Pylon hunt 19: Redbourn, 16th September 2023

I’d been a bit unwell for a few days so I opted for a shorter walk to conserve energy, a “mere” 15½ miles … It was quite a hazy day and I was concerned that the haze would interfere with the photography, but it wasn’t a significant problem.

Note the haze in the air …

I spent time exploring the public footpath map to find an alternative route; this delightful lane is one I’ve never investigated before.

Sheep …

(Someone will understand that.)

Just some views of the fields:

A “forbidden passage”, so implies the footway closed sign … but nothing seems closed about it.

Very little in the way of photos of Redbourn itself, unfortunately.

Jumping ahead to the edge of Redbourn, and finally I get chance to take some decent shots of the L7(c) towers:

The primary objective of this walk was to get closer to a pylon discovered on Coronavirus walk 112 to Piccotts End: a PL16 line tower with semi-tension insulator sets on the bottom phases. With 12× zoom instead of 3× zoom and a way to get closer to it, I can get a better photo of it than I did last time.

Heading back out of Redbourn …

Finally here:

Sadly, this is the only tower known to have such a modification in this area.

Time to head back.

A Sycamore (Acronicta aceris) caterpillar crossing the road:

Back to walking …

Watching trains for a few minutes …