The Biggest Ball's in Settle

The tree stump is still work in progress but it is shaping up as an ideal place to display the enormous float valve at a sufficient height from the ground to appreciate how it works - and it does work.

The temporary notice on top of the stump explains things:

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Once again, thanks to Heidi Mottram and her team at Northumbrian Water who rescued it for us from a water tank - in Suffolk!