[Closed] Scotlandshire riders - is it just me?

Is it not the new Denny - Beually (can't spell it!) line? The one that everyone is up in arms at as the Cairgorms park gets it buried due to it's National Park status but everywhere else gets massive pylons as they are cheaper to install...

Yes, some are, but a lot is older lines being upgraded it seems, plus plethora of new hydro schemes (Glen Lyon has 7!) going in...

As DickBarton says, it's the power line. What a friggin mess. Think it's going over the Corrieyairack then A9, Tummel Bridge, Coshieville, Loch Freuchie and Sma Glen 🙁

Not sure if money has appeared in a budget, or some long term maintenance was due, but the pylons in Clydebank that run up into the Kilpatricks are having work done on them too.
A new, and very visible track has been laid up to the pylon just up from Carleith, and I'm guessing they will need to lay track to all the other ones further into the hills.
Going to make a big mess, I reckon.

Sounds like it to me Dick, was up there last summer and the pwoer line guys were all over the place.

Dug up one of my favourite trail obstacle set-pieces round here just to make access to a pylon a tiny bit easier. Put it back in a right mess. 🙁

Going to have to do some digging on that before the season kicks-off.

EDIT: This thread has actually just reminded me of that, I'd forgotten with it still being under snow. Way to put a dampener on my evening!

It's not rocket science....

We're reducing CO2 emissions. That means lots of new energy generators - many of which are relatively small. They all need to be built and maintained and these tracks and works are key to that.

I can imagine a couple of highlanders in the early 1700s having the same discussion; "See that bluddy General Wade...... bluddy roads everywhere...."

There are multiple wind farms cropping up on the hills around me. MAssive tracks everywhere.

Cannae wait till they've finished installing the turbines... will be able to link large sections of hills soon with minimal tramping across the moorlands.

Its a necessary evil - and the new tracks will fade and blend in over time. I hope its not too unsympathetically done tho. A new track thru the corryairck will be a bit odd

NIMBY ALERT

Na - its a valid question. One of the flaws in Scotlands mountain access / management legislation is there is no oversight needed or permissions if you want to bulldozer a new track into the hills

Any of you lot use electricity?

Are you part of the problem or part of the solution? Turn your PC off now.

I run on fluence, ether and willpower

The access roads for the Eaglesham moor road are already being advertised as MTB routes and they are now looking to put in some "proper" MTB trails too. Imagine a few more of those around....

I run on fluence, ether and willpower

I initially mis-read that as 'flounce' 😉

The access roads for the Eaglesham moor road are already being advertised as MTB routes and they are now looking to put in some "proper" MTB trails too.

Sweet, some more localish trails 😀

doh wrong thread

❓ 😀

Ahh - the delight of chasing renewable self-sufficiency in Scotland. At least TJ is happy, eh Matt?

>Any of you lot use electricity?<

Not as black and white as that.

As someone alluded to up there, these landowners are subjected to virtually zero planning control. There are dozens of new tracks being bulldozed every year for all manner of "reasons."

More here:

http://hilltrackscampaign.org.uk/index20.htm

As I understand it all of the tracks being built to put in the Beauly-Denny pylons will be dug up following the pylon installation. Within a year or so there will be little evidence of them

As for the local hydro schemes, I'm all for them. Once built they have very little visual impact, and harness a natural resource that Scotland is rich in. Even the new lines going in down Glen Lyon are pretty much unnoticeable unless you are looking for them. Because the schemes are run of river they have negligible impact on river flows as well. Give me local hydro schemes rather than wind turbies any day