tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47045500270626144132024-03-28T16:34:29.174+00:00Settle Station Water TowerA record of the restoration and conversion of the railway water tower at Settle Station on the World famous Settle-Carlisle Line.
Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.comBlogger1600125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-62782090791749860632024-03-25T16:13:00.000+00:002024-03-25T16:13:16.782+00:00Staggering Number of Recent Views<p> From time to time I have a look at the statistics for this Blog, which I started in 2011 when our water tower work really began.</p><p>Today was one of those times and I found to my amazement that on 1st February 2024 no fewer than 36,935 people viewed it. That contrasts with the previous record daily viewership of 11,004 on 1st December 2016.</p><p>This sort of thing usually coincides with a reshowing of one of the TV programmes somewhere or other in the world. Viewing the programme does not link to the Blog however. I wonder if the Blog was mentioned as worth a look somewhere.</p><p>Anybody got any ideas on that? (The picture of our water level gauge is just for fun)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi87txKwsoe5ilWujbRYs4I7Crhp8pZqWFNQXfuN-Esk1nimm42GyERP0aEj5R1s8p7nVDEyn-k-DNx6OVLGfpDIvVjXYChhhsK12u3Ag1oL0FahEF9tT45ZVtCNJ1TuLavgXD6lNfO5RimSTAnPdFmI6UW48zpnTLmz9PNebPhe-4RHVd3vzBHzLzFpAo/s1600/water%20level%20gauge%20DSCN3618.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi87txKwsoe5ilWujbRYs4I7Crhp8pZqWFNQXfuN-Esk1nimm42GyERP0aEj5R1s8p7nVDEyn-k-DNx6OVLGfpDIvVjXYChhhsK12u3Ag1oL0FahEF9tT45ZVtCNJ1TuLavgXD6lNfO5RimSTAnPdFmI6UW48zpnTLmz9PNebPhe-4RHVd3vzBHzLzFpAo/s1600/water%20level%20gauge%20DSCN3618.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="890" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi87txKwsoe5ilWujbRYs4I7Crhp8pZqWFNQXfuN-Esk1nimm42GyERP0aEj5R1s8p7nVDEyn-k-DNx6OVLGfpDIvVjXYChhhsK12u3Ag1oL0FahEF9tT45ZVtCNJ1TuLavgXD6lNfO5RimSTAnPdFmI6UW48zpnTLmz9PNebPhe-4RHVd3vzBHzLzFpAo/w356-h640/water%20level%20gauge%20DSCN3618.jpeg" width="356" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-20463067472190411652024-03-23T09:36:00.003+00:002024-03-23T09:36:31.134+00:00Fancy a Baby Octopus?<p>Had the pleasure of a hefty and delicious seafood Italian meal 'somewhere In England, south of Potters Bar' during the week It included calamari - battered and fried octopus rings. I'm fine with those; delicious in fact. But when I explored toward the mountain in the middle of the plate I found this:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5CkOcWt7hZ5j1K-alloJg58BYVfOhRuGvEqr0R2ORBDkKhBL7zrOGfBdDM70fmhRsTGPNPAEEZp8_wmsq2arpD64XNnBerbU-Kz5h1KjfInHvdX6r1ZNxR7ZJHOCMbj_DFlXFw2ePY4_dsn-91yhw2mjJmpADG1ARozqro1FOaWnjpRdrINx6PeKCR-w/s1803/IMG_7816%20Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1803" data-original-width="1659" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5CkOcWt7hZ5j1K-alloJg58BYVfOhRuGvEqr0R2ORBDkKhBL7zrOGfBdDM70fmhRsTGPNPAEEZp8_wmsq2arpD64XNnBerbU-Kz5h1KjfInHvdX6r1ZNxR7ZJHOCMbj_DFlXFw2ePY4_dsn-91yhw2mjJmpADG1ARozqro1FOaWnjpRdrINx6PeKCR-w/w588-h640/IMG_7816%20Copy.JPG" width="588" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps it's just me but there was a distinct psychological barrier to consumption here.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL59wMV2LViQN4z4_UuAtLgWSxk1TTI5iU9o8GGoCJDY1YdjSnKPFIAqjWuzZrKikKLFXLfvKJ3tN22BiXSq024mUtzHZYMCBRLh-NZ6tL5BUECem1Uj4E2ee4CoEE-nwC0ow_13yYGpaY9F5A9x9pqMKztXNlFksv2MYt2iSGgvwnISo0T_A3_PC2-Mo/s4032/IMG_7816.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL59wMV2LViQN4z4_UuAtLgWSxk1TTI5iU9o8GGoCJDY1YdjSnKPFIAqjWuzZrKikKLFXLfvKJ3tN22BiXSq024mUtzHZYMCBRLh-NZ6tL5BUECem1Uj4E2ee4CoEE-nwC0ow_13yYGpaY9F5A9x9pqMKztXNlFksv2MYt2iSGgvwnISo0T_A3_PC2-Mo/s320/IMG_7816.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe Brexit was right after all?</p>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-16811968116567078682024-03-10T12:55:00.001+00:002024-03-10T12:55:51.065+00:00Peppercorns<p> Ready-meals have come on a great deal in quality and presentation of recent years. The other day I had a memorable ready meal from our local excellent supermarket, Booths. Here's the package image. The real thing looked just as good but for one (or 60+) thing/s - peppercorns!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg63oM9ZyIA2BmMgLXTkb4llutXLXp3JSY5YLgxpLIJTt1KyiPDEsWN-lY8c0EKsV8crOc9GVuf_N8huHGeZr6H0NigMGXXyg9Nz5XRL9GrhmZku4eSay_J-DilE57f9QGvjyfZNZTHFcfS2CEfbKlmu5iymNhZFpfxoRqgy2L8WFTEFP94V8Y8KOydpSo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2900" data-original-width="3579" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg63oM9ZyIA2BmMgLXTkb4llutXLXp3JSY5YLgxpLIJTt1KyiPDEsWN-lY8c0EKsV8crOc9GVuf_N8huHGeZr6H0NigMGXXyg9Nz5XRL9GrhmZku4eSay_J-DilE57f9QGvjyfZNZTHFcfS2CEfbKlmu5iymNhZFpfxoRqgy2L8WFTEFP94V8Y8KOydpSo" width="296" /></a></p>I could, perhaps would, have died if I had eaten all these. I all conscience and concern for other victims I have written to Booths thus:<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"I have just had the pleasure of one of your Peppercorn Chicken & Parmentier Potatoes ready meals for one - Sell by date 11/03/24 06124 (possibly the batch number). The picture shows the peppercorns I fished out of this single meal after I had eaten three which nearly blew my socks off. I have not counted them but there are sixty or so. Looking online fifteen seem to be the safe and palatable maximum number of peppercorns in one serving. I wonder if there is a problem with that batch?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvi1_faQDmO_d76O0DL1oqPJRnpHT7LqXLSF__sr2keDqIwf_s9ju5Bkxm3MgK7BG3hYXERIs7sxtEFM0MTuJ057YDwFANbuJMt-4nQNvujwvitpCN341yd8mcFVwXe17KPhgV5fP0rExnevo4OAHG7vbwcNMho9-AHI7jgOnA1mXFlwvVDkum_pxPUE/s4032/IMG_7782.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvi1_faQDmO_d76O0DL1oqPJRnpHT7LqXLSF__sr2keDqIwf_s9ju5Bkxm3MgK7BG3hYXERIs7sxtEFM0MTuJ057YDwFANbuJMt-4nQNvujwvitpCN341yd8mcFVwXe17KPhgV5fP0rExnevo4OAHG7vbwcNMho9-AHI7jgOnA1mXFlwvVDkum_pxPUE/w480-h640/IMG_7782.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Watch this space.</p></div></div>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-8262195715169889742024-03-03T16:32:00.048+00:002024-03-06T09:30:18.744+00:00Camera Doorbell<p> Just installed a new front doorbell, its predecessor having failed. This time its one of those fancy jobs with camera and two-way sound via the house wi-fi and VHF. Annke brand, like our other security cameras</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBfcsD4Ukp2TxvFrdEChWatJjlTQsXHCi6dRUtE5jUEKzrcBSrpQrywoWIXqK9kqucBFAUeM-zmbBJpdTv0FwNpkxezdJYbWYIdm3VcPOpq3Xmj3PLB2HS-XHSOBJkiFUDatdc9RDtxvLZb10iuyK_9rgMuUO_8EbC9zeDWYTjIGyWQSUjZH2GDUBdO8/s1920/5serU4AOTLCKZ2urLyxCGQ.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBfcsD4Ukp2TxvFrdEChWatJjlTQsXHCi6dRUtE5jUEKzrcBSrpQrywoWIXqK9kqucBFAUeM-zmbBJpdTv0FwNpkxezdJYbWYIdm3VcPOpq3Xmj3PLB2HS-XHSOBJkiFUDatdc9RDtxvLZb10iuyK_9rgMuUO_8EbC9zeDWYTjIGyWQSUjZH2GDUBdO8/w640-h360/5serU4AOTLCKZ2urLyxCGQ.