2015-03-29 (Day 088) Pylon Construction

I went over the back road to rehearsal today, and on the way I passed this under-construction electricity pylon. It is part of the infamous Beauly to Denny power line, which caused great controversy several years ago.

The new pylons run close to, and will replace, an existing set of pylons that carry power from the hydroelectric plants in the north to the population centres of Central Scotland.

Whether the cable should be carried on pylons or buried is no doubt still a matter of dispute, but the new pylons are being built and the line will go live in the next few years.