The south facing end of our tower has always leaked somewhat when there is a strong south or south westerly wind and heavy rain. The problem is with holes in the pointing between the roof parapet stone overhang and the tops of the tower wall. The gaps may be small but the effect is big when air pressure outside exceeds that inside so rainwater draining off the parapets get sucked in. There appear to have been attempts to cure this in the past with painted on tar but this has failed. The fix is to scrape out the joints and to fill with modern sealant.
In a gap between illnesses and operations (!) I put up our scaffolding tower over the front door for access. Then it rained a lot and my succession of medical problems intervened. The scaffolding has therefore been in place uselessly and unattractively for a year or so.
To the rescue has come faithful and fearless ex-Royal Marine paratrooper Steve (Scouse) Roberts - once again. He spent yesterday morning fixing the area accessible from the tower:
He's a bit of a poseur sometimes. Here he is afterwards having a vape and taking a selfie wearing his 'parachute harness':
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