Ua hōʻino ka hopena i ke alanui ma ka ilina o ka hale pule. Ua moe nā ʻāpana nui o ka ʻasphalt a me ka mortar ma luna o ka mauʻu a puni. Ma kahi kokoke i ke alanui, e like me kahi ʻāpana chess i haki, e waiho ana nā koena o kahi kuʻi hale pule he 150 makahiki. I kekahi mau hola i hala aku nei, kū ʻo ia ma ka piko loa o ka hale pule, e kiʻekiʻe ana ma luna o ka pā hale pule. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ua hāʻule ka hale Victorian i ka honua a ʻaʻole ma o ka hale o ka hale pule. No nā kumu i ʻike ʻole ʻia i kēia manawa, ʻo ka Hale Pule ʻo St. Thomas ma Wells kekahi o nā hale pule Pelekane liʻiliʻi me kahi steeple ma ke kihi ʻākau hikina.
He pōkole ka papa inoa o nā kānaka e kāhea aku ai i kēia pilikia. Ua pane ʻia ke kelepona e James Preston, 37 makahiki. He mea hana pōhaku a he mea kūkulu hale kiaʻi ʻo Preston nona ka hana e kau ana ma luna o aneane nā hale mōʻaukala āpau i loko o ka Ladybug Book of British History: ʻo Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Stonehenge, Longleat, Ladd Cliff Camera a me Whitby Abbey, e inoa wale i kekahi mau mea.
Ua hopu ʻia ka hiolo ʻana o ka spire ma ke wikiō e kekahi hoalauna i ka wā kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻino ʻo Eunice i Pepeluali. I koʻu hālāwai ʻana me Preston i ʻeono mahina ma hope mai, ua hōʻike mai ʻo ia iaʻu i ka hale hana kahi i kūkulu ʻia ai ka spire hou a lawe iaʻu i ka Halepule ʻo St. Thomas. Ma hope o ka holo ʻana he 20 mile, ua haʻi mai ʻo Preston iaʻu, me ka ʻili hina a me ka ʻeleʻele uliuli, e pili ana i nā ʻano pōhaku like ʻole ma ka ʻĀina Komohana. Mai kahi manaʻo geological, aia mākou ma lalo o kahi kāʻei pōhaku oolitic i hele a puni ʻo Oxford a me Bath a hiki i York a ua hoʻokumu ʻia i ka wā Jurassic, i ka wā i noho ai ka hapa nui o nā Cotswolds ma nā kai tropical. E nānā i kahi hale kūlanakauhale Georgian nani ma Bath a i ʻole kahi hale liʻiliʻi o ka mea ulana ma Gloucestershire, a e ʻike ʻoe i nā pūpū kahiko a me nā mōʻalihaku hōkū. ʻO ka pōhaku ʻauʻau he "pōhaku pōhaku oolitic palupalu" - ʻo "oolites" ʻo ia hoʻi "nā ʻiliʻili", e pili ana i nā ʻāpana poepoe e hana ana - "akā loaʻa iā mākou ʻo Hamstone a me ka pōhaku Doulting a laila loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pōhaku i kuʻi ʻia." "ʻO nā hale mōʻaukala ma kēia mau wahi he pōhaku lepo palupalu me nā hiʻohiʻona pōhaku Bass a malia paha he mau paia ʻōpala ʻo Lias," wahi a Preston.
He palupalu, he palupalu a he mehana ke ʻano o ka pōhaku limestone, he ʻokoʻa loa ia mai ka pōhaku Portland haʻahaʻa a mākou e hoʻohana ai ma ka hapa nui o waena o Lākana. E ʻike paha ka poʻe nānā mau i kēia ʻano pōhaku, akā he maka connoisseur ko Preston. I ko mākou hoʻokokoke ʻana aku iā Wells, ua kuhikuhi ʻo ia i nā hale o ka pōhaku Dortin kahi i kūkulu ʻia ai ʻo St. Thomas. "He pōhaku limestone oolitic ka Dulting," wahi a Preston, "akā ʻoi aku ka ʻalani a me ka ʻoi aku ka ʻino."
Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i nā mortars like ʻole i hoʻohana ʻia ma UK. Ua loli lākou ma muli o ka geology kūloko, a laila i ka wā ma hope o ke kaua ua hoʻohālikelike paʻa ʻia, kahi i alakaʻi ai i ka hoʻomāʻū ʻana o nā hale me kahi mortard impermeable i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka makū. Ua nānā pono ʻo Preston a me kāna mau hoa hana i nā mortars mua, e wehe ana iā lākou i hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoholo i ko lākou ʻano i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana simulation. "Inā ʻoe e hele a puni ʻo Lākana, e ʻike ʻoe i nā hale me nā humuhumu keʻokeʻo liʻiliʻi [lime]. E hele ʻoe i kahi ʻē aʻe a he poni, one poni, a ʻulaʻula paha.
Ua ʻike ʻo Preston i nā ʻano hana hoʻolālā hale i ʻike ʻole ʻia e kekahi. "Ua lōʻihi koʻu hana ʻana i kēia," wahi āna. Ua hana ʻo ia ma kēia kahua mai kona wā he 16, i kona haʻalele ʻana i ke kula e hui pū me ka hui like āna i hana ai no 20 mau makahiki.
He aha ke ʻano o ke keiki he 16 makahiki i haʻalele i ke kula e lilo i mea hana piliki? 'ʻAʻohe oʻu manaʻo!' wahi āna. "He mea kupanaha iki. Ua wehewehe ʻo ia ʻaʻole noʻu ke kula. ʻAʻole wau he kanaka hoʻonaʻauao, akā ʻaʻole wau kekahi e noho a aʻo i loko o ka lumi papa. e hana i kekahi mea me kou mau lima.
Ua ʻike ʻo ia iā ia iho e hauʻoli ana i ke ʻano o ka masonry a me kona koi no ka pololei. Ma hope o kona puka ʻana mai ke kulanui ma ke ʻano he haumāna ma Sally Strachey Historic Conservation (ke hana nei ʻo ia no ka hui i ʻike ʻia i kēia lā ʻo SSHC), ua aʻo ʻo ia pehea e kālai ai i nā kānaka a me nā holoholona, ​​​​a me pehea e ʻoki ai i ka pōhaku me ka pololei millimeter. Ua kapa ʻia kēia aʻo ʻana he masonry panakō. "ʻO ke ahonui he hoʻokahi millimeter i hoʻokahi ʻaoʻao no ka mea inā ʻoi aku kou kiʻekiʻe hiki iā ʻoe ke wehe. A inā kūlou haʻahaʻa loa ʻoe, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i kekahi mea.
He kūpono loa nā mākaukau o Preston ma ke ʻano he mason me kāna mākaukau ʻē aʻe: ka piʻi pōhaku. I kona wā ʻōpio, makemake nui ʻo ia i ka piʻi mauna. I kona mau makahiki he 20, e hana ana no ka SSHC ma Farley Hungerford Castle, ua ʻike ʻo ia ua waiho ka poʻe hana i kahi kapa moe ma luna o kahi pā kiʻekiʻe. Ma kahi o ka piʻi hou ʻana i ka scaffolding, ua hoʻohana ʻo Preston i nā kaula e piʻi iā ia iho. Ua hoʻomaka mua kāna ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he hale kiaʻi hou - a mai ia manawa ua iho ʻo ia i lalo o ka Hale Aliʻi ʻo Buckingham a piʻi i nā hale kiaʻi a me nā kia maʻemaʻe.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia me ke akahele, ʻoi aku ka palekana o ka piʻi kaula ma mua o ke scaffolding. Akā he mea hoihoi nō naʻe. "Aloha au i ka piʻi ʻana i nā kia o ka hale pule," wahi āna. "Ke piʻi ʻoe i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka hale pule, e liʻiliʻi ana ka nui o ka mea āu e piʻi nei, no laila ke piʻi ʻoe i luna, e ʻike nui ʻia ʻoe. Hiki i ka ʻole a ʻaʻole e pau ka hopohopo i nā kānaka."
