The Autumn at Rickham
First, some pictures that aren't at Rickham.
Andy's sister got married in the Summer and here are some photos:
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The bride and groom in the church |
and outside |
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Family milling about |
and almost posing for a photograph |
We went to the Otter Sanctuary and Butterfly farm by way of the South Devon Railway:
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The train that took us |
Lovely countryside too |
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In the butterfly farm |
Otters... |
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..and more otters.. |
and even more otters. |
Back home, they finished the demolition of Gara Rock:
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From the flagpole |
from the gates |
Our nesting birds successfully raised their brood:
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Sean and the boys working |
From the outside |
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The cats are watching you |
After the first coat of oil |
Wildlife took over the big shed for a while:
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bunnies on the outside |
Martins on the inside |
We had a picnic whilst on patrol:
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And the big shed was finished:
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The base for the patio |
The base for the flagpole |
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Where they meet |
The flag raised for the first time |
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A delivery of rocks.. |
.. only a few (look at that wheel) |
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The finished wall.. |
and from the south |
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The finished article.. |
..complete with table and flag |
Of course, not everything went quite as well. During one of the 100+ mile per hour "breezes" our little shed suffered from a partial collapse. The south-facing wall split and its windows decided to disappear into little shards of glass. Here's the view of it now protected by tarpaulin until we can rebuild it:
Oh well!
When the weather calmed down (and the school holidays started) we set up the scaffolding and brought the weather sensor array down for repair. We've had troubles with the wind speed sensor before but the air temperature was getting suspect too. By removing the cables from the rusted connectors and soldering the connections instead we hope we've fixed things for a while:
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Here you can see one of the rusted connectors |
Here's the wires ready for soldering |
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Andy on the scaffold having just put things back |
It all works! |
