You could smell the fresh creosote from at least 6 ft. away!
On the steps, I was actually quite surprised to see them because they've fallen out of favor in recent years. Many poles no longer have them fitted and I thought BT had actually stopped using them on new poles.
I wonder if the removal from old poles is another "health & safety" issue courtesy of the H.S.E., maybe saying that the wood over a certain age can't be guaranteed to be sound enough?
Tell you what though, they've gone a long way up on this new pole. I can't imagine stepping up onto that top one for any reason.
