Lou is the owner of Cragend Farm with her husband Shaun, and deals with everything from Holiday Accommodation inquiries to egg collection from the chickens; she is the social media and web design finger-tapper.
Not a pretty picture but it demonstrates well the debris in the main Silo Tower at Cragend Farm.
The Gilkes Turbine is being suspended by rotten floor joists and being held up by its own pipework at the present moment.
Find Out More About Cragend
Cragend Farm has a interesting and diverse history, from technical innovations to historic buildings. Tied in closely to the neighbouring Cragside Estate home of Victorian inventor and industrialist Lord Armstrong.