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brumph

Excitement of the day . National Grid installing a new power line pole on the border banking of our house.

As usual with my excitements, it didn't last long - they were all done in about an hour, just the two of them.

I think Thursday is the day for people coming to change the lines over to the new one and remove the old pole. Apparently the old one has been there since 1962 - it was pronounced 'healthy' by a company man inspecting it only three months ago, but I guess they've found a pile of poles they had to use up or something.

A small crane, mounted on the back of a truck loaded with 12 metre long (probably) poles, is manoeuvring another long pole vertically towards it's new siting hole. Two men in hi-vis workwear are discussing something, possibly 'Is this 2 metre hole deep enough yet' or last night's football match, stood beside a mini digger.
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David - Forking Mad

@brumph When the January storm brought down a few poles in our surrounding area, the BT man told me they only have a life span of 30 years! Seems short. Yours has lasted well

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brumph

@daj Yep, apparently the newer ones don't last as long as the older ones, something to do with the amount of creosote or how long they're soaked in it for since the 80's.

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