It certainly seems like it. I checked the Church late this afternoon and apart from one section down the west wall most of the place was dry. It hardly seems believable that in a weeks time the contractors will be on site. For now the last minute paper-work is concentrating the mind, and tomorrow, the Kirk Session are off on an away- day sampling the delights? of a not-too-distant venue. Hopefully we will all return refreshed and ready for a 20- week programme of repair works.
The snow held off this morning and the Contractors were hopeful of taking down 4 'flights' of scaffold before Christmas. however it was deemed too dangerous for that this morning. 'What about the weather vane?' I asked. 'Well we;ll see how it is the afternoon and we've got a back-up with the Steeplejacks if necessary' said Hunter & Clark. Off I went on errands and on my return driving along Queen Margaret Drive I noticed that the scaffold around Oran Mor had been taken down and then I noticed a 'High -vis' figure on top of our Fleche which clothed in its scaffold looks a bit like a pineapple over the roof tops of Grosvenor Terrace. Once it was safe to do so, I of course took photos of Archie and Craig tackling the re-installation of our very own 'Chanticleer' All this was of course whilst the snow was coming down again. Hard! However the Task was successfully accomplished. Thank You both, very much. It is much appreciated by all of us at ...
Great news, Fiona! If the building can survive the weather of the past few days it can withstand anything.
ReplyDeleteAll strength to your arm and those of the contractors!
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