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Gutters !


As a Fabric Convenor, one of the first things I was told at a Property Maintenance Course, was to look after your Gutters and Downpipes. All very well and good! But on KH the Gutters are very high up and the Downpipes stretch for a very long way-------- Good intentions mean that our favourite Steeplejacks have been out today, clearing away the debris again! It does almost seem ridiculous that, because the roof needs repairs we are in the situation where we need to increase our maintenance to such a degree. With any luck, that is all of the leaves off the trees now.

Just a word about the works in the main Entrance Hall. The stone is drying out nicely and the rotten parts have been removed.

The roof is one of the main things exercising our minds but , we still have all of the normal property issues to deal with:--- such as keeping the heaters in all of the various parts of the building working; replacing obsolete equipment in the kitchen. (We do hope to have a new cooker installed soon, but a decrease in the rate of VAT has meant that we are waiting until next week,before buying one.) keeping the halls clean and fit for all of our varied Hall users. there are so many little things which we just get on with.

Can I just say here, that the amazing sum of money collected from our Gift Day in October has surpassed all our expectations. We only had a short time to go round our congregation and friends and to receive a sum in excess of £10,000 is quite amazing and also deeply heartening.
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