Veteran pole-climber, long time member of this society and favoured communicant John Brunsden (#0469H) drove past November’s Pole of the Month on his way to another job. His drives to other jobs are often featured on these pages – John’s venerated “View of Cornwall Through the hole in the top of a Telegraph Pole” can be found on p73 of our own “Telegraph Pole Appreciation for Beginners (Key Stages 1-4) (and elsewhere on this site if you have an eternity available in which to scroll back through a million posts)
Anyway, this sumptious, right-angled double stack of three-crossarms pole, I would hazard a guess, is on the road between Bideford and Elmscott – just off the road from Hartland. Not far from Edistone. Devon. Probably.
“Just a quick stop to take the photo so no more details other than I noticed it had a ‘D’ placard so probably not long for this world 🙁 Don’t forget the arms always point to London…allegedly 😉 ” John reminded us.
Not only did John provide this nourishing feast for our dear TPAS members’ eyes, he also gave us another opportunity to perpetuate a myth that we’re keen to see converted to absolute truth through repetition and eventually into Wikipedia. This semi-made-up notion that the crossarms are always on the side of the pole nearest to London first began in an Ealing Comedy in 1942 and has been championed by our good selves at this most revered, august, senior and wise society of telegraph pole aficionados ever since.
Anyway, John concluded ” …reminds me of the old Westcountry joke – I stopped a local in North Devon and asked “How do you get to London from here?” “My brother takes me !“
