Lift-off Continued - Dry Walls

 Just now the UK is experiencing a spell of wet weather, extreme at times.  Mainland Europe has an exceptional heatwave with temperatures dangerously high.  Here though it is comfortable,  During last weekend I was sitting under the shelter of the navvy hut's north side overhang, watching torrential rain whilst perfectly dry.  The odd nearby thunder clash too.  When the rain eventually stopped I was able to get a picture of the west face of the tower showing the pattern of wetting on the main external wall:

Encouragingly, the ornate stone walkway-cum-drip-cornice at the top of the wall was doing its job, evidenced by the dry wall immediately beneath it.  The corners rather less so.  When the rain was at its heaviest I could see (and hear) a virtual waterfall cascading from the edge of the cornice.  No water at all was evident on the tower's inside.  All very encouraging that the current sealing of the tank/stonework gap is working.  

Access at the north end, round the corner to the left, will be slightly trickier as the JCB cannot reach it.  We shall have to approach the job from the top using a ladder and secure body harness down to the walkway - a well trodden path in the sky!  Finally, the east side is easily accessed from the annex roof.  If the sun ever shines again that is.

UPDATE  The job is finished!  Yesterday,19th July, the Johnsons looked at the weather forecast and decided to go for it.  A very thorough and neat job it is too.  Only time will tell if it has been effective but I have a dehumidifier going flat out in the south end of the tower and we're on a roll.  Here are the heroes on the last lap.  The north end of the tower could not be reached by the JCB's platform so the good old Victorian but narrow ledge was bravely used - note the TWO harnesses - belt and braces!   Final picture was a good test of one of our new security cameras, automatically recording people on the annex roof.  not evident in the picture of their first arrival on  that roof, the surface was a real mess of accumulated leaves, twigs and other flying debris, hidden from view behind the parapets.  On their own initiative they cleared all that while they were there.