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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pratincol" data-source="post: 3299981" data-attributes="member: 65801">Well I can second that having been there last week.Not only did we have to drive through forests of the ugly monstrosities but they weren't even working.High pressure,no wind for day after day.Tens of them stock still.One of the reasons people went to Scotland was to wonder at the magnificent scenery.Now all they can marvel at is these dreadful eyesores.Even worse they upgraded the Beauly to Denny power lines to carry the electricity.They couldn't even be bothered to by pass the western edge of the Cairngorm National Park.It is supposed to be a protected area.When I say upgraded I mean built massive pylons the height of which I have never seen before.They are true monsters.On they go striding throught the hills and valleys like operation scars.A double whammy!There would have been hundreds more forming necklasses around the Lake District National Park had the Friends of the Lake District and other lovers of the countryside not stepped in and protested.We have got enough of them -offshore.Slightly less irritating but better there than on top of our lovely hills and mountains.</blockquote>