On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 23:57:16 +0100, Colin Wilson
wrote:

Nat - drop me an email, I have an article that might be of interest from
a newspaper at the weekend (in GIF format)
Any chance of any details here ?

http://www.phoenixbbs.dsl.pipex.com/wayleave.gif

(Sunday Post)

Basically, a couple needed a pole moving, but were told it would cost
£5k.

They discovered there wasn`t a wayleave in force, and are getting it
moved it for free.

Out of interested what is a wayleave? I've recently bought a house
which has, for want of a better description a telegraph pole in the
garden carrying electricity to the whole of the terrace (five houses).
It's supplied by a transformer at the end of the road and I am
therefore assuming it to be 240v. I've had to fit a UPS since we moved
here as we get occasional brownouts which are sufficient to upset my
computers.

From the brief reading of the deeds of the house there was no mention
of the pole.

The previous owners have screwed a hanging basket bracket to the pole
but I would assume the pole is the property of the electricity company
and they're probably not allowed to do this. The pole doesn't appear
to have a lightning conductor on it, but then I'm now entirely sure
this would be a good thing on an electricity supply pole.

Regards,
Jason.