On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 11:59:03 +0100, John Williamson wrote:

and a line of pylons in the Highland of Scotland shows how puny
are
man's works.

They appear to be trying to take over like the tripods from War
of
the Worlds along the southern end of the M74. Ruin the landscape.

Alongside the road is the only viable route in that area and was
chosen
to minimise the visual impact. The line was restrung ...

Sorry I wasn't clear, the War of the Worlds tripods taking over
should have been refering to the thousands of windmills that have
sprouted up in that area in the last 5 years or so.

You barely notice the plylons. Just recently half the the 400 kV line
from Carlisle south to Lancaster/Preston has been restrung, nice
bright shiny cables and clean glass insulators. Don't half show how
mucky the other half of the line is!

Then they put the turbines on the nearby hilltops for quite a distance
along it.

Almost flaming anywhere they could, the windmills have completely
ruined the landscape.

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Cheers
Dave.