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The low sun is spoiling things a bit but that's a pretty useful picture. From my i-phone I can view and listen live anytime - and have a conversation with the caller. £29.99 direct from Annke. That's about the price of an ordinary ding-dong doorbell. I might get one apiece for our four other outside doors.</p><p>Update: The doorbell showed its real use yesterday while I was sitting in the sun in the roof room. My iPhone sounded and it was my very first call from the front door bell. I pressed one of the several icons on the iPhone screen, more in hope than expectation. Bingo. There was a clear-as-you-like picture of a man and a woman at our front door. "Hello" I said - and the lady replied, loud and clear. The system was working fine! "We've come to give you a leaflet" said the lady. A distant bell rang. I told her I was at the top of the tower but our letter box was in the gate so they could deliver the leaflet. I told her that their visit was the camera doorbell's first test for real, we all agreed how good they were and they left. On emptying our letter box later I found the leaflet, inviting us to attend a meeting at Settle's Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. A close call.</p>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-4484507651723882212024-03-03T16:07:00.002+00:002024-03-03T16:39:09.203+00:00Lift Shaft Clock Modified<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJ4xmG67EwLaKJScCXuOWDuvQRqofd-ndwILd6YUBEekT1Im3zMQq8cEZmm8RW490LYs-xI4ReAeS1a649SGbgKbbNkiRTTE0RHnmRxp0EgTFZAtObaUlzbpi1LjKUFRV5tc-wJTMFQxO7vCmxVW2njAbiDnnJLJD8WQe01nBxVwEN3JYIsh0nSLPXyI/s400/lift%20shaft%20clock%20original%20location%203-DSC_0445.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="289" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJ4xmG67EwLaKJScCXuOWDuvQRqofd-ndwILd6YUBEekT1Im3zMQq8cEZmm8RW490LYs-xI4ReAeS1a649SGbgKbbNkiRTTE0RHnmRxp0EgTFZAtObaUlzbpi1LjKUFRV5tc-wJTMFQxO7vCmxVW2njAbiDnnJLJD8WQe01nBxVwEN3JYIsh0nSLPXyI/s320/lift%20shaft%20clock%20original%20location%203-DSC_0445.jpeg" width="231" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Back in 2017 in an effort to somehow disguise the lift shaft we mounted a very large clock face onto it. It worked and looked fine BUT twice a year somebody had to climb a ladder and change the time. Similarly if the battery needed to be changed. Now that climbing ladders incurs severe local disapproval something needed to change. I wondered how it might be if I mounted the clock mechanism inside the thickness of the lift shaft wall and created access from inside with the lift platform halted at just the right level.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The job is now done and the clock can be serviced from within. Here is all you can see from inside - a steel cover, held in place with magnets:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghVsgpz0qGg5BrFgmw4y1SEg-Jk8k3zVak3urMItsHtKptbzlbwumxsUE1VQtZYes0Q3jSPGsPbKI0nQO1pSZ6k36o4FaTTmGrkAYMmd14LJtJxhLHzZeFTIYHjcVkJScDZ8lQyO1UESuOMXBDd6Cj6j_6ubUqBehJnt9zlt-Imq9wTQ_JlN8Eb5ro_X0/s4032/lift%20clock%20mechanism%20cover.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghVsgpz0qGg5BrFgmw4y1SEg-Jk8k3zVak3urMItsHtKptbzlbwumxsUE1VQtZYes0Q3jSPGsPbKI0nQO1pSZ6k36o4FaTTmGrkAYMmd14LJtJxhLHzZeFTIYHjcVkJScDZ8lQyO1UESuOMXBDd6Cj6j_6ubUqBehJnt9zlt-Imq9wTQ_JlN8Eb5ro_X0/w480-h640/lift%20clock%20mechanism%20cover.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiho03LXu1pYYDbfORaJuE1GT-5c33ker9vzCGjmdNdhmupWHjXV4n1Fk3h7mch-tIxXaHccioi5_rVh7btz2buwttHDIDIbBp-jvd8BlUrEA2SlPL1WtY0NccDB_hcO4c8aRteEFxy2g7izSYK0sF7InW1fQfVnYf4Hx_lVCQfEC2S4sqpJ9pmA6ey3DA/s4029/lift%20clock.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4029" data-original-width="1843" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiho03LXu1pYYDbfORaJuE1GT-5c33ker9vzCGjmdNdhmupWHjXV4n1Fk3h7mch-tIxXaHccioi5_rVh7btz2buwttHDIDIbBp-jvd8BlUrEA2SlPL1WtY0NccDB_hcO4c8aRteEFxy2g7izSYK0sF7InW1fQfVnYf4Hx_lVCQfEC2S4sqpJ9pmA6ey3DA/w183-h400/lift%20clock.jpeg" width="183" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am modestly chuffed with this.</div><p><br /></p>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-6035428497661841382024-02-15T14:52:00.002+00:002024-02-15T16:05:58.681+00:00Some Railway Water Towers<p> Courtesy of Ferrers Young of the British Water Towers Appreciation Society here are some pictures of railway water towers in or near Norfolk. From the top they are Norwich City, The Cow Tower (supplied the livestock pens at Norwich City station),Melton Constable, Holt Railway (a 2005 replica of the Norwich City tower), Bungay, Bungay demolition, Cromer, Mundesley and Weybourne. All different.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3Y1loeyuwDF16HVOwHW9baMJ6IOeKUTXriA3tRaC6sgQfm0LvhVINvP9LSJ56rbR3B6LMIpLjPWJQsA5vmFlE02ewi3e9FIQ4A9sgkTg-qCxLZKWWksja20aq5tcIdfSdC6gUuHk8hnOmu0kAHSUlmc4Fx2Q_mUi50cni5o5NCiVHI3s5Mehipu9J0w/s1634/City%20Station.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1634" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3Y1loeyuwDF16HVOwHW9baMJ6IOeKUTXriA3tRaC6sgQfm0LvhVINvP9LSJ56rbR3B6LMIpLjPWJQsA5vmFlE02ewi3e9FIQ4A9sgkTg-qCxLZKWWksja20aq5tcIdfSdC6gUuHk8hnOmu0kAHSUlmc4Fx2Q_mUi50cni5o5NCiVHI3s5Mehipu9J0w/w400-h265/City%20Station.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_PwA310XD9OCpJhyzygmnIemlcd91vclEoCHKnZ0INQoz4HTgeaBvZodxbtOR5u5gIjGZoE47nuoFb5IL_W6czoF3SV3cQgAUQl_wCEks1KGntZul7IOPraDmh-hfrEFSYymfYL3DYyW9auJL3rn5EESCnJ9txdnZT-ueGxpVk6VqKcsxcF-8ZTxXYUg/s1430/Cow%20Tower.jpg" style="clear: left; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-3473054339299480272024-01-30T17:13:00.002+00:002024-01-30T17:13:57.720+00:00Garsdale Water Tower<p> A new (to me) picture of Garsdale water tower. This is a postcard dated sometime before 1909 and one of a series, printed in Germany.</p><p>The water tower and the then Hawes Junction South signal box are in the background, The water tower was identical to ours and the tank panels are reassuringly contrasty.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThqQ8fum9eNOW_35x8_U2qp4HlJFc9Vd3ZaDhUCpW5fKXHnWpjHCk7d-J581UJCAUzzSd5q9zi2HSEjjMwoRSQcSkiNiE_G4fc34Jhco_Wq84GwtWebLhWSOBY7bAAgxkNYZ0YeSLYgaiNJ9mQ40mBwN8s_HQFJlEPTp4bMBHSmbYFxCj2BSY2Yvvpy8/s746/AadXv8OvRAO7FTGtboNhFw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="746" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThqQ8fum9eNOW_35x8_U2qp4HlJFc9Vd3ZaDhUCpW5fKXHnWpjHCk7d-J581UJCAUzzSd5q9zi2HSEjjMwoRSQcSkiNiE_G4fc34Jhco_Wq84GwtWebLhWSOBY7bAAgxkNYZ0YeSLYgaiNJ9mQ40mBwN8s_HQFJlEPTp4bMBHSmbYFxCj2BSY2Yvvpy8/w640-h402/AadXv8OvRAO7FTGtboNhFw.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Hawes Junction tank, like ours, was in a prominent location as a landmark along the Midland's proud new extension to Scotland, so like ours, it was painted for showiness.</p><p><br /></p>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-44072387580433774792024-01-19T17:57:00.004+00:002024-01-31T16:38:06.566+00:00Was our Water Tank Older than 1876?