The previous two days I spent making the ash repair section for the entrance pillar.  This is completed and fitted as shown in the picture:

Entrance pillar repair.

Other work done includes plugging more screw holes with hardwood dowels and sanding these off flush.  Work is now concentrated at the top of the pillar where there is a steel plate and bracket under which the pillar has rotted.  This requires the removal of the drip rail above the entrance and the wired-edge panel that finishes the top of the entrance, which is extensively corroded as can be seen in this picture:

Fairing above the entrance as found

New fairing for the entrance.