Sorting type and 'custard 2'

 

In between huge showers, water invading the studio and digging drains Fiona and I did a lot of rationalising and transferring type  - finishing the job we started earlier this year.

We are planning to dispose of one type cabinet and its trays and quite a bit of type that is surplus to our use. Sorting and transferring 8 and 10pt fonts are very tedious. We got a lot of trays done over the weekend.

Sorting and transferring spacers (72pt and 48pt) below.

A great tray of Gill Sans Bold 10pt

Talking about 'custard 2' - yes we had another inundation event - the result of what is now being described as a rain bomb - about 100mm in half an hour. 

Mid afternoon yesterday I gave Fiona a frantic phone call to come to give me a hand to sort the second indication. Water was cascading over the side (see photo below) and back wall. We threw ourselves into digging a drain behind the retaining wall at the side and digging the one we dug at the back the day before even deeper and wider to cope with the huge volume of water.

The water was seeping in through both the back and side walls of the studio - but again by diverting the water we were able to stop it combining in and then able to mop it up. Photo below shows the volume of water coming out from behind the side retaining wall after we dug the drain.

Good use for hand towels - fortunately we had washed and dried them overnight.

Fortunately this morning we returned to find that the dehumidifier and fan had dried the two sections out - even the feet of the cabinets were almost totally dry by the time we left the studio this afternoon.

I thought folk might enjoy the photo of the friendly healthy huntsman discovered as we worked along the outside of the side wall.