<p> There is no doubt that our water tower was built during 1876, as was Settle station. The line itself was opened for freight in 1875. Only then was it possible to transport by rail to sites along the line to build the stations and associated buildings. By far the heaviest and bulkiest components required were the massive CAST IRON beams to support the water tanks. Two of the line's water tanks - ours and the identical one at Hawes Junction (now Garsdale) - were far bigger than all of the others. Maybe Carlisle Durran Hill was a big one too.</p><p>Why so? Perhaps it was thought that those places would be busier than those elsewhere so bigger supplies of water would be needed. Maybe so but not <i>that </i>much busier. Maybe Settle and Hawes Junction had better or more plentiful water supplies locally. 'Better' may seem to be a strange term for water. Well as far as steam boilers are concerned the quality of water matters greatly. Neither too acid (as would drain from peat moorlands) nor too hard as might be expected from limestone areas. Furring of locomotive boilers was a serious and expensive problem. Costly and huge water softening equipment was installed at key sites across the nation's railways, at locomotives works especially. At the Midland Railway's Derby works there were several water softening tanks with cast iron panels identical to ours, at ground level without need of beams:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuyvnxTQbdJLm0CrVBSlhkgoGaWoqR29ZehPPVSydRiBHLhYmIfLjW8eNkHc6CYurVh9rW9KplNhwDlS6cSC6zdXCyPqtfYStkNcjz2oXxgMlm24JPnVCgn-gLyN5-D8mUdvO_0JvSVDgWTO0utrFrDGnJqM7GA9FxspwyDnv8mT2A8gjN6QdOGFZqCGk/s717/Water%20softener%20at%20Derby%20works%200_ZCa0NA.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="717" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuyvnxTQbdJLm0CrVBSlhkgoGaWoqR29ZehPPVSydRiBHLhYmIfLjW8eNkHc6CYurVh9rW9KplNhwDlS6cSC6zdXCyPqtfYStkNcjz2oXxgMlm24JPnVCgn-gLyN5-D8mUdvO_0JvSVDgWTO0utrFrDGnJqM7GA9FxspwyDnv8mT2A8gjN6QdOGFZqCGk/s16000/Water%20softener%20at%20Derby%20works%200_ZCa0NA.png" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>During the months I was working on the outside of the tank I got to know each component panel very well indeed, A few things puzzled me.</p><p>1. The painted letters on the painted panels. Only five or so panels bore letters, They were L., R.(inverted), E (inverted), Q (right way up but off-centre) and C (or perhaps another Q whose right side had worn off). If you enlarge the screen shot below from Restoration Man Best Builds you can see them. They make no sense. They had been applied to the outsides of already painted panels - perhaps to identify assembled panels on an existing but redundant tanks elsewhere. They appear random and incomplete:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBmTePpDusv-0n7JITeiaegobJ52_klTcgfaap2GG6qdqxHocJkDgPhEdtZfwzUbvqhPX1MC5Dsy6KatYNEgxm9XEMGS8329HVxXizdKrWFF4tKE17yfkwimkbeql9A85Z_gJDrScEl-g7MDSDdn546dJlavFk_wVYWy30OQx0jCo8WsfeWJM_GlCE5MA" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2110" data-original-width="3733" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBmTePpDusv-0n7JITeiaegobJ52_klTcgfaap2GG6qdqxHocJkDgPhEdtZfwzUbvqhPX1MC5Dsy6KatYNEgxm9XEMGS8329HVxXizdKrWFF4tKE17yfkwimkbeql9A85Z_gJDrScEl-g7MDSDdn546dJlavFk_wVYWy30OQx0jCo8WsfeWJM_GlCE5MA=w640-h362" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>2. The tops of the top row of panels have empty square holes at 6 inch centres. An unnecessary complication in the castings. Had those panels once had another layer on top of them?</div><div><br /></div><div>Had our tank's cast iron components come from a dismantled tank or tanks elsewhere? How about the cast iron beams supporting the tank? Might they too have been re-used from elsewhere? By 1876 the Midland Railway might have been keen to economise and surplus items like water tanks may have become available from recent vast alterations to their massive railway arrangements in London. Midland trains used to terminate at King's Cross when St Pancras opened in 1869.</div><div><br /></div><div>1879 saw a disaster which shook Victorian confidence to its core, On Sunday 28 December of that year at night and in appalling weather the high girders of the then recently built (started in 1871) Tay bridge in Scotland collapsed under the weight of a passenger train, killing all on board. Those girders were made of cast iron - a hitherto reliable and strong building material which was cheap and much used in industrial buildings and bridges especially. Very soon the drawbacks of cast iron were identified and called into question. Cast iron is brittle. It is fine for columns in compression but can fail when in tension. Cast iron water tank side panels and the supporting cast iron beams act in tension. The 1870s marked the end of cast iron for tension applications, especially on the railways. It was quickly replaced by wrought iron and later steel for tension applications. Yet our water tank was built with cast iron plates and beams in tension just six years before the Tay bridge collapse.</div><div><br /></div><div>But hang on. Beams, though supported at each end, are indeed in tension by their very nature yet in a water tower they form an enormous platform SUPPORTING an evenly spread massive load at four foot centres. In tension they may be to some extent but by far the bigger part of their mass is in COMPRESSION. Wrought iron or steel girders would be better of course but for now the cast iron beams would do in this application where lives were not at risk in the highly unlikely event of failure. The tie bars which criss-crossed the tank side plates most certainly needed to be in wrought iron - and they were. Even so their anchorages to the side plates were to drilled cast iron lugs, cast as parts of the side plates. This is now known to be a point of weakness. Of all the dozens of such anchorages in our tank just one had failed. The evidence is still there today - a broken cast iron anchorage and a large vertical crack on the associated plate from which it springs:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidqit5_thkYZqqxSpqkEOW0kMCUhNuY6GghlvCBF46Tv_mGwSMswIkTDA8HxOXu4EyNoZeOzw5WBEs3LJI0vXVsj067OxR6ly2PMCcXCfFExMRDLwhDNEK6NsdFUNBkEkxWCeZBs3C0pg0_GA2L0PSIPhaDRFDf8Z6_WTUQbhxVElUWiNKPxnMgnQ_yhI/s4032/IMG_7677.HEIC" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidqit5_thkYZqqxSpqkEOW0kMCUhNuY6GghlvCBF46Tv_mGwSMswIkTDA8HxOXu4EyNoZeOzw5WBEs3LJI0vXVsj067OxR6ly2PMCcXCfFExMRDLwhDNEK6NsdFUNBkEkxWCeZBs3C0pg0_GA2L0PSIPhaDRFDf8Z6_WTUQbhxVElUWiNKPxnMgnQ_yhI/s320/IMG_7677.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqh_Zv4toNKrYwjCxTWmkh_q-WsGMq4AHdge9UQrIsB6XGUot-y2GWlrDlYIAO2ZxPWXgc8V0kX1DXfuJaUvOV7_cPWf8cAfZYx57MFnaKGcHIjPYCCqGZS1O6P3o3-dbPnf2uI_nBOLw-hbSqafjjHBx0q1UDs6PtadpTVxPkB5CnctlEN-jIFn5KvOU/s4032/IMG_7678.HEIC" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqh_Zv4toNKrYwjCxTWmkh_q-WsGMq4AHdge9UQrIsB6XGUot-y2GWlrDlYIAO2ZxPWXgc8V0kX1DXfuJaUvOV7_cPWf8cAfZYx57MFnaKGcHIjPYCCqGZS1O6P3o3-dbPnf2uI_nBOLw-hbSqafjjHBx0q1UDs6PtadpTVxPkB5CnctlEN-jIFn5KvOU/s320/IMG_7678.