Visit from the British Water Tower Appreciation Society

BWTAS for short, the British Water Tower Appreciation Society must be towards the outermost reaches of fringe interests.   Not mainstream anyway.  

When we first bought the water tower we Googled the water tower scene and happened upon BWTAS.   Not only did they make us feel welcome they offered us free membership as water tower owners and they kindly included this Blog on theirs as one of the 'sites we like'.   Then of course our restoration appeared on TV so we became known.

Mainly based in the east of England (flat lands where municipal water towers abound) the BWTAS do in fact get around a bit and some months ago they asked if they could come and see our tower.

Well this weekend it was and twelve BWTAS members visited not just us but Maj and Carol Nadry's tower at Pannal, nr Harrogate - also a Restoration Man project.   We were second and today they inspected our tower (I think we passed), saw a steam train roar through Settle hauled by Duchess of Sutherland and went to the Settle signal box.   Then I accompanied them on the train to Carlisle, commentating on the journey.

Here are half of the group, complete with one camera shy dog on their return from Carlisle.   Lovely people.