Pylon of the Month - April 2015
April 13, 2015
This has been a very busy month on the pylon front. As well as making it onto the BBC website (Meet the Pylon Spotters) along with Flash who runs the Pylon Appreciation Society, I have done several interviews on local BBC radio stations about pylons. The reason for this is that the six new T pylons (which I talked about back in November 2011) have been at installed at the National Grid training centre in Nottinghamshire and for a couple of days the UK went pylon mad, setting a new daily record of 4265 hits on Pylon of the Month.
I could have let all this publicity go to my head, but after considering featuring the new T pylon for April I have decided to stay true to the many fans who have sent in pylon pictures. When I get a 'real' picture (rather than one from the internet) of the new T pylons I'l definitely use it, but until then it is business as usual. So this month's picture was taken in Edinburgh and sent in with the following message:
Our colleague............is very keen on your blog ‘Pylon of the month’ we took these photos out of our office windows earlier today – it would make his day/week/month if they could be included in your blog......
The window in question seems to be at the Milton Road Campus of Edinburgh College, which rather fittingly offers Electrical Engineering amongst many other courses. With any luck, the news feed on their home page might soon be announcing the exciting news about Pylon of the Month featuring a nearby pylon. It might even get people at the college debating whether they prefer the old lattice pylons as featured above or the new T pylons. Flash Bristow has no doubts that 'These new electricity pylons will make Britain a duller place' although I'm not so sure. They won't be replacing existing pylons and even new pylon lines will have the option of using the T pylons or not, so with variety being the spice of life perhaps it will enhance the pylon offering in the UK. For lots on this and for more regular pylon action go to Twitter and @pylonofthemonth.
Excellent post .keep the on with the great posts
Posted by: Charles Ndung'u | June 29, 2016 at 07:31 AM
great pylon! keep up the good work!
Posted by: Alex | December 02, 2015 at 03:23 PM