That clue is not enough to figure it out, sorry.... but I will think about it. Mysterious... :-) Thanks anyway..

Blade and pencil ?? xx

all the way@@BillLloydBanjo Im gona start sketching some pencil drawings xxx

Hi Andrew, good to hear from you. No plans just now, but would love to get over again soon - I have family in Crumlin and Kanturk, and friends all over, so due for a visit.

Brough Hill is about 2 miles west of the village of Brough on the A66 in the Upper Eden Valley

Thank you so much , I love the history of it. Best wishes Christine @@BillLloydBanjo

thanks Mary. I have been thinking about a Full Moon Club revival - will let you know if it happens.... x

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its me from greenside

@@finleybarker531 Hi Finley, you can reach me via messenger or Facebook. facebook.com/BillBanjo/

@@BillLloydBanjo ok thanks

Hello Fred, the ZX line runs from Quernmore to Carlisle via New Hutton substation. National Grid map here confirms it is 400kv. infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/wp-content/ipc/uploads/projects/EN020007/EN020007-Advice-00003-2-120525_NWCC_Planning_Inspectorate_Presentation[2].pdf

@@BillLloydBanjo ah ok thats interesting!

L2 carries any voltage of 132kV up to 400kV’ they’re being steadily replaced by L8’ shame really as I like the design of L2 as well as L3 and then there’s only very few L66 left as well’ I’m in Aberdeenshire’ no L2 here’ just L8 and L3c.

Hi Ryan, I would recommend ridging up at least once. We were late planting so we only ridged up once, but you can do it twice if it needs it. Ridging up makes sure that the potatoes are no expsed to the air, but it also keeps the weeds down. (We don't use any weedkillers. The job was made easier by making up a 3-point link attachment for the tractor which was made to measure to fit the planter. I took the 3 ploughs off the planter and fitted them to the ridger with the right spacing, so the two implements were on the same frame and on the same tyre tracks. Probably difficult to get it right if you don't measure up first. Video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpzKpHmCpb6dbcU

Thanks very much for the reply. That's quite a smart little frame you have made up. Could you send me on some close up images if i gave you my email?

Thank you very much!

Thanks, you too!

I wonder why they used a little section of L6 on a predominantly L2 line.

Hello Raul, I have only just seen your comment so sorry for slow reply. I will certainly check out the Gaita de Boto - thanks for the tip. You will find more of our music on the Cumbria Gaita Band KZbin channel, and I also play Breton and Portugese tunes. Thanks again.

Don't know if this answers your question or not but, at the power station it's self, the output transformers are labled "23.5/400kv Generator transformer" so my guess is the stated line voltage signifies the supply voltage. As our land mass is comparitively small (compared to the US), perhaps we don't have the transmission distances to experience considerable voltage losses so a nominal voltage is not considered necessary. Just a thought.

@@soundseeker63 Thank you for the explanation. What I find very intriguing is that the United States used to use receiving end (source) end voltage nomenclature. For example 33-kV, 66-kV, 88-kV (obsolete) and 110-kV, 132-kV, 154-kV, 220-kV and so forth. When the utility industry matured in the mid-1930s, one of the changes made was to institute "nominal" voltage limits, so 33-kV became 34.5-kV, 66-kV became 69.5-kV and so on. 275-kV is an intriguing voltage to me. In so far as it was the receiving end voltage (name plate on auto-transformers) for the first EHV transmission lines from Mead Switchyard to Receiving Station "B" in Los Angeles was 275-kV. The sending (source) end voltage was nominal: 287.5-kV. So I was wondering if the British 275-kV lines were originally 287.5-kV at the origination end? That would make sense, since British voltage nomenclature uses our previous technique of receiving end voltages only? The CEGB came up with "Standard Types of Tower" similarly to our U. S. Bureau of Reclamation designs. British double circuit designs for 400-kV quad (sub-conductor) lines used the "D, D-30, D-60, D-90, DT, DJT, and ST" style (pylons) towers. I am simply curious about your system, as I am quite unfamiliar and have never visited the UK. However, I do have various books on British construction and find your techniques quite fascinating. It is also interesting to note the differing language terms in the UK for the same terminology here and in Canada. And interestingly enough, the British use "insect" names for conductor cross-sectional sizes; we use "bird names". Amazing for two countries separated by a common language, as Churchill remarked! Thanks for your reply.

@@765kvline Since the CEGB was first concieved in the late 1920s our local distribution voltages have always been stated at 11kv, 33kv, 66kv and 132kv on the regional grid, as are still used today. Ditto the 275kv and 400kv "super grid" lines that came later. They have never changed to my knowlege and I've not heard of fractions being used before so my guess would be that we never adopted the nominal voltage designations. That said, I sure all the equipment is designed to operate at upto 10% over voltage...

@@soundseeker63 Thanks for the explanation. Being unfamiliar with the UK's system, I had to ask. You've filled a vacuum of information on the topic. Appreciate that!

@@soundseeker63 I think we also have some rural distribution lines at 6.7kv.

Quite. And what's more, the lines on the opposite side of the tower are still live at 400kV! Stray onto the wrong side and you're toast!

These are Galician Gaita pipes, made from Grenadillo blackwood, with Goretex bagm in the key of C. They are made by Mestre Mateo and supplied by Arco Iris in Lugo. They are very good starter pipes - and good value for money. I played them for 5 years before moving up to a set by Anton Varela, and I have now purchased a high quality set by Seivane. By coincidence the pipes in the video are now for sale - to help pay for the Seivane set. The price is about half the new price. Please contact me at www.billlloyd.co.uk if you would like to know more. Thank you

Your musical memory is excellent, - but not perfect. Style and idiom spot on, region very close, just the tunes and the instrument different. Funny though - I wont be able to watch the video again without thinking of a pylon shop... :-)

Thanks for that.... please share!

it wasn't much different in the 80's

They just got on with the job. No beaurocratic (i know its spelt wrong, i can never remember the correct spelling) H&S BS in those days getting in the way, slowing them down. They were proper tough men and they just fecking got on with it.

@@simontay4851 I know! How dare national grid try and protect its workforce. Outrageous...

True, marxism/ Job quotas wouldn't work in this environment. Men are still needed despite the lefts 'progress'.

Good. Serves you right.

I will ask my friend and let you know.

Mty friend in the busines stells me that it could be called a Derrick, or possible a Pull Lift and lifting beam. They have sent me various illustrations , but I cant post them here.

Many thanks Bill for your help.

Bill Lloyd aka Willy Ruby ..

be a pull lift mate

back in the 80's when i became an OH lineman we didn't have many rules haha we had a belt and that was it

Glad to hear it.