A Round Table at Last

Here is a picture of our south deck including a rather fine cast iron circular table.  It used to have a wooden top, long since perished.  I have been searching on and off for years for a circular replacement without success.  Meantime I have used a square or oblong temporary table top which had been functional but ugly.

Inspiration eventually struck.  Maybe you can buy circular paint barrel tops that might do the trick.  You can and I did.  Its the inverted top of a 210 litre ginormous paint tin, complete with locking ring:

Not too bad a  result eh?

From that deck there is a superb view of the comings and goings at the station, steam trains and all - see next Blog entry.