Working Week 2007

a compilation by Chris Grimmett

Introduction      Saturday      Sunday      Monday      Tuesday      Wednesday      Thursday      Friday      Saturday      What Was Done

 
Out-takes from the week

Tuesday

Ladies Showers ..... an interesting problem
With the Old Tackle Room ceiling now in place, the floor could be removed and with it the Ladies Showers ceiling.  This went according to plan until clearing the last set of joists revealed that work is needed on the supports for the chimney before showers restoration can proceed.



Ladies Showers ..... temporary status
The chimney support issue will be tackled in October 2007.  The plan for rebuilding Ladies Showers is to have it done by the end of the 2008 Working Week.



No.3 Bunk Room - flooring
With the pointing now finished, it was the turn of the flooring people to install a large sheet of vinyl to the new bunk room before the bunk constructors moved in permanently.  With the usual problems of handling 4 metres of material in a restricted space this proved to be challenging, but nevertheless it went in without too much trouble.



The chimney takes shape
With better weather, John Lister, Andy Dobson and Geoff Amabilino managed to get the first courses onto the chimney stack.



The Great Small Common Room Disaster
Extra photo boards were added to the array on the wall of the Small Common Room.  Unfortunately the wall mountings were not sufficiently good and the whole lot collapsed.  Somebody was standing underneath at the time and despite having to be dug out from the wreckage, thankfully suffered only minor cuts.  The boards have now been strengthened.



Os & Ss
All the week many small jobs are undertaken, none of them hugely significant in their own right, but together they help to keep the place running.  These include cleaning, repairing, tidying and painting all over the cottages.  The Working Week also expunges from the cottages quite massive quantities of junk and rubbish that builds up during the course of a year.



After hours .....
After another very busy day, the Working Week participants were fed by the Dragons and then retired to the Small Common Room to deal with its contents.