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This fracture, near the north east corner of the top tier of tank plates is of no structural consequence for the empty tank but it could and probably would have been disastrous for a full tank. Tanks of this very type have failed. An example was this one at Witney in Oxfordshire in 1904:</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMm34I9eJUhoKnH9ALXElm80rjxl9rrggLM7c5qX6_n8bJq0kL7vsJmqs-X8RLGpTW4eJczoH2MXBrzhkrKKRJ7640Lagjw4h2nowZCqzG5mxRTQu7WfCZrLG5OpYGxQiwzlleSWdR7wcs1fcF8h-OqkTTnLmr0PgzkM7ER-KbsGpP4fpvLzueKl1fsoc/s1600/BWitney%201904%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="965" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMm34I9eJUhoKnH9ALXElm80rjxl9rrggLM7c5qX6_n8bJq0kL7vsJmqs-X8RLGpTW4eJczoH2MXBrzhkrKKRJ7640Lagjw4h2nowZCqzG5mxRTQu7WfCZrLG5OpYGxQiwzlleSWdR7wcs1fcF8h-OqkTTnLmr0PgzkM7ER-KbsGpP4fpvLzueKl1fsoc/s320/BWitney%201904%20(1).jpg" width="193" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFLhROmQajeHZvTg5I3wBwRu00V6Ntxs8JPPacrXgcDZVGrWkdh_NbIq3_EOXKWyX7K_4rtsnpdQC2SzbTTW8y-01njlhvh86slkUl781FnA-9DL5k_2nhc0IVDZo9I9FtLINlvpAmAUcWrZDWkV2fZzQTsc7LNFdjaTlNqi5yhJ6LSnZA1xuIQ0mlSZU/s1600/BWitney%201905%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1037" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFLhROmQajeHZvTg5I3wBwRu00V6Ntxs8JPPacrXgcDZVGrWkdh_NbIq3_EOXKWyX7K_4rtsnpdQC2SzbTTW8y-01njlhvh86slkUl781FnA-9DL5k_2nhc0IVDZo9I9FtLINlvpAmAUcWrZDWkV2fZzQTsc7LNFdjaTlNqi5yhJ6LSnZA1xuIQ0mlSZU/s320/BWitney%201905%20(1).jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Did the (by 1876) cash strapped Midland Railway take a chance and re-use expensive surplus tank components for their horribly expensive new line between Settle and Carlisle? Perhaps.</div><div><br /></div>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-6994675838566789072024-01-18T09:27:00.002+00:002024-01-18T09:27:54.010+00:00A Wind Pump Supplied Water Tower<p> This appeared on Facebook from Hornsea Civic Society:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEb4FWhYKg87kouAXGOokqMnw0acIcWCrjUKdf7Bf2LSGUOWcmerTDTKLkidwAE0SJRziQMCuAP8lV7MsBNqkouTo3DBTBAwamQKKLAuR0wzgg15YdOVv4EvhIMz4Z6sc6jJRyuJ-qOz1I7udnqh2yf06-sxj1iR9hggMUgcgpM2i94AmIdVATFFGmUjM/s843/Hornsea%20Town%20water%20tower%20with%20wind%20pump%20419295101_869856805141165_2339919599020642048_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="843" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEb4FWhYKg87kouAXGOokqMnw0acIcWCrjUKdf7Bf2LSGUOWcmerTDTKLkidwAE0SJRziQMCuAP8lV7MsBNqkouTo3DBTBAwamQKKLAuR0wzgg15YdOVv4EvhIMz4Z6sc6jJRyuJ-qOz1I7udnqh2yf06-sxj1iR9hggMUgcgpM2i94AmIdVATFFGmUjM/s16000/Hornsea%20Town%20water%20tower%20with%20wind%20pump%20419295101_869856805141165_2339919599020642048_n.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><p>What a good idea. The supply was a local spring from which the water was pumped, powered by wind. What a fascinating spectacle it must have been. Hornsea is in the Lincolnshire flatlands with plenty of free wind.</p>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-73250249011108608942023-12-27T08:59:00.002+00:002023-12-27T08:59:34.947+00:00Meet the Family<p> Couldn't resist this lovely photograph.</p><p>Darling daughter Lorna now outgrown by our grandsons James (left) and Ben. </p><p><i>Click picture to enlarge</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqV7ZcZHFj8GnYMpzW3TBMtNudWXAkhue9oRkQy_PQtxcSdd2dcJeuNgQdi3_PPd9Uj8A1bcw-kWuNPzC7i2ftroi25UsMa2VO2OkJykUBVJpqEOWzyNvRJAfW7ZhC8YEp-mYe2JSF6hhGygy3lPE57e9yx_4pJS2RCIqCn1BO74WHpHyu0SGQJBt2IdA/s720/Lorna,%20James%20and%20Ben%20Christmas%202023%20413828994_6359338557499068_6993617027220928429_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqV7ZcZHFj8GnYMpzW3TBMtNudWXAkhue9oRkQy_PQtxcSdd2dcJeuNgQdi3_PPd9Uj8A1bcw-kWuNPzC7i2ftroi25UsMa2VO2OkJykUBVJpqEOWzyNvRJAfW7ZhC8YEp-mYe2JSF6hhGygy3lPE57e9yx_4pJS2RCIqCn1BO74WHpHyu0SGQJBt2IdA/s320/Lorna,%20James%20and%20Ben%20Christmas%202023%20413828994_6359338557499068_6993617027220928429_n.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-67257387361273420462023-12-18T08:39:00.001+00:002023-12-18T08:41:22.035+00:00A Silver Lining (and some Christmassy Pictures)<p> We are in a mild period of winter weather just now. It has become my habit to go to the roof room and attempt the Daily Telegraph crosswords for enjoyment justified as brain training, The other morning this was the scene which greeted my arrival by lift. A patch of sunshine to the west with a heavy cloud above it - but with a silver lining:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikosDpc4xxJmcdyO8xOrghyphenhyphenYq81kunQK5JpzKavuvWo2OWIuR6UyakL59WCPIpmFrsFtURSuiJprVA4R_8O-BGnPmuIDUtFWuiG5ZubyfriyHVTc_eJXn8S8Qxea5BfB5SHr0PEQtu6VsOhMaQzD6WtkomRPEqThPRNQaTtw212mob4PnY1BPpO3e7hS4/s4032/IMG_7640.HEIC" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikosDpc4xxJmcdyO8xOrghyphenhyphenYq81kunQK5JpzKavuvWo2OWIuR6UyakL59WCPIpmFrsFtURSuiJprVA4R_8O-BGnPmuIDUtFWuiG5ZubyfriyHVTc_eJXn8S8Qxea5BfB5SHr0PEQtu6VsOhMaQzD6WtkomRPEqThPRNQaTtw212mob4PnY1BPpO3e7hS4/w480-h640/IMG_7640.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What a view eh? I put it on Facebook and it is getting lots of likes and shares. Not as many though as this set of pictures of a deserted but Christmassy Settle earlier this week as I walked home with the town to myself from Townhead surgery. 311 likes and rising. 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Here are the first two - a double page spread. If you want to read the rest you will have to buy a copy. There's a lot of magazine for your money - we're on pages 88-93.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQySNF29JAkmDxPR75FZj5ToDGqOcM-_fmeLm4nnCEc2ycggs6aaUylJWI7Z_8BCICYmRkoYToL3z_9VSm7q1WHCrq79DVF0nUhmKSFF-za1Hh-3_yyzoJryttaRpFiPC7-neezcSNUIxe74-LWH-JJ9-85tm-vfM4eyZv8z0YwMvD1qlp7Kg4GWxnK4/s3372/IMG_7615.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2450" data-original-width="3372" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQySNF29JAkmDxPR75FZj5ToDGqOcM-_fmeLm4nnCEc2ycggs6aaUylJWI7Z_8BCICYmRkoYToL3z_9VSm7q1WHCrq79DVF0nUhmKSFF-za1Hh-3_yyzoJryttaRpFiPC7-neezcSNUIxe74-LWH-JJ9-85tm-vfM4eyZv8z0YwMvD1qlp7Kg4GWxnK4/w640-h466/IMG_7615.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>They had asked TV's Tim Dunn for suggestions about re-used railway buildings to feature. He put our water tower at the top of the list apparently.</p>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-79860826733972172572023-12-04T09:05:00.000+00:002023-12-04T09:05:08.085+00:00Snow? No Snow.<p> Parts of the UK have been seriously disrupted by snow the last few days. Nearby south Cumbria declared a major incident as motorists were stranded in their vehicles, sometimes in far-flung locations for many hours. One had to endure 19 hours without food and water amid Arctic temperatures.</p><p>Settle meanwhile, though freezing cold has had nothing more than an occasional dusting. This morning though we woke up and , as normal, switched on our bedroom monitor to check on the weather, beamed to us from a rooftop camera. It was still too dark for a colour image but hey! Snow I thought. So convinced was I that I took a picture of the screen:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Ebrz_TWuOlhkjvkAcXayPpgtik9wj6x1usel5QtVNspqcVH0ue9MV4ltaaJYd6Y7liKypCglJhoM43DeRQ0GZOjjZK7516cEFTgbZXKgv95oXJxPf9Ra34wFzCHIQpstBC_G2wpKsOQlyicCP-pOGn8HKrYpeEznOPx4XFCx1RALUD4ZB14LOwqEeqE/s3119/IMG_7610.