High winds gusting over 70 m.p.h. has meant the loss of two working days since the last post with the change in the seasons making itself felt. Not a great deal of the old building is left standing and the demoloition work must have been a strange sight for the steady stream of walkers making their way to the summit cairn on a typically busy Saturday.


Walkers congregate around the summit cairn while the building is demolished.


Levelling the accommodation section of the old summit complex.

Removing the rubble by train is a time consuming process owing to the weight limit on the flat-bed and the couple of hours it takes for the train to get up and down the mountain.
Good news for the workforce is that the generator has been replaced so the portacabin can now be heated and pies can be micro-waved for lunch.


Nine tons at a time the flat-bed removes debris from the summit.


Taking refuge for lunch in the windowless portacabin.