Caches Near Pylons

[+The HERB5]

Has anyone thought to have a Bookmark of caches near pylons, cannot believe thought of it before.

[NickPick]

In most parts of the country I've lived in, everywhere is near a pylon! And I don't seem to be able to take a decent landscape photo without one. Maybe I should start taking photos of pylons instead.

[+Kryten]

Groundspeak rules say the caches should not be placed near places which may be terrorist targets such as dams, airports and other government buildings but for some reason Pylons seem exempt from this. Any idea why ?

[NickPick]

Groundspeak rules say the caches should not be placed near places which may be terrorist targets such as dams, airports and other government buildings but for some reason Pylons seem exempt from this. Any idea why ?

A terrorist strike on a pylon would at worst knock down the pylon and sever the cables. I would guess that National Grid can repair this sort of damage to a single pylon within hours. Even after major storms have knocked over power lines, they seem to get the supplies back up quite quickly.

 

Major substations on the other hand would probabaly take longer to fix, and presumably have higher security.

[+The Hokesters]

In most parts of the country I've lived in, everywhere is near a pylon! And I don't seem to be able to take a decent landscape photo without one. Maybe I should start taking photos of pylons instead.

passes Nick a copy of PhotoShop.

[NickPick]

In most parts of the country I've lived in, everywhere is near a pylon!  And I don't seem to be able to take a decent landscape photo without one.  Maybe I should start taking photos of pylons instead.

passes Nick a copy of PhotoShop.

 

Already got it, but it takes ages to edit out powerlines pixel by pixel!

[alistair_uk]

Groundspeak rules say the caches should not be placed near places which may be terrorist targets such as dams, airports and other government buildings but for some reason Pylons seem exempt from this. Any idea why ?

Because you need to draw the line somewhere and Pylons like monuments, general building, bridges and roads for that matter must fall outside that. In many ways it is good that people are starting to respect information more and see how it can be misused, but keep an eye on reality and remember it is a compromise between safety and freedom to enjoy yourself. To be very safe should we make Geocaching illegal so we call all sleep soundly at night. I now feel the need to place a cache by a Pylon to make a point, and I know just the one!

 

Also Two Utilities, Perhaps? is close to a Pylon, although I have not found it yet.

[+Snosrap]

Groundspeak rules say the caches should not be placed near places which may be terrorist targets such as dams, airports and other government buildings but for some reason Pylons seem exempt from this. Any idea why ?

Along with telegraph poles, sewers, railways, bridges, motorways etc etc etc. Everything can be a target to someone.

 

My advice is stay indoors. Although ROSPA do state that the majority of accidents happen in the home.

[+Teasel]

Don't forget post boxes! (Apparently terrorists favour those from Victorian times)

[alistair_uk]

My advice is stay indoors. Although ROSPA do state that the majority of accidents happen in the home.

...yes, and if you are staying at home spend as little time as possible in the kitchen as it appears to be a very dangerous place.

[+t.a.folk]

Along with telegraph poles

 

What are these then??

[+Moote]

This cache I adopted is next to a pylon - Waterpark Walkabout

 

Milton (aka Moote)

[+Snosrap]

In this cache pylons are the principal (indeed only) feature!!

 

I don't want to be accused of self-promotion so I'll repeat here what I say on the cache page itself - "I really wouldn't bother doing this if I were you".

[Garmin8888]

Pylons are good landmarks when one is walking in the fields......... we should plot their coordiants much more useful than taking their numbers.....

[Morseman]

A terrorist strike on a pylon would at worst knock down the pylon and sever the cables. I would guess that National Grid can repair this sort of damage to a single pylon within hours. Even after major storms have knocked over power lines, they seem to get the supplies back up quite quickly.

 

Major substations on the other hand would probabaly take longer to fix, and presumably have higher security.

Yes, and because the grid is a 'grid' it's likely that another path to get supplies through could be found within a very short space of time. The pylon could then be repaired and the circuits re-switched back to normal.

 

Even major substations can be bypassed by feeding supplies via a different route.

[+Bud Lightbeer]

I think a really useful aid to navigation would be to actually paint the gridlines on the ground.

[+Snosrap]

I find those GPS thingy's really useful for navigation.

[alistair_uk]

I find those GPS thingy's really useful for navigation.

Now that is an idea ;-) . One problem of using my GPS thingy in conjunction with an OS map is that I need to keep switching units and datum that can be a bit of a faff on an etrex, and I guess others.

[Garmin8888]

sell the etrax and keep to osgb .

[+The Blorenges]

I think a really useful aid to navigation would be to actually paint the gridlines on the ground.

Good idea! Get the "community service" participants on to it...

MrsB

[+Dorsetgal & GeoDog]

  I think a really useful aid to navigation would be to actually paint the gridlines on the ground. 

Oh my goodness Bud... I trust you are coming to clean the keyboard and monitor screen now as I have just sprayed them with my tea!

 

Or does the forum fall into the general Groundspeak disclaimer as well?