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="3119" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Ebrz_TWuOlhkjvkAcXayPpgtik9wj6x1usel5QtVNspqcVH0ue9MV4ltaaJYd6Y7liKypCglJhoM43DeRQ0GZOjjZK7516cEFTgbZXKgv95oXJxPf9Ra34wFzCHIQpstBC_G2wpKsOQlyicCP-pOGn8HKrYpeEznOPx4XFCx1RALUD4ZB14LOwqEeqE/w640-h350/IMG_7610.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Then dawn dawned and colour kicked in. What a disappointment.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLcqTSTmY3PY0zowZWN5u3lcF7eoBjt_ofFWlbNgPNUg0j9ebrrnilvGEyGEMfDVySJLKmZAn1ESH7MZhWjKTWCH6w1ePIgPLrGvgxQFO2RJV_KcOXfKiesXvoju86Jr82hk-hVEe-9J0-UdpvNFkcmonmzkgRW9xoXRw2R4NBu8ZQS__tJed4aWwptNQ/s3424/IMG_7611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1937" data-original-width="3424" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLcqTSTmY3PY0zowZWN5u3lcF7eoBjt_ofFWlbNgPNUg0j9ebrrnilvGEyGEMfDVySJLKmZAn1ESH7MZhWjKTWCH6w1ePIgPLrGvgxQFO2RJV_KcOXfKiesXvoju86Jr82hk-hVEe-9J0-UdpvNFkcmonmzkgRW9xoXRw2R4NBu8ZQS__tJed4aWwptNQ/w400-h226/IMG_7611.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-71967395126534734132023-11-28T20:16:00.001+00:002023-12-02T08:59:13.349+00:00A BBC Winter Walk<p> BBC TV are repeating just now a lovely series of programmes, filmed a couple of years ago called Winter Walks. Well-known, worthy and interesting people undertake short (5 miles or so) walks, alone apart from a 360 degrees camera on top of a pole and a film crew. Many of the walks are in the Yorkshire Dales and the day lengths are at their shortest.</p><p>We have followed the series and last evening the walker was Alastair Campbell - one time government front man and enforcer. He used to be a national figure of hate for some - maybe even most. His walk was in Ribblesdale - right through Settle as it happened because snow and mist on the tops had caused him to deviate to gentler conditions in the valley bottom. We met a much more reflective Alastair Campbell, alone with his thoughts, Bronte poetry and Yorkshire at its best. Inspired by the scenery and the loneliness he opens up about his struggles with depression. You can see see it on BBC iPlayer - just enter Winter Walks. </p><p>To our surprise and delight our water tower featured twice, firstly in an introductory drone shot of Settle and as the film moved onward from Settle to Langcliffe a more detailed view, with the tower centre stage (second picture) -</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8dXYOSmQqAamyGwhfQ05kRHo8CJ83N5XeeDCS4Jn7P9ZCYFdB3T4_v2JfBtBIlNt1DgKtiggrWlT0p5tf5IYNI07uB3stc8ciyZqbpJoq5mYj3vgRwhXoasKRIZrZDKZriAxxsABq-RW2RCdK-R1eSREdQ27ClUea2IO6V4OElr5kTU-eHy2hYH6NyuA/s3294/IMG_7605.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="3294" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8dXYOSmQqAamyGwhfQ05kRHo8CJ83N5XeeDCS4Jn7P9ZCYFdB3T4_v2JfBtBIlNt1DgKtiggrWlT0p5tf5IYNI07uB3stc8ciyZqbpJoq5mYj3vgRwhXoasKRIZrZDKZriAxxsABq-RW2RCdK-R1eSREdQ27ClUea2IO6V4OElr5kTU-eHy2hYH6NyuA/w400-h259/IMG_7605.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqA8n4uX4dKHPd_n_wl_RA0P-R2LkvxPgNofPkTXp49XdPq1xpAEi5cWiDY5u8KQTQaR9dXdYHFOiGmbG4kMss7GpfhwtbXfZDZ8NxL2EropcOOIVPbsa_rnpTh1tXXtrEkXLMJEfhU0MZ9WiyAHB0cy6Tp-KjP7PHbLPAEDgDGeRXcGpD6voO0HE7LCE/s3219/IMG_7604.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1833" data-original-width="3219" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqA8n4uX4dKHPd_n_wl_RA0P-R2LkvxPgNofPkTXp49XdPq1xpAEi5cWiDY5u8KQTQaR9dXdYHFOiGmbG4kMss7GpfhwtbXfZDZ8NxL2EropcOOIVPbsa_rnpTh1tXXtrEkXLMJEfhU0MZ9WiyAHB0cy6Tp-KjP7PHbLPAEDgDGeRXcGpD6voO0HE7LCE/w640-h364/IMG_7604.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-15329379549168814452023-11-25T21:21:00.000+00:002023-11-25T21:21:23.308+00:00Christmas is Coming<p> Busy day today:</p><p>1. With mixed feelings we have sold the Shogun. In truth we hardly ever used it and it is a 20 year old gas-guzzling 3.5 litre, non Ulez compliant monster car and one-too many cars for our needs. Sad to see it go but the space it occupied is freed up. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnwIPzu6PyxQiijCmmL79c12i5ACCHGE4sntUZuvAPxCH_EFLDn0sP-h1DKGP8nNxW_HhpFoHH1TuraGB9klcvsNWCeW4hKYfaxftAhFEDE9FNZeZtcoX2AEgQbH6rmqt4XikKXn8BTc2FQ8eh_WBHKrAJObLPtGgJko4zNRAorPBOQPvTh-qOHaYttIU/s640/Mitzy%20the%20Shogun.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnwIPzu6PyxQiijCmmL79c12i5ACCHGE4sntUZuvAPxCH_EFLDn0sP-h1DKGP8nNxW_HhpFoHH1TuraGB9klcvsNWCeW4hKYfaxftAhFEDE9FNZeZtcoX2AEgQbH6rmqt4XikKXn8BTc2FQ8eh_WBHKrAJObLPtGgJko4zNRAorPBOQPvTh-qOHaYttIU/s320/Mitzy%20the%20Shogun.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>2. Today was Settle's Christmas lights switch-on. Centred on the Market Place, Settle does this exceptionally well. At 5pm there is a stunning fireworks display from the top of Castlebergh to coincide with the switch-on. There was doubt this year about the cost of the fireworks, previously funded by the town council. Into the breach stepped Tarmac Ltd of nearby Dry Rigg and Arcow quarries. The display was better than ever and we were joined on the top of the tower by David and Evgenia, our Ukrainian guests. We warned them about the loud bangs and were worried they might remind them of dreadful happenings from which they had fled. No such problems - they thoroughly enjoyed the spectacle against a gin-clear moonlit sky.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAwJ5nla9nRgGumoklEdt_XLob_gVESG6OrNsmDhox8v8dB-rsrVn29OhkINpmGjsfM3fGwqHrBqwlU8R-yWUwdEztryLEhjghcVWsdCYtugYz-P2iRw8A1Lyc_e2hb-gPYThGhlrsoR5uAgOpXJhBJO2XSKpfAPdfxoKCXBaipMjf5xufuJIkMkkiIjc/s2048/IMG_7592.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1016" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAwJ5nla9nRgGumoklEdt_XLob_gVESG6OrNsmDhox8v8dB-rsrVn29OhkINpmGjsfM3fGwqHrBqwlU8R-yWUwdEztryLEhjghcVWsdCYtugYz-P2iRw8A1Lyc_e2hb-gPYThGhlrsoR5uAgOpXJhBJO2XSKpfAPdfxoKCXBaipMjf5xufuJIkMkkiIjc/w318-h640/IMG_7592.JPG" width="318" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>3. Our old downstairs lounge fireplace at The Folly is looking festive again:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhpZDmmhWhHmewuMNwoe8r2ZTFPEkYrcVmGLmmwHL4G361NVph-OyXXtv3yBzZEa7rq9oJpciZNnXIDArlNQ1NyRhbQJr6Q8wVDmTOpw1b-eYjkK5EdnhglPHNL_bNnpSW2oI6uH1ddH6eRXtIwvV8c7HXQbxZf9VTCfrJqSYq40yJ6TOio1rIs_PCU6o/s1825/Folly%20festive%20fireplace404412896_839694014829195_7190291828403876283_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1825" data-original-width="1824" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhpZDmmhWhHmewuMNwoe8r2ZTFPEkYrcVmGLmmwHL4G361NVph-OyXXtv3yBzZEa7rq9oJpciZNnXIDArlNQ1NyRhbQJr6Q8wVDmTOpw1b-eYjkK5EdnhglPHNL_bNnpSW2oI6uH1ddH6eRXtIwvV8c7HXQbxZf9VTCfrJqSYq40yJ6TOio1rIs_PCU6o/w640-h640/Folly%20festive%20fireplace404412896_839694014829195_7190291828403876283_n.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-23599810546945246522023-11-22T13:10:00.000+00:002023-11-22T13:10:11.662+00:00How Things Were on the S&C 100+ Years Ago<p> This wonderful photograph popped up on Facebook today. A southbound Midland Scotch express is posed for a photograph before departure from Carlisle Citadel station. The date is believed to be in April, 1910.