Re-installing the 130 year old wash still in its rightful place is one thing - but raising it up three feet off the ground inside the still house into its exact operational position is another.

Trying to manoeuvre 6 tons of copper in both a vertical and horizontal plane, with barely two feet of room to spare, is not for the feint-hearted. The lyne arm and valve positions have to be lined up, supports carefully positioned, fork-lifts employed, mallets for coaxing the girders, as well as  wrenches, winches and wedges.

It was tense stuff as, slowly and precisely - reminiscent of a cross between giant Meccano set and the building of the pyramids - the still was carefully edged in to place. Without bringing down the rest of the building.

Now, the base stone work upon which the still is to sit, is being built up underneath it. Then the iron supports can finally be removed.

The still base will not be lagged as before with an external jacket, but will be covered with a special heat reflective paint which we have experimented with on the two spirit stills.  For the first time the true form of the wash still, that until now had been covered up, will be exposed.