Update 22nd July 2008

 

Not much material progress to report, unfortunately. A pity because the weather was perfect! However, there were visitors at the cottages who wanted Peace & Quiet; a group of girls getting away from their husbands and children, to chill out!

 

But first, I'd arranged a demo for Geoff & Hillary Loos and a large group of their grand-children and their friends. I needed to mill anyway, so I gave them the whole works. It was great to get feedback and interesting questions from the youngsters, not least the big hugs I got from the girls amongst them at the end :-) I had intended to build up some stock of meal for sale at the winery, but after Geoff had taken some (to demonstrate bread making to the youngsters later in the day) and one of the girls staying over, a beauty consultant, enthusiastically took the rest, it means I'll have to mill again next week!

 

So it was later in the day before I could carry on with the launder. Before leaving home, I thought it would be a good idea to take the extension ladder, as I couldn't work out how to get access to this, the most difficult part of the launder, to roll out the corrugations and attach the wooden rail:

 

 

Here, the corrugations have been rolled out flat and the last wooden rail joined on to the second-last and clamped into place. Looking the other way:

 

 

Then I continued wrapping over the sheets and drilling and attaching from where I left off last time, but I hadn't got far before I was politely asked to keep quiet. There's no way anybody can work with a 40 metre length of corrugated iron quietly, so I abandoned that and got the paint brush out. There's always something to carry on with!

 

However, now that the last sheet is rolled out on the wall side and the wooden rail is in place, I feel that the worst is over. The side away from the wall will be much easier. But the ladder, as can be seen, was just what I needed!

 

Regards

Andy