</p><p>Pilot engine, MR Kirtley 2-4-0 No. 181 dating from 1876 leads an unidentified Deeley 4-4-0.</p><p>Photo-credit: F. Tassell-Oliver Carter collection</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQUQKY2S58gwe_Qz7ZoOo9_jXHmCic7p6ksc_DeHH9hqlg6glQjozC3IK8ieUFScN3p2eiG2vSIYoHSOAZvhKP3QnL6X_Ph6NNrPwRWUzTouQf8w1LOiyU5rx_mU1F6i47O8ad4WeyEajhYGnVKVxfoFDOBedhr-kdCEjs12XGDLFhdv-USaZoZ5Yt4s/s2048/A%20southbound%20Midland%20Scotch%20express%20is%20posed%20for%20a%20photograph%20before%20departure%20from%20Carlisle%20Citadel%20station.%20The%20date%20is%20believed%20to%20be%20in%20April,%201910.%20Pilot%20engine,%20MR%20Kirtley%202-4-0%20.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1106" data-original-width="2048" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQUQKY2S58gwe_Qz7ZoOo9_jXHmCic7p6ksc_DeHH9hqlg6glQjozC3IK8ieUFScN3p2eiG2vSIYoHSOAZvhKP3QnL6X_Ph6NNrPwRWUzTouQf8w1LOiyU5rx_mU1F6i47O8ad4WeyEajhYGnVKVxfoFDOBedhr-kdCEjs12XGDLFhdv-USaZoZ5Yt4s/w640-h346/A%20southbound%20Midland%20Scotch%20express%20is%20posed%20for%20a%20photograph%20before%20departure%20from%20Carlisle%20Citadel%20station.%20The%20date%20is%20believed%20to%20be%20in%20April,%201910.%20Pilot%20engine,%20MR%20Kirtley%202-4-0%20.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The Midland Railway had a small engines policy, even for their Glasgow-London expresses like this one. It is well worth clicking on the picture to study the details.</div>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-87216949542173504322023-11-07T09:31:00.000+00:002023-11-07T09:31:13.638+00:00Before and After - Dramatic Reminder<p> Just finished writing an article for Steam Railway magazine about the Water Tower - part of an occasional series about re-using former railway buildings and structures. You must wait until it is published to read it of course. Whilst digging back for some 'before' pictures I rediscovered this dismal one and for comparison an equivalent view now:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_kWqSsjddXwJ4yy4-z_QfnJpxYLf1GEuoRR8MU3UaKcYCh2TQzddQpjT7e8sKF_oAdhpevFpYJby6efM7lDZuRVYfW7B2WWna-o7GSBKmptgwcRNmVMlmEP7sZCAG7Y4m4eCOK7N0Njhmza2iaNpyhybWXXknJ_sMKRVDrr2Z-rjDOBgh15Qb1mNi3w/s2048/interior%20looking%20nnorth.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_kWqSsjddXwJ4yy4-z_QfnJpxYLf1GEuoRR8MU3UaKcYCh2TQzddQpjT7e8sKF_oAdhpevFpYJby6efM7lDZuRVYfW7B2WWna-o7GSBKmptgwcRNmVMlmEP7sZCAG7Y4m4eCOK7N0Njhmza2iaNpyhybWXXknJ_sMKRVDrr2Z-rjDOBgh15Qb1mNi3w/w480-h640/interior%20looking%20nnorth.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The far window is boarded up and ivy is finding its way in. Altogether a challenge. What a difference from now:</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT8T8P0_iHHT5woL8g0I4X6OCzksZrdsDt6rSv4MLlZnRSX704xN3gm0aX2Z4K5KZBP5zbfzmu0F7pGaAZadaTqNIPPRTCe2h3TfcF3A89635HNOX6HSMHVztqP93f_Rjzsn9tM07sfCGUlzhXxco_Kqdny3ixxyKWDbeFg3ZMHEIuFFkPFzMAwQ_L0as/s4032/Interior%20looking%20north%20after%20renovation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT8T8P0_iHHT5woL8g0I4X6OCzksZrdsDt6rSv4MLlZnRSX704xN3gm0aX2Z4K5KZBP5zbfzmu0F7pGaAZadaTqNIPPRTCe2h3TfcF3A89635HNOX6HSMHVztqP93f_Rjzsn9tM07sfCGUlzhXxco_Kqdny3ixxyKWDbeFg3ZMHEIuFFkPFzMAwQ_L0as/w640-h480/Interior%20looking%20north%20after%20renovation.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p>The second picture covers just the upper portion of the first, with the insertion of the floor which intersects the windows but it is recognisably the same place.</p><p><br /></p>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-45072090918206581242023-11-04T10:09:00.002+00:002023-11-09T15:49:10.270+00:00Autumn on the Roof<p> We've been putting a great deal of effort into the topmost part of the tower recently. The roof room itself is becoming cosier with previously undetected underfloor air gaps being sealed.</p><p>A carefully placed fan heater below the indoor viewing platform seats has enabled a year-round opportunity to observe the seasons from on high and in comfort. Here is early autumn yesterday* morning. Coffee and the Telegraph cryptic Thursday* crossword**. What's not to like?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCGCTprhvqb4HnygKmmDHjBpp0wK_FDYyTwSbaXJmkqosM1-ZJnrrXqGop-7gTyfsmQOhC7iNzEaGdC1wmuKOAHm1H_GME3qPsHBC8lZyEwzdCmoAiodsAmypI1Zi92m-_LyYqD85JJwKCRIKr13cotxm1NKrwJcSVL9euLt9eK7sPDsFQB5bMedmbTY/s4032/IMG-7569.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCGCTprhvqb4HnygKmmDHjBpp0wK_FDYyTwSbaXJmkqosM1-ZJnrrXqGop-7gTyfsmQOhC7iNzEaGdC1wmuKOAHm1H_GME3qPsHBC8lZyEwzdCmoAiodsAmypI1Zi92m-_LyYqD85JJwKCRIKr13cotxm1NKrwJcSVL9euLt9eK7sPDsFQB5bMedmbTY/w640-h480/IMG-7569.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>* Just realised Thursday wasn't yesterday. Today is Saturday and I don't mind. Great thing about retirement is you don't have to worry about such things as what day of the week it is. You don't have to go to work and, better still, you don't have to go to school either.</p><p>** the Thursday crossword is unique. Absolutely un-do-able on first acquaintance but once you've cottoned on it is an enjoyable challenge. Brain food.</p><p>Just for fun, this was the same scene at twilight a few days later. Note how there is blue sky up above but Settle below is in darkness:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfeYWvjbBj9LTGNqJLM30z_u7oIQHs-1syFmQVZpK2UFgk0WRB7XKZ05oGGJFoRudWUkCR9REDJhMezO00JsApcb90PqXr8fGLB_BF6sv661MoVhRY1vZxm9FmSMNid_PPO2D9OORRTeFYtogXxXG79sRu7eb-NO3wTs3Trs5x2QzX_zOy43QWUMytnE/s4032/IMG_7575.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfeYWvjbBj9LTGNqJLM30z_u7oIQHs-1syFmQVZpK2UFgk0WRB7XKZ05oGGJFoRudWUkCR9REDJhMezO00JsApcb90PqXr8fGLB_BF6sv661MoVhRY1vZxm9FmSMNid_PPO2D9OORRTeFYtogXxXG79sRu7eb-NO3wTs3Trs5x2QzX_zOy43QWUMytnE/w640-h480/IMG_7575.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-43482457851268012332023-10-22T08:37:00.000+01:002023-10-22T08:37:59.051+01:00Birthday Party Warm-up<p> A week on from my actual birthday our big-and-getting-bigger family are gathering for the main event the following day (Sunday - today as I write this).</p><p>Here they are, some of them, thoroughly enjoying a rugby game between England and South Africa after a tasty Indian meal at Settle's famous Ruchee restaurant.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7k3WuHBlXIgzMDXlKUwAPTbi0Zbg3TWtpRuOZg4ueGmLwTefM1YxUY8pbJsYRBPMzzqeGPvG_LQgJTHQao22G0PDb5RCTP2DqWMubrVBhMhV7bBFr7lC_UdyDiwflDCivvj7B49JWdpT6Z2ll_Fx2q5Io2exDX5zSHG88QWPDQLSlWDDH0mmMpCRjZTY/s4032/IMG_7515.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7k3WuHBlXIgzMDXlKUwAPTbi0Zbg3TWtpRuOZg4ueGmLwTefM1YxUY8pbJsYRBPMzzqeGPvG_LQgJTHQao22G0PDb5RCTP2DqWMubrVBhMhV7bBFr7lC_UdyDiwflDCivvj7B49JWdpT6Z2ll_Fx2q5Io2exDX5zSHG88QWPDQLSlWDDH0mmMpCRjZTY/w640-h480/IMG_7515.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Our often ridiculed ginormous TV and surround-sound came in handy. They deserved a rest having come from all over an England still being battered by storm Babet. No trains either.