:t::t::t:My two penn'orth: don't put cladding on it.....
John
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Build it from local stone, to match the rest of the buildings on the island, would be my suggestion.
Probably prohibitively expensive though . . .
Haven't appointed architects yet Ken, nor update on insurance or funding. Seriously I would doubt that a huge increase in external lighting would be allowed - dark skies, navigation, AOOB. Interested in why you ask, seems a strange question at this stage.
P
Presumably an additional attraction to migrants / vagrants?
Surely would be frowned upon Andy, by both the planners and the network of bird observatories - not really cricket is it.
Surely would be frowned upon Andy, by both the planners and the network of bird observatories - not really cricket is it.
What purpose would lighting serve? It would be a distraction to birds who are using their built in navigational aids - what an inappropriate suggestion imho.
The island already has a light emitting aid - it’s called a lighthouse:eek!:
Cladding wasn’t needed in the recent fire as the Obs was made of wood. Having only been built in 2010 at a cost of £4M.
Having never visited, despite a girlfriend having been an assistant cook in the early 80’s, i have no idea what material has been used for the island buildings. The only reference i can find to quarrying was the mining of 15 tons of material in 1912 that had Copper as the main constituent with other minerals in situ. Presumably ore found cheaper elsewhere in the World made that commercially unviable. There will undoubtably be surface stone that has been used here and there either for building features or more generally for drystone walls or dykes:t:
Laurie -
Thankfully Roy, not being a quintessential Englishman, I don’t suffer the indignities of US slang and the usage of....indeed I find “coming to the point” preferable to “beating round the bush” so to speak OK?
Who is Roy?
Pyrtle I believe?
Pyrtle I believe?
Nope.
Thankfully Pat, not being a quintessential Englishman, I don’t suffer the indignities of US slang and the usage of....indeed I find “coming to the point” preferable to “beating round the bush” so to speak OK?