Impembelelo yonakalise indlela emangcwabeni ecawe.Iziqwenga ezikhulu zeasphalt nodaka zazilele kwingca ejikelezileyo.Kufuphi nendlela, njengeqhekeza le-chess eliphukileyo, ulala iintsalela ze-150 yecawa ye-spire.Kwiiyure ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, wema encochoyini yecawa, ephezu kwendlu yecawa.Ngethamsanqa, isakhiwo seVictorian sawela phantsi hayi ngophahla lwecawa.Ngenxa yezizathu ezingaziwayo ngoku, iSt. Thomas’ Church eWells yenye yeecawa ezimbalwa zamaNgesi ezinethambeka elikwikona ekumntla-mpuma.
Uluhlu lwabantu abaza kufowuna kule ngxaki lufutshane.Umnxeba waphendulwa nguJames Preston oneminyaka engama-37 ubudala.UPreston ngumakhi wamatye kunye nenqaba omsebenzi wakhe ujinga phantse kuzo zonke izakhiwo zembali ezikwiNcwadi yeLadybug yeMbali yaseBritane: IBuckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Stonehenge, Longleat, Ladd Cliff Camera kunye neWhitby Abbey, ukukhankanya nje ezimbalwa.
Ukuwa kwe-spire kubanjwe kwividiyo ngummelwane ekuphakameni kweStorm Eunice ngoFebruwari.Xa ndadibana noPreston kwiinyanga ezintandathu emva koko, wandibonisa indawo yokusebenzela apho kwakusakhiwa khona i-spire entsha waza wandisa kwiCawa yaseSt Thomas.Emva kokuqhuba iimayile ezingama-20, uPreston, obhitye kunye netan, wandixelela ngeentlobo ezahlukeneyo zamatye kwiLizwe laseNtshona.Ukusuka kwindawo yokujonga yejoloji, sisezantsi kwebhanti ye-olitic yekalika eyatyhutyha iOxford kunye neBath yonke indlela eya eYork kwaye yenziwa ngexesha leJurassic, xa uninzi lweeCotswolds zazikulwandle olushushu.Jonga kwidolophu entle yaseGeorgia eBath okanye indlwana encinci yomluki eGloucestershire, kwaye uya kubona amaqokobhe amandulo kunye neefosili zestarfish.Ilitye lebhafu "lilitye likalikame elithambileyo le-oolitic" - "i-oolites" lithetha "iingqalutye", libhekisa kumasuntswana angqukuva alenzayo - "kodwa sinelitye leHamstone kunye neDoulting emva koko ufumana ilitye elityumkileyo."Izakhiwo zembali kwezi ndawo zihlala zilitye likalika elithambileyo elineempawu zamatye e-Bass kunye neendonga zombhobho we-Lias, ”utshilo uPreston.
I-Limestone ithambile, i-brittle kwaye ishushu ngethoni, kude kakhulu nelitye lePortland elithozamileyo esilisebenzisa kumbindi weLondon.Ababukeli abaqhelekileyo banokuqaphela ezi ntlobo zamatye, kodwa uPreston uneliso le-connoisseur.Njengoko sasisondela eWells, walatha kwizakhiwo zelitye laseDortin ekwakhiwe ngalo iSt.“I-Dulting yi-olitic limestone,” utshilo u-Preston, “kodwa iorenji ngakumbi kwaye irhabaxa.”
Wachaza iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zodaka ezisetyenziswa e-UK.Babedla ngokuhluka ngokwe-geology yendawo, kwaye emva kwexesha lemfazwe bamiswa ngokungqongqo, nto leyo eyakhokelela ekudakaleni kwezakhiwo ezinodaka olungenamanzi oluvalwe kukufuma.U-Preston kunye noogxa bakhe bagcina iliso elibukhali kumathambo okuqala, bewachitha ukuze bakwazi ukumisela ukubunjwa kwawo ngexesha lenkqubo yokulinganisa.“Ukuba uhambahamba eLondon, uya kufumana izakhiwo ezinemithungo emincinci [yekalika] emhlophe.Uya kuya kwenye indawo kwaye ziya kuba pink, isanti epinki, okanye ebomvu.
UPreston wabona ubuqili boyilo ekungekho mntu wakubonayo.“Kudala ndiyenza le nto,” watsho.Usebenze kweli candelo ukususela xa wayeneminyaka eyi-16, xa wayeka isikolo waza wasebenza kwinkampani awayesebenza kuyo kangangeminyaka engama-20.
Loluphi uhlobo lomntwana oneminyaka eli-16 ubudala oye waphuma esikolweni ukuze abe ngumakhi?'Andinaluvo!' Uthi.“Iyamangalisa.Wachaza ukuba isikolo “asindifanelanga.Andingomntu wezemfundo, kodwa andingomntu wokuhlala ndifundele eklasini.yenza into ngezandla zakho.
Wazifumana eyonwabela ijometri yobumenari kunye nemfuneko yayo yokuchaneka.Emva kokuphumelela ekholejini njengomfundi e-Sally Strachey Historic Conservation (usasebenzela inkampani eyaziwa namhlanje njenge-SSHC), wafunda indlela yokukrola abantu nezilwanyana, kunye nendlela yokusika ilitye ngokuchaneka kwe-millimeter.Olu qeqesho lwaziwa njengobume bebhanki.“Ukunyamezela yimilimitha enye kwicala elinye kuba ukuba usemde kakhulu uyakwazi ukuyikhulula.Kwaye ukuba wehla kakhulu, akukho nto unokuyenza.
Izakhono zikaPreston njengemason zilingana ngokugqibeleleyo nesinye isakhono sakhe: ukukhwela amatye.Ngoxa wayekwishumi elivisayo, wayekuthanda ukunyuka iintaba.Kwiminyaka engama-20, esebenzela i-SSHC eFarley Hungerford Castle, waqonda ukuba abasebenzi bashiye ingubo phezu kodonga oluphakamileyo.Esikhundleni sokunyuka i-scaffolding kwakhona, u-Preston wasebenzisa iintambo ukuze azinyuse.Umsebenzi wakhe wokuba yinqaba yale mihla sele uqalile-kwaye ukusukela ngoko uye wehla eBuckingham Palace kwaye ekhwela iinqaba kunye nezipili.
Uthi xa kujongwa ngononophelo, ukukhwela iintambo kukhuseleke ngakumbi kunesikafula.Kodwa isenika umdla.“Ndiyakuthanda ukukhwela izikhonkwane zecawa,” watsho.“Njengoko unyuka inqaba yecawe, ubunzima bento oyikhwelayo buba ncinci, ngoko xa uphakama uye ubhenceke ngakumbi.Yehla ibe ngu-zero kwaye ayiyeki ukukhathaza abantu. ”.
Ke kukho ibhonasi phezulu.“Iimbono azifani nanto, bambalwa abantu abazibonayo.Ukunyuka i-spire yeyona nto ingcono kakhulu malunga nokusebenza kwimoto yentambo okanye kwisakhiwo sembali.Umbono wakhe awuthandayo yi-Wakefield Cathedral, eneyona ndawo iphakamileyo emhlabeni.Yorkshire.
UPreston wajikela kwindlela yasemaphandleni saza safika kwindawo yokusebenzela.Esi sisakhiwo sasefama esiguquliweyo, esivuleleke kwimozulu.Ngaphandle kwakumi iiminarethi ezimbini: endala, enye engwevu eyenziwe ngenkunkuma enombala we-moss, kunye nentsha, egudileyo kunye nekhrimu.(U-Preston uthi lilitye le-Doulting; andiyiboni i-orenji eninzi ngeliso lam elicacileyo, kodwa uthi iindidi ezahlukeneyo zelitye elifanayo zinokuba nemibala eyahlukeneyo.)
I-Preston kwafuneka idibanise endala kwaye ibuyisele izinto zayo kwindawo yokugcina iinqanawa ukuze ikwazi ukumisela imilinganiselo yokutshintshwa.“Sachitha iintsuku sincamathelisa amatye ambalwa sizama ukuqonda ukuba afanele ukuba njani na,” watsho njengoko sasijonge ezi zigcawu ezibini elangeni.
Iinkcukacha zokuhombisa ziya kufakwa phakathi kwe-spire kunye ne-vane yemozulu: i-capstone.Ifomu yayo yentyatyambo enemigangatho emithathu yenziwa nguPreston, ethembekileyo kwintsusa eyaphukileyo, ngaphakathi kweentsuku ezine.Namhlanje ihleli kwi-workbench, ilungele uhambo olulodwa oluya eSt.
Phambi kokuba sihambe, uPreston wandibonisa iibholiti zentsimbi ezinde eyadini ezazifakwe kwi-spire phakathi kwiminyaka yee-1990.Injongo yayikukugcina i-spire iqinile, kodwa iinjineli azizange ziyithathele ingqalelo into yokuba umoya unamandla njengokaEunice.Ibholithi engqindilili yombhobho ophumayo ejijelwe kwimilo engu-C njengoko isiwa.UPreston kunye neqela lakhe bekuya kufuneka bashiye ngasemva i-capstan eyomeleleyo kunokuba bayifumene, enkosi ngokuyinxenye kwiintonga ezingcono zentsimbi.“Asizange sizimisele ukuwenza ngokutsha lo msebenzi ngoku sisaphila,” utshilo.
Endleleni eya eSt. Thomas sadlula i-Wells Cathedral, enye iprojekthi ye-Preston kunye neqela lakhe e-SSHC.Ngaphezu kwewotshi edumileyo yeenkwenkwezi kumntla transept, uPreston kunye neqela lakhe bafake izileyiti ezininzi ezicocekileyo.
IiFreemasons ziyathanda ukukhalaza ngorhwebo lwabo.Bacaphula umahluko phakathi kwemivuzo ephantsi, ukuhamba imigama emide, iikontraka ezingxamile, kunye neemboni zamatye ezisebenza ngokusisigxina, abaseligcuntswana.Ngaphandle kweentsilelo zomsebenzi wakhe, uPreston uzijonga njengelungelo.Kuphahla lwecathedral, wabona izinto ezoyikekayo zilungiselelwe ukonwabisa uThixo, kungekhona ezokonwabisa abanye abantu.Umbono wakhe ekhwela i-spire njengohlobo oluthile lomfanekiso uyavuya kwaye uvuyisa unyana wakhe oneminyaka emihlanu uBlake.“Ndicinga ukuba sibe nethamsanqa,” watsho.Ndiyafuna ngokwenene.
Kuya kuhlala kukho umsebenzi omninzi.Udaka olugwenxa lwasemva kwemfazwe luhlala kwiimashi.Izakhiwo ezindala zinokububamba ubushushu kakuhle, kodwa ukuba iBureau of Meteorology iqikelela ngokuchanileyo ukuba utshintsho lwemozulu luya kukhokelela kwizivunguvungu ezithe rhoqo, umonakalo obangelwe yiStorm Eunice uya kuphindwa izihlandlo eziliqela kule nkulungwane.
Sasihleli eludongeni olusezantsi kumda wamangcwaba eSt.Xa isandla sam sithe ngcu kumphetho wodonga, ndiva ilitye eliwohlokayo esenziwe ngalo.Sakrola iintamo zethu ukuze sibone i-spire engenantloko.Ngexesha elithile kwiiveki ezizayo - i-SSHC ayiwukhuphi umhla ochanekileyo ukuze ababukeli bangaphazamisi abakhweli - uPreston kunye nabasebenzi bakhe baya kufaka i-spire entsha.
Baza kuyenza ngeecranes ezinkulu kwaye banethemba lokuba iindlela zabo zangoku ziya kuhlala iinkulungwane.Njengoko u-Preston ekhumbula kwi-workshop, iminyaka eyi-200 ukususela ngoku, ama-masons aya kuqalekisa ookhokho babo ("i-21st idiots yenkulungwane") naphi na apho bafaka khona isinyithi esingenasici kwizakhiwo zethu zakudala.