7082670.jpg
Dull skies meant plenty of fish (and midgies!) and was well worth the wet feet.
llandru.servehttp.com/mixedbag080709/P7082671.JPG
The cammo paint seems to work.
llandru.servehttp.com/mixedbag080709/P7082672.jpg
Mystery Sloy-type pylon for the lack of a better name D10.
llandru.servehttp.com/mixedbag080709/P7082673.JPG
One of them was right by the farm track. Time to let the camera loose
Route indicator.
llandru.servehttp.com/mixedbag080709/P7082674.JPG
Various shots for those who like these arty things.
llandru.servehttp.com/mixedbag080709/P7082675.JPG
llandru.servehttp.com/mixedbag080709/P7082677.JPG
llandru.servehttp.com/mixedbag080709/P7082678.JPG
llandru.servehttp.com/mixedbag080709/P7082679.JPG
llandru.servehttp.com/mixedbag080709/P7082680.jpg
All the members were stamped with strange hieroglyphics. P6L = PL6? 3rd call. Tweeked in Picasa.
llandru.servehttp.com/mixedbag080709/P7082676.jpg
This is where they come from. This place had more security than Fort Knox and i didn't even attempt to go near the substation.
llandru.servehttp.com/mixedbag080709/P7082682.jpg
A couple of PL16DDT there was a third line but douldn't get any decent shots.
llandru.servehttp.com/mixedbag080709/P7082683.jpg
les