Remarkable progress has been made down the Old Harbour!

With the scaffolding successfully erected surrounding the Old Quay parapet wall the stage was set for the stone and restoration contractors to swing into action.

Monday morning saw the arrival of two teams from Symons Construction whose job is is to lay new granite sets down the Red Lion slip and re-point the parapet wall on the Old Quay.

The week started with temperatures above average and sunshine, by mid-week the temperature had plummeted to just above freezing and driving rain followed  by two chilly days of blue skies.

In that time, the parapet’s facing wall was pointed and the groundwork all but completed for the Red Lion slip in prepartion for laying the granite setts that were delivered on Wednesday.

Iain, Torsen and Marcus are the the guys mixing the lime mortar and wielding the trowels on the parapet wall.