Are there people who spot pylons, i.e. take their number?
Not that I’m aware – and actually it’s very hard to see the number on a pylon. You have to be right next to it or using binoculars, and looking at the correct of the four sides. The Pylon of the Month website which Harvey Brant used to run (it hasn’t been updated in ages) does quote the number of the pylon, but I prefer to focus on structure rather than number. Besides, it looks like Harvey’s site was a spoof, to embarrass his trainspotter friends. He seems rather proud of the awards he has won in the “Worst Website” categories! Do you see pylons as things of beauty or as an eyesore? I don’t think they are wonderfully attractive and that plonking a pylon down anywhere would enhance the landscape without question! But I don’t think they are an eyesore, rather an item of curiosity. They remind me of people in form – they have a head and arms and legs – and in that way are something that is vaguely familiar to us. Remember the TV advert from the sale of National Power and PowerGen, when p
