They say that eavesdroppers rarely hear good of themselves. Working on the tower and its bits makes it difficult not to overhear the passing comments. Today's star overhearing was (man to wife) "Quite summat innit?" Hang on in there Michael Gove.
The knoll, overlooking Station Road is really coming on as a garden, and as a local talking point. Just look at these Sweet Williams plants, responding splendidly to the sunshine and drought. There are the result of an out-of-date packet of seeds thrown at the bare embankment last year. The variety is 'mixed' so nothing special I guess. But what a blaze of colour.
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Today we took delivery of the replacement hardwood for the rotten chassis components. The picture below wins no prizes for composition but comparison with the stones of the tower wall gives an idea of the massiveness of these hardwood (sapele) pieces. Thanks to Wonder of Wood for supplying and machining this splendid timber. Their van was riding jolly low on its springs with this load.
There was another small coincidence in the water tower story as the Wonder of Wood van was driven by joiner Alec Faraday. Faraday? There are numbers of Faradays around the Dales - descendants of the family of Michael Farady of electricity renown. He would be delighted to know how his discoveries had changed the world and our small telegraphic outpost was doing fine - still thanks to the Faradays.
The knoll, overlooking Station Road is really coming on as a garden, and as a local talking point. Just look at these Sweet Williams plants, responding splendidly to the sunshine and drought. There are the result of an out-of-date packet of seeds thrown at the bare embankment last year. The variety is 'mixed' so nothing special I guess. But what a blaze of colour.
click to enlarge
Today we took delivery of the replacement hardwood for the rotten chassis components. The picture below wins no prizes for composition but comparison with the stones of the tower wall gives an idea of the massiveness of these hardwood (sapele) pieces. Thanks to Wonder of Wood for supplying and machining this splendid timber. Their van was riding jolly low on its springs with this load.
There was another small coincidence in the water tower story as the Wonder of Wood van was driven by joiner Alec Faraday. Faraday? There are numbers of Faradays around the Dales - descendants of the family of Michael Farady of electricity renown. He would be delighted to know how his discoveries had changed the world and our small telegraphic outpost was doing fine - still thanks to the Faradays.
Below is the replacement solebar alongside the truck. It is heavy!
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