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I notice all the outdoor lighting cable here is shielded i.e. 2 cores (blue and brown) and its sorrounded by a ground conductor a bit like coax!. Pretty bulky stuff although i guess it makes it a BIT safer if someone cuts it with a shovel or something

Interesting. I've never seen such a cord.

The street lighting outside this building has a version of this: Shielded underground cable (solid core) has been used as a flex cord running on the ground between the poles. I suppose they did the wiring in winter and it was too difficult to dig.