Progress in the restoration of Thaxted windmill 🌍

Thaxted windmill is currently undergoing a major restoration, thanks to a significant lottery grant. Over the past few months a roadway had been constructed across the fields to the mill, to allow heavy equipment to to brought in, and that has allowed the cap to be lifted off. Whist the original plan was to remove all the sails before the lift off, one of the stocks could not be shifted, so the cap was lifted off with that still attached. However, now it's on the ground, the millwrights Owlsworth IJP have managed to free up the stock and remove it from the poll end. Details of the restoration progress can be found via the Thaxted Windmill blog, and via social media such as Facebook.