A laila aia ka bonus ma luna. "ʻAʻohe mea ʻē aʻe o nā hiʻohiʻona, he kakaikahi ka poʻe e ʻike iā lākou. ʻO ka piʻi ʻana i ka spire ka mea maikaʻi loa e pili ana i ka hana ʻana ma ke kaʻa uwea a i ʻole ma kahi hale mōʻaukala. ʻO kāna hiʻohiʻona punahele ʻo Wakefield Cathedral, nona ka spire kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua. " Yorkshire.
Ua huli ʻo Preston i ke alanui kuaʻāina a hiki mākou i ka hale hana. He hale mahiʻai i hoʻololi ʻia kēia, wehe ʻia i ke aniau. Ma waho e kū ana ʻelua mau minaret: kahi kahiko, hina hina i hana ʻia me nā ʻōpala kala limu, a me kahi hou, laumania a momona. (Wahi a Preston he pōhaku Doulting ia; ʻaʻole au e ʻike nui i ka ʻalani me koʻu maka maopopo, akā ʻōlelo ʻo ia he hiki i nā papa like ʻole o ka pōhaku hoʻokahi ke loaʻa nā kala like ʻole.)
Pono ʻo Preston e hoʻākoakoa i ka mea kahiko a hoʻihoʻi i kāna mau ʻāpana i ka hale hana moku i mea e hoʻoholo ai i nā ana no ka pani. "Ua hoʻohana mākou i nā lā e hoʻopili ana i kekahi mau pōhaku e hoʻāʻo ana e noʻonoʻo i ke ʻano o ia mea," wahi āna i ko mākou nānā ʻana i nā kia ʻelua i ka lā.
E kau ʻia kahi kikoʻī hoʻonaninani ma waena o ka spire a me ka vane o ka wā: he capstone. Ua hana ʻia kona ʻano pua ʻekolu-dimensional e Preston, kūpaʻa i ka mea kumu i haki, i loko o ʻehā lā. I kēia lā, aia ia ma luna o kahi papa hana, mākaukau no kahi huakaʻi hoʻokahi ala i St. Thomas.
Ma mua o ko mākou haʻalele ʻana, ua hōʻike mai ʻo Preston iaʻu i nā ʻūmi kila iwilei ka lōʻihi i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka spire i waena o nā makahiki 1990. ʻO ka pahuhopu ka mālama ʻana i ka spire, akā ʻaʻole i noʻonoʻo nā ʻenekinia ua like ka ikaika o ka makani me ko Eunice. Ua kūlou kahi ʻūmi mānoanoa e like me ka paipu hoʻopau i ke ʻano C i kona hāʻule ʻana. Pono ʻo Preston a me kāna poʻe hana e waiho i kahi capstan ikaika aʻe ma mua o kā lākou i loaʻa ai, mahalo i ka hapa i nā koʻokoʻo hoʻopaʻa kila kila maikaʻi aʻe. "ʻAʻole mākou i manaʻo e hana hou i ka hana i ko mākou ola ʻana," wahi āna.
Ma ke ala i St. Thomas, ua hala mākou i ka Hale Pule Nui ʻo Wells, kekahi papahana ʻē aʻe a Preston a me kāna hui ma SSHC. Ma luna aʻe o ka uaki hōkū kaulana ma ka transept ʻākau, ua hoʻokomo ʻo Preston a me kāna hui i kekahi mau papa pōhaku maʻemaʻe.
Makemake nā Freemasons e hoʻopiʻi e pili ana i kā lākou ʻoihana. Hōʻike lākou i ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā uku haʻahaʻa, ka huakaʻi lōʻihi, nā mea hana wikiwiki, a me nā mea hana pōhaku manawa piha hoʻomaha, he hapa liʻiliʻi nō lākou. ʻOiai nā hemahema o kāna hana, manaʻo ʻo Preston iā ia iho he pōmaikaʻi. Ma luna o ka hale o ka hale pule nui, ʻike ʻo ia i nā mea weliweli i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ka leʻaleʻa o ke Akua, ʻaʻole no ka leʻaleʻa o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana iā ia e piʻi ana i ka spire e like me kekahi ʻano kiʻi e hