Over the past week or so, the outside of Cristin has had its periodic "facelift", thanks to the hard work of Dan Dawson who has spent three weeks giving the outside and the windows the TLC they deserve. Cristin now looks in tip-top shape and the south facing wall has been painted with rubberised lighthouse paint and the other walls with an oil-based masonry paint.
As well as the walls being painted, Dan set to on the windows - who of you can remember the wash-room window or boot-room window opening? Mmmmm... it has been a long time but with a blow torch and several hours on each window, decorating guru Dan now has them opening, sanded down and painted - they look excellent!
And then there is the GWOBR!! What is a GWOBR I hear you ask? Well, it simply means AWARD in Welsh (as all our Welsh speaking/reading viewers will know). Anyway, the GWOBR/AWARD has hung on the south wall of Cristin since 1977, when it was presented to the Observatory by HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, for the efforts of the Observatory and its members, made towards the protection of the island and the creation of refuges for birds.
The guttering and rain tanks are all being moved and renewed too. As you can see, some of the unsightly tanks that were around the building have been moved to a new platform constructed by Rich B at the back of the building , and he and I will be replacing all the guttering soon so all the rain from the building is collected in one place.
To see how good the place looks now, get booking your next visit with Alicia
Steve Stansfield
Warden
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