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-38110584001188519812023-10-17T09:18:00.000+01:002023-10-17T09:18:28.934+01:00Firebird in the Sky<p> When the weather is suitable it has become our habit to sit and watch the weather from the roof-room, looking west. Last evening's sunset was okay but at the sun dipped below the horizon it lit up what few clouds were in the sky. Most were the remains of aircraft vapour trails, decaying and spreading as their heights and directions dictated.</p><p>Sometimes, recognisable or imaginable shapes emerge and last evening was fleetingly amazing. The platform lights of Settle railway station were already alight as darkness had descended when, from left to right, an enormous firebird emerged out of the blue. (You may need to click on the picture to see its entirety):</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOP33EHgTC_YTEdQLb89wt8Asyk9koplSDp56aODX1WPeJSL_hMZhe4qyd4WVbYs5EycSpfzlGcuu-52cJF85nDZP59-G6HA5-87-Tz9kEGp213kP-wCWTgHylfrzD8hzLOVDiWvfGjkLgG7lqCnUJl0ySLhllBchO9Rs_81ZJRHpqxiJiygOQN2asFo/s4032/IMG_7510.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOP33EHgTC_YTEdQLb89wt8Asyk9koplSDp56aODX1WPeJSL_hMZhe4qyd4WVbYs5EycSpfzlGcuu-52cJF85nDZP59-G6HA5-87-Tz9kEGp213kP-wCWTgHylfrzD8hzLOVDiWvfGjkLgG7lqCnUJl0ySLhllBchO9Rs_81ZJRHpqxiJiygOQN2asFo/w640-h480/IMG_7510.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-77718219228024881832023-10-16T10:04:00.002+01:002023-10-20T08:49:52.730+01:00Big Birthday, Lovely Surprise<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> Well, it's out there on Facebook so I might as well come clean. Yesterday was my (Mark) 80th birthday. The sun shone in celebration. Lots of lovely and thoughtful gifts and cards. Family get together here next week.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The icing on the cake, quite literally, was a surprise visit by our Ukrainian guests living in our annex. <span style="background-color: white;">Evgenia Євгенія Лебеденко</span> * and her 11 year old son David arrived at the kitchen door armed with a candle-lit birthday cake, a bottle of wine and the biggest Toblerone you ever did see. The lasting and now treasured gift was a cuddly sheep, expertly made by Evgenia herself. Still thinking ** of a name for him/her or whatever he/she self-identifies as:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggbSpdsXl6lF0OE1rE0_iAWzHdMz7dVX0abpEt-MuYqETpadh2dP9WFahTonKMRTxU8ysKvdiT2C2ahmHcZsasB8GtvFqbo6wTwH267M23F4YSDWGl5TJKfMG6fDZwQNUyYyPbBfBpMDpU_nwFqunan579ZKD8T8KPmPlSQyJ0fefuP2xu5iWbOWscng/s4032/IMG-7507.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggbSpdsXl6lF0OE1rE0_iAWzHdMz7dVX0abpEt-MuYqETpadh2dP9WFahTonKMRTxU8ysKvdiT2C2ahmHcZsasB8GtvFqbo6wTwH267M23F4YSDWGl5TJKfMG6fDZwQNUyYyPbBfBpMDpU_nwFqunan579ZKD8T8KPmPlSQyJ0fefuP2xu5iWbOWscng/w300-h400/IMG-7507.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The occasion also presented an opportunity for this lovely photograph:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiKdS4JeYRNdt4BV-u6ptXD6zi1Ny2t3JZT3kNM9n7VuTno4wPS3Ti-1LSiBfz63psaaRoKaIi6CMQZ0_qKRpbKk-p4TJ2tZtR3JhyphenhyphenEoL4_Z4UqZNO6ixJL3zfTUSxUjPLZtdqqonL0eoIPJHIL_JvdgSrk8QhKCN7fEuCOwGduL9pPNPVPsy6lmid_RY/s3623/IMG_7505.HEIC" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3623" data-original-width="2602" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiKdS4JeYRNdt4BV-u6ptXD6zi1Ny2t3JZT3kNM9n7VuTno4wPS3Ti-1LSiBfz63psaaRoKaIi6CMQZ0_qKRpbKk-p4TJ2tZtR3JhyphenhyphenEoL4_Z4UqZNO6ixJL3zfTUSxUjPLZtdqqonL0eoIPJHIL_JvdgSrk8QhKCN7fEuCOwGduL9pPNPVPsy6lmid_RY/w460-h640/IMG_7505.HEIC" width="460" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">* Things linguistic get complicated. Evgenia (we pronounce it Jenya) is<span style="background-color: white;"> Євгенія </span><span style="background-color: white;">Лебеденко</span><span style="background-color: white;"> in Ukrainian Cyrillic script. David (pronounced David, thankfully) is settling in well as a new boy at Settle College. They are lovely people who, along with thousands of others fled their home town near the Russian border with whatever they could carry. It is a privilege and a delight to be able to give them a safe home.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">** Name decided. It's Vlodymyr.</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-15942314572000352472023-10-07T15:02:00.001+01:002023-10-08T09:05:05.455+01:00Sandite Train at Settle<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> Unusual, perhaps unprecedented, the Sandite train stopped at Settle station yesterday early evening for an hour or more:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPJvOk_3drdajuQfkARpO21dJ39NSib1uzGN6-KiuIaIBfrvQJoQfedE5efYeGgXQyGXQsHpBbuQ0IISffiJCuMV76KhncM3vJMJcSM8qQccq6irAJHUqVTy3hL__3VMZnuG4YhXugQln8fIASGmd2QrgeF2YoBknSWfwnhDrcJxN2vQCUq5tD7mWVdQ/s4032/IMG_7482.HEIC" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPJvOk_3drdajuQfkARpO21dJ39NSib1uzGN6-KiuIaIBfrvQJoQfedE5efYeGgXQyGXQsHpBbuQ0IISffiJCuMV76KhncM3vJMJcSM8qQccq6irAJHUqVTy3hL__3VMZnuG4YhXugQln8fIASGmd2QrgeF2YoBknSWfwnhDrcJxN2vQCUq5tD7mWVdQ/w640-h480/IMG_7482.HEIC" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Sandite? I hear you cry. <span style="background-color: white; color: #212529;">A mixture of sand and antifreeze, used for assisting rail traction adhesion during extreme weather. Sandite S4 also contains steel shot to assist </span><a class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Track Circuit</div><script src="//m.addthis.com/live/red_lojson/300lo.json?si=573dc4c3c4220c94&bl=0&sid=573dc4c3c4220c94&pub=ra-4e843dff28ab6386&rev=v6.0.9-wp&ln=en&pc=tbx&cb=0&adu6=0&ab=-&dp=www.safety.networkrail.co.uk&fp=Services%2FJargon-Buster%2FT%2FTP-TT%2FTrack-Circuit&fr=Services%2FJargon-Buster%2FT%2FTP-TT&of=0&pd=0&irt=0&vcl=0&md=0&ct=1&tct=0&abt=0&cdn=0&pi=1&rb=2&gen=100&chr=utf-8&colc=1463665859761&jsl=33&skipb=1&callback=addthis.cbs.oln9_031803026832909310" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="//m.addthis.com/live/boost?pub=ra-4e843dff28ab6386&callback=_ate.track.config_resp" type="text/javascript"></script>An electrical circuit that includes an insulated section of track. A train occupying the track will complete the circuit by connecting the two rails together via its wheels and axles thus signaling the trains occupation of that section of track. Track circuits are designed to detect the presence or absence of a train.<br /><br /><form id="mainForm" action="/Services/Jargon-Buster/T/TP-TT/Track-Circuit" method="post" name="mainForm"><br /><div class="container"></div><br /></form>" href="https://safety.networkrail.co.uk/jargon-buster/track-circuit/" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">track-circuit</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529;"> operation. It had stopped at Settle, necessarily blocking the up line, because of flooding on the line to the south. Where better than Settle to stop anyway? Toilets, good conversation and coffee. It eventually moved away northwards, wrong line, towards Blea Moor in darkness.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This was our view of all this excitement from our roof room viewing platform, through its rain swept windows. Note the handrail which is dead level, demonstrating that the train is on an uphill 1:100 slope, left to right.