24.01.2012 – Meteorological mast Day One

https://www.brigantesenglishwalks.com/e5gbufkmkk3 Despite earlier protests our application for a meteorological mast was approved by Argyll & Bute Council.

https://alldayelectrician.com/1q0qb62ryfb Thanks to our friends at Chillwind the assembly has made it’s way down from Inverness.

https://dcinematools.com/dhovao8ttj0 Towed by a tasty looking Defender 130. Check that winch!

https://www.mbtn.net/?p=cjdmovw Brought to the top of the hill by a variety of machinery

go site Holes dug for ground anchors

https://purestpotential.com/a4jv4lzy7cq Set in the rock drilled by this little beast

go Laid out before it gets winched up – flat at this stage like the wind-felled trees

go here Without a doubt it’s a big structure. However, the wind blows stronger higher up and that’s why we’re measuring it.

https://www.mreavoice.org/9ybnth8m Over the coming day or two more pictures will appear as the mast takes shape.