from David McKeown
Just returned from watching Bill pull the windmill round a few feet. It moved without any nasty noises or displacement of timbers! Though it may not be able to grind the grain for a few years yet, the first phase restoration is slowly reaching its conclusion. The large wooden clamps lying on the ground in the photo have now been fitted to the sails but the mechanism that connects the tailfan to the carriage wheels awaits the return of Bill, the millwright.
He is sharing his time between two mills at present so we have periods of inactivity – but we will see the mill moving soon. Click on the windmill image below to download Peter Homent’s drone video (note that the way that this downloads and runs will vary between browsers and operating systems). More about the history of the windmill.
Please visit our website greatchishillwindmill.com to see our progress.