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I do believe this is just about the dullest posting I have done in quite a while. You need to know that I have just been accepted as a member of Facebook's Dull Men's Club (212+K members incidentally). I may just try them with this post to check if I am on the right wavelength.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Update. It was rejected. </span></span></p>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-7755963527677548322023-10-03T09:25:00.000+01:002023-10-03T09:25:13.434+01:00Rento<p> As part of the deterrent war on flies inside the tank, Rentokil came yesterday.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8_eonhVCNOigDUFMf_lywNjiuWl_ldqAeoQDd_4w9oqVSKAzDTGCvqRZg3sg63i-x-SKaFhS3ZEcHYSJ9t_55SqSecpqgE2u2oHshQ2cROZod5f_46R2P1PWfHIr36WWIVd73ieyxpQLmHkZTJvDqiKdsl3tevPxhRrbL9vLUZrcgSpkrxxV2YpLTxI/s3650/IMG-7470.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2514" data-original-width="3650" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8_eonhVCNOigDUFMf_lywNjiuWl_ldqAeoQDd_4w9oqVSKAzDTGCvqRZg3sg63i-x-SKaFhS3ZEcHYSJ9t_55SqSecpqgE2u2oHshQ2cROZod5f_46R2P1PWfHIr36WWIVd73ieyxpQLmHkZTJvDqiKdsl3tevPxhRrbL9vLUZrcgSpkrxxV2YpLTxI/w400-h275/IMG-7470.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's their lovely van. Understandably, they're at pains to play down the K-word.</p><p>Now they have done their thing with all the likely fly-breeding places I can set about preventative measures to keep the little critters away. Priority is a new fibreglass roof-cum-walkway surrounding the roof room, this time with a 1:60 even slope downwards towards the rainwater drain to prevent puddling, we hope. That will wait until next year for completion in warmer weather. Meanwhile there is a below-floor gap running right round the roof room to be filled with expanding foam - probably during a predicted October Indian summer towards the end of this week. Never a dull moment here.</p>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-10931025246828306672023-09-09T11:30:00.000+01:002023-09-09T11:30:00.091+01:00 A Perfectly Memorable Northern Evening<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVZUuqPHKWl7VRS_8lEv0nXpVOl2WjyeEm_hajUxXMAsJV4Strflh6elWywh3BDm0wnYAie5KsYwMGUvRHdCH2pWEY2aNZ8s84L0RwKPhHvzXOlSqP9wVjtD3mvJM3tyMyVrUEGgkr5Vf6o5ElpFtrd4P0pzBNbjkMlgJ1tZtHGwW62j7K6d4kyBMc18/s4032/IMG_7409.HEIC" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVZUuqPHKWl7VRS_8lEv0nXpVOl2WjyeEm_hajUxXMAsJV4Strflh6elWywh3BDm0wnYAie5KsYwMGUvRHdCH2pWEY2aNZ8s84L0RwKPhHvzXOlSqP9wVjtD3mvJM3tyMyVrUEGgkr5Vf6o5ElpFtrd4P0pzBNbjkMlgJ1tZtHGwW62j7K6d4kyBMc18/s320/IMG_7409.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje7t2SeogdWX_XIOpuD24wbvmTBB4uenY6INA3stWx2SrQuh9eF_7Fi54KSaW8B-glXYWop4p7wMoBhMWlzk550HUzrFSi6qhN4GRCrS5f3HjAIB8-4VDhiErIoEbSWbTUNQ-QvErPzyFbEZ4158OoYzGfhxsulukM3cwBPMUkE_BDxaaIJkRhqjU6OX8/s4032/IMG_7410.HEIC" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje7t2SeogdWX_XIOpuD24wbvmTBB4uenY6INA3stWx2SrQuh9eF_7Fi54KSaW8B-glXYWop4p7wMoBhMWlzk550HUzrFSi6qhN4GRCrS5f3HjAIB8-4VDhiErIoEbSWbTUNQ-QvErPzyFbEZ4158OoYzGfhxsulukM3cwBPMUkE_BDxaaIJkRhqjU6OX8/w400-h300/IMG_7410.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We are having an Indian summer. The other evening I sat out on the roof deck watching the sun go down. It was warm, dead quiet and there was not a breath of wind. The silence was broken from time to time by music from the Giggleswick and Settle brass band in their rehearsal room in the nearby Conservative Club, whose windows were, unusually, wide open.<p></p><p>As the sun dipped out of sight below the western horizon the silence was explosively shattered by a very LOUD and note perfect fanfare. I think it was Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man - I shall have to check One of those magical moments of a lifetime. Thank you anyway Giggleswick and Settle Brass Band.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N8auOHq3co">Fanfare for the Common Manhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N8auOHq3co</a><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704550027062614413.post-33323694081113742822023-09-02T10:00:00.003+01:002023-09-02T14:41:37.353+01:00Decks Major Re-think and Overhaul<p> Identifying the below-decks void as the likely source of flies has meant a lot of work in removing the deck boards, reversing them and in places raising them to create easier access to keep the below-decks areas clean of rotting debris, power washing, Rentokil treatments and long term access to keeps them fly-free. Well under way. This is the north west corner which will be raised to create a deeper, accessible, void. The fibreglass roof below is in excellent condition. Twelve years on from the decks construction it and its supports are in excellent condition. The support legs are of pressure treated timber and each rests on a galvanised steel spreader plate. For good measure the base of each leg was soaked overnight in creosote before installation. This has resulted in no rot whatever despite the often wet environment down there.</p><p>As originally constructed, the entire weight of the deck and whatever is on the deck is borne by the fibreglass roof below. This load has been reduced by the use of joist hangers, firmly fixed to the tank itself. Extra joists have also been provided. The raised access is only at the north and south ends of the decking where large areas require maintenance access. Other areas of the deck remain at their original levels. Along the narrow eastern side of the roof room there is no decking, enabling total open-air access. Along the wider western walkway, the four central decking board have been lifted, turned and replaced with stainless steel screws to enable occasional access if ever needed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjVxOXnx0Z3XMEHSIpo_yyznDM8ZQ_PHA3irT01rd6nCzVRl-FreerG3-Owzvq5WGyUbooKFoPTwOTf8waHkCd6MDu_OhkkvGB4yrCAWa-8MNZbeE6qIdfYJvpA1vRlI1C9HMs9oJXfS7b6JF1aTEON7P89JKukuSlnGMGMrsQfBs8AA_Ab8G-1WY-ok/s4032/IMG_7354.HEIC" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjVxOXnx0Z3XMEHSIpo_yyznDM8ZQ_PHA3irT01rd6nCzVRl-FreerG3-Owzvq5WGyUbooKFoPTwOTf8waHkCd6MDu_OhkkvGB4yrCAWa-8MNZbeE6qIdfYJvpA1vRlI1C9HMs9oJXfS7b6JF1aTEON7P89JKukuSlnGMGMrsQfBs8AA_Ab8G-1WY-ok/w640-h480/IMG_7354.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And now,</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKeZOmGa-gPPj50XMywlanSs5eGbV9mjTHE-YyiO3jNyHvzuNfu8xMEYBLCGTYsIFkEDCw14cD3Hyn0MaHgUUJz1uiOkZRFhssbi2ka8ov6VBsEqHGQoWbz5MgioHQyJq6GVyA1NZCX72AELAWrjrkmFNMvDUcf2FQ6i5-z8OCLnutLjncQxQ6KEMpZK4/s4032/IMG_7399.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKeZOmGa-gPPj50XMywlanSs5eGbV9mjTHE-YyiO3jNyHvzuNfu8xMEYBLCGTYsIFkEDCw14cD3Hyn0MaHgUUJz1uiOkZRFhssbi2ka8ov6VBsEqHGQoWbz5MgioHQyJq6GVyA1NZCX72AELAWrjrkmFNMvDUcf2FQ6i5-z8OCLnutLjncQxQ6KEMpZK4/w640-h480/IMG_7399.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>Reference Number: 4400112</u></span></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Settle Station Water Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396722488840475255noreply@blogger.com0