Harry's got black slime all over his hand
A Sail Fitting, Billingford Windmill, Billingford, Norfolk - 20th August 2020
A pile of new sails had been noticed stacked up outside Billingford Windmill whilst on a trip up to the Horseshoes pub with The Boy Phil, and so Nosher and the boys headed over to have a look the next morning only to find that the new sails were in the process of being actually fitted. It's a delicate operation, and while we wait, one of the dudes comes over to explain that the person who designed the arms and sails had actually died four years before, and so they were a bit nervous as to whether they would fit, or more importantly what they would be able to do about it if they didn't. As it was a work morning, and the boys were getting fidgetty, we couldn't wait around all day to see what happened, but we did get to see the first of the sail arms fitted by a crane.
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The boys in the woods on Billingford Common
The boys find a tree with a nice low bouncy branch
The tree canopy looks like Ausralian eucalyptus
Billingford mill, without sails
The sails, laid out in front of the mill
Harry sneaks in for a closer look
The guys work on preparing the first arm
The old Billingford Post Office
The old Thelveton road, now cut off by the A143
The boys roam around on the old road
Harry and Fred wait for stuff to happen
The crane picks up the arm
The cap and fantail wait
The scene on Billingford Common
The two-ton arm is lifted
The arm is gingerly lifted off the ground
The sail arm is in the air
The crane is operated by remote control
The arm is fitted to the post
The view from the back of the crane
The arm is almost in place
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Harry's got black slime all over his hand
Harry's got black slime all over his hand
The boys in the woods on Billingford Common
The boys find a tree with a nice low bouncy branch
The tree canopy looks like Ausralian eucalyptus
Billingford mill, without sails
The sails, laid out in front of the mill
Harry sneaks in for a closer look
The guys work on preparing the first arm
The old Billingford Post Office
The old Thelveton road, now cut off by the A143
The boys roam around on the old road
Harry and Fred wait for stuff to happen
The crane picks up the arm
The cap and fantail wait
The scene on Billingford Common
The two-ton arm is lifted
The arm is gingerly lifted off the ground
The sail arm is in the air
The crane is operated by remote control
The arm is fitted to the post
The view from the back of the crane
The arm is almost in place