Mhedzisiro yakakanganisa mugwagwa pamakuva echechi.Zvimedu zvihombe zveasphalt nedhaka zvaive pahuswa hwakapoteredza.Pedyo nemugwagwa, sechimedu che chess chakaputsika, rara zvakasara zve 150-year-old church spire.Maawa mashoma apfuura, akamira pamusoro chaipo pechechi, akareba pamusoro pechivanze chechechi.Sezvineiwo, chivako cheVictorian chakawira pasi uye kwete nepadenga rechechi.Nokuda kwezvikonzero zvisingazivikanwi zvino, Chechi yeSt. Thomas muWells ndiyo imwe yechechi shomanene dzechiRungu dzine shongwe mukona yokuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva.
Rondedzero yevanhu vekufona panguva iyi ipfupi.Runhare rwakadairwa naJames Preston ane makore makumi matatu nemanomwe.Preston muvaki weshongwe ane basa rakarembera pachinenge chese chivakwa chenhoroondo chiri muLadybug Book reBritish Nhoroondo: Buckingham Palace, Windsor castle, Stonehenge, Longleat, Ladd Cliff Kamera uye Whitby Abbey, kungotaura zvishoma.
Kudonha kwespire kwakabatwa pavhidhiyo nemuvakidzani pakureba kweStorm Eunice muna Kukadzi.Pandakasangana naPreston mwedzi mitanhatu gare gare, akandiratidza shopu kwaivakwa spire itsva akandiendesa kuChechi yeSt Thomas.Mushure mekutyaira mamaira makumi maviri, Preston, ane bristly uye tan, akandiudza nezvemhando dzakasiyana dzematombo muNyika yekuMadokero.Kubva pane geological point yekuona, isu tiri pazasi peoolitic limestone bhandi rakatenderera neOxford neBath kusvika kuYork uye rakaumbwa panguva yeJurassic, apo mazhinji eCotswold aive mumakungwa anopisa.Tarisa uone imba yakanaka yekuGeorgia muBath kana imba diki yevaruki muGloucestershire, uye uchaona mateko ekare uye starfish fossils.Dombo rekugezera i "soft oolitic limestone" - "oolites" zvinoreva "hurungudo", zvichireva zvidimbu zvakatenderera zvinogadzira - "asi isu tine Hamstone neDoulting dombo uye wobva wapwanywa dombo."Zvivakwa zvenhoroondo munzvimbo idzi zvinowanzo nyoro nyoro ine matombo eBass uye pamwe nemadziro emarara eLias, "Preston akadaro.
Limestone yakapfava, ine brittle uye inodziya mutoni, kure kure kubva kune ine mwero Portland dombo ratinoshandisa munzvimbo zhinji dzepakati peLondon.Vatariri venguva dzose vanogona kuona aya marudzi ematombo, asi Preston ane ziso reanoziva.Sezvatakasvika kuWells, akanongedzera kuzvivako zvedombo reDortin umo St. Thomas akanga akavakwa."Dulting idombo reraimu reoolitic," akadaro Preston, "asi yakawedzera orenji uye yakaoma."
Akatsanangura madhaka akasiyana-siyana anoshandiswa muUK.Vaiwanzosiyana zvichienderana neiyo geology yenzvimbo, uyezve munguva yehondo mushure mehondo yakanyatsogadziriswa, izvo zvakakonzera kunyorovesa kwezvivakwa nedhaka risingapindiki rakavharwa muunyoro.Preston nevamwe vake vakaramba vakatarisa pamatope ekutanga, vachiabvisa kuti vaone kuumbwa kwavo panguva yekufananidza.“Kana ukafamba-famba muLondon, uchawana zvivakwa zvine tudiki diki [rime] seam.Iwe uchaenda kumwe kunhu uye iwo anove epingi, jecha repingi, kana tsvuku.
Preston akaona hunyanzvi hwekuvaka husina mumwe munhu akaona.“Ndave ndichiita izvi kwenguva refu,” akadaro.Anga achishanda mundima iyi kubva aine makore 16, paakasiya chikoro achienda kukambani imwe chete yaakashanda kwemakore makumi maviri.
Ndeupi mwana ane makore gumi nematanhatu akasiya chikoro kuti ave bhiridha?'Handizivi!' Anoti.“Zvinoshamisa.Akatsanangura kuti chikoro “hachisi changu.Ini handisi munhu akadzidza, asi handisi wekugara nekudzidza mukirasi zvakare.ita chimwe chinhu nemaoko ako.
Akazviwana achinakidzwa neiyo geometry yemasonry uye chinodikanwa chayo chechokwadi.Mushure mekupedza kudzidza kubva kukoreji semudzidzi paSally Strachey Historic Conservation (achiri kushandira kambani inozivikanwa nhasi seSSHC), akadzidza kuveza vanhu nemhuka, pamwe nekucheka dombo nemamilimita nemazvo.Ichi chirango chinozivikanwa sebhangi masonry.“Kushivirira imilimita imwe munzira imwe nekuti kana uchiri kureba unokwanisa kuibvisa.Uye kana ukanyanya kuderera, hapana chaungagona kuita.
Hunyanzvi hwaPreston semuvezi hwakakwana hwakakwana nehumwe hunyanzvi hwake: kukwira dombo.Achiri kuyaruka aifarira kukwira makomo.Mumakore ake makumi maviri, achishandira SSHC paFarley Hungerford Castle, akaziva kuti vashandi vakanga vasiya gumbeze pamusoro pemadziro akareba.Panzvimbo yekukwira scaffolding zvakare, Preston akashandisa tambo kukwira iye.Basa rake seshongwe yemazuva ano rakatotanga - uye kubva ipapo anga achidzika Buckingham Palace uye achikwira shongwe dzakapfava nemaspiers.
Anoti kana munhu akangwarira, kukwira netambo kwakachengeteka pane kukwirisa.Asi zvichiri kunakidza.“Ndinoda kukwira masipioni echechi,” akadaro.“Paunokwira shongwe yechechi, huremu hwezvauri kukwira hunoita hudiki hudiki, zvekuti paunosimuka unobuda pachena.Zvinosvika pa zero uye hazviregi kunetseka vanhu. ".
Ipapo pane bhonasi kumusoro."Maonero akafanana neasina chimwe chinhu, vashoma vanhu vanoaona.Kukwira spire ndicho chinhu chakanakisa chekushanda pamotokari yetambo kana muchivakwa chenhoroondo.Maonero ake aanofarira ndeye Wakefield Cathedral, iyo ine mhepo yakareba kwazvo pasi rose.Yorkshire.
Preston akatendeukira kumugwagwa wenyika uye takasvika pamusangano.Ichi chivakwa chepurazi chakashandurwa, chakavhurika kune mamiriro ekunze.Kunze kwaiva nemaminareti maviri: yekare, grey imwe yakagadzirwa nemarara ane ruvara rwe moss, uye imwe itsva, yakatsetseka uye yakasvibirira.(Preston anoti ibwe reDoulting; ini handisi kuona yakawanda orenji neziso rangu rakajeka, asi anoti zvidimbu zvakasiyana zvedombo rimwe chete zvinogona kuva nemavara akasiyana.)
Preston yaifanira kuunganidza yekare uye kudzosera zvikamu zvayo kunzvimbo yezvikepe kuitira kuti ione zviyero zvekutsiva.“Takapedza mazuva tichibatanidza matombo mashomanana pamwe chete tichiedza kuona kuti raifanira kutaridzika sei,” akadaro pataiona mhanga mbiri dziri muzuva.
Tsanangudzo yekushongedza ichaiswa pakati pe spire uye mamiriro ekunze vane: capstone.Yayo matatu-dimensional maruva fomu yakagadzirwa naPreston, akatendeka kune yakaputsika yepakutanga, mukati memazuva mana.Nhasi inogara pabhenji rekushanda, yakagadzirira rwendo rwenzira imwe kuenda kuSt.
Tisati taenda, Preston akandiratidza mabhaudhi esimbi akareba-yadhi akanga apinzwa muspire pakati pema1990.Chinangwa chaive chekuti spire irambe yakasimba, asi mainjiniya havana kurangarira kuti mhepo yaive yakasimba seyaEunice.Bhaudhi-pipe-gobvu bhaudhi rakakotama kuita C-shape richidonha.Preston nevashandi vake vangadai vakasiya shure capstan yakasimba kupfuura yavakawana, tichitenda muchikamu kune zvirinani simbi isina tsvina.“Hatina kumbobvira taronga kuita basa patsva tichiri vapenyu,” akadaro.
Tiri munzira kuenda kuSt. Thomas takapfuura Wells Cathedral, chimwe chirongwa chePreston neboka rake paSSHC.Pamusoro pewachi ine mukurumbira yekuongorora nyeredzi kuchamhembe kwetransept, Preston nechikwata chake vakaisa akati wandei akachena.
Freemasons vanoda kunyunyuta nezvekutengesa kwavo.Vanotaura mutsauko uripo pakati pemihoro yakaderera, kufamba daro refu, makondirakiti anomhanya-mhanya, uye varaidzo venguva yakazara mamoni, vachiri vashoma.Pasinei nekukanganisa kwebasa rake, Preston anozviona seine ropafadzo.Padenga recathedral, akaona zvinhu zvinotyisa zvakagadzirirwa kunakidzwa naMwari, uye kwete zvekunakidzwa nevamwe vanhu.Kumuona achikwira spire seimwe rudzi rwechifananidzo kunofadza uye kunofadza mwanakomana wake ane makore mashanu okukura Blake.“Ndinofunga kuti takaita rombo rakanaka,” akadaro."Ndinoda chaizvo."
Pachagara paine basa rakawanda.Madhaka asina kururama epashure pehondo anogara masoni.Zvivako zvekare zvinogona kubata kupisa zvakanaka, asi kana Bureau of Meteorology yakafanotaura nenzira kwayo kuti kushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze kuchakonzera madutu anogara achiitika, kukuvadzwa kunokonzerwa neStorm Eunice kuchadzokororwa kakawanda muzana rino ramakore.
Takanga takagara kumadziro aiva akaderera kumuganhu nemakuva eSt Thomas.Kana ruoko rwangu rwakagara pamusoro pemudhuri wemadziro, ndinonzwa dombo rinoputsika iro rakagadzirwa naro.Takakwenya mitsipa yedu kuti tione spire isina musoro.Imwe nguva mumavhiki anouya - SSHC haiburitse zuva chairo kuitira kuti vaoni vasakanganise vanokwira - Preston nevashandi vake vachaisa spire nyowani.
Vachazviita nemakoroni makuru uye vanotarisira kuti nzira dzavo dzemazuva ano dzichagara kwemazana emakore.Sezvo Preston anofunga mumusangano, makore mazana maviri kubva zvino, masoni achange achituka madzitateguru avo ("21st century idiots") pese pavanoisa simbi isina tsvina muzvivakwa zvedu zvekare.