I’ve got a photo to upload but it’s worthy of a mention that the scaffolding is now mostly down on our new lifeboat station. Resplendent with it’s copper roof (more than few quids worth there I imagine) the building is now making it’s mark as it where.

I’ll see if can pop round over the weekend and take some more photos from all around the site.

Apologies for the lack of blog posts recently – time is a precious resource… a bit like petrol!

Anyways, I gather that the brickies are just about finished on the new lifeboat station. Northern Brickworks, working for the main subcontractors Harry Faircloughs have stated that they are near completion now on the brickwork for the new building.

Looks like the roof might be going on the lifeboat station soon – they’ve secured netting under it, presumably to catch anything that is dropped?

They’ve got the lower bit of the finished wall in down at the new station.

There’s a new pathway from slipway 2 at the new lifeboat station. I wonder what those squares in the concrete are there for?

The brickies are in at the new station and the walls are going up quick:

I like the way the men are obviously discussing something about the job at the corner of the building.

I’ve been meaning to get down onto the sand to take this view for ages – I finally stuck my wellies on and snapped this view:

Notice all the gaps between the lengths of precast concrete – design or finance issue?

Every big job needs a white van man at some point. I managed to catch him this morning.

The bright yellow diggers were in action this morning, brightening up an otherwise somewhat grey (and wet) view of the new station.

It was a dark old morning when I took this: