Gate prep

We have a few days gap before guests, and as the forecast is beautiful blue skies we decided we would focus on getting the main gate painted. I last did it about 7 years ago, so it is starting to peel quite heavily.

First job was to clean it. As we are still in a hosepipe ban good old soap and water in a bowl was the way to go. Not ideal, but it would get the job done.

It was slow progress on my own, but Brian soon came with the ladder to help out, especially on the higher section.

It’s only when you start the job you realise what a huge task it is, but the glorious autumn day made it so much easier.

We then needed to start to clean up the areas of flaky paint, and where some rust is forming, so we’ve used wire brushes on those, and tomorrow we will paint on some rust remover.