Cley Windmill

Starting at the beginning of the week I've been working on a project photographing the refurbishment of the beautiful windmill at Cley-Next-The-Sea. The owners wanted the work documented from start to finish, capturing the key moments in pictorial form. The project is set to last three weeks with both the fan tail and sails being replaced within this time. This is a major undertaking and the last time the windmill at Cley had such work carried out was during the mid eighties. I had already taken a before image just before the job was set to commence showing quite clearly the damage the sails and fan tail had sustained over the many years of hostile weather, so it's been a case of capturing the important moments as they've happened.

Work is well under way!

The crane used to lower the old supports down from the top of the tower and deliver the new structure back up is quite a bit of machinery and when at full height, managed to dwarf even the windmill. So far the job is about 50% completed and in a couple of weeks I should hopefully have a finished project to write about, showing in pictorial form the fascinating stages of this restoration project.... Stay tuned.