New observatory location next to old obs.                          Formwork for reinforced pier                            Steel reinforced pier on solid shale bedrock.

  Pier cavity filled with smooth river grave & sand             Prepared floor formwork                                                Ready to pour concrete

       Warm room framing                                                                                                                            "V" Groove wheels on 100x50mm RHS   

                        East side                                                                 Track wheel                                                         Bird feeding

                Looking north                                                            Ready for the roof                                                     West side of yard

                    Track plate                                                                      Steel frame                                                    From rear patio

              Roof in place                                                                 Tied down                                                                   Pier sitting on base.

            Only a bit to go                                                       External cladding finished apart from the angle strips to fill in the wheel gap area.

       Entrance                                                                    Weather stripping and capping.                                  Western side-nearly finished.