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Have we got enough Scaffolding?


One of the peculiarities of this particular repair project is that the work is hidden from view. Only a very people have actually seen the problem up in the roof-space, but everybody can see what is going on down below;----- Yet more scaffolding!

Do we have enough? I certainly hope so. The roof is a very long way up---deceptively so and as the towers grow yet wider and taller, I'm aware of how much more is needed before the work is complete.

This last week the Church has become in every way a building site. The precious (and almost irreplaceable) marble in the Chancel and the carved wooden seats and pulpit have all been boxed in to protect them from any damage.

Yet despite all of this, the essential being of the building still manages to show its own strength and beauty. Smiling through its indignity, as if it was aware that what is now being wrought will benefit it in the long term.

High minded and pretentious stuff, but to sit in the Church in the safe area when the sun shines through the glass--well then -- almost anything is possible.
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  1. AINZ26 July 2009 at 10:23

    Yep, it still looks good! Keep hoping and praying.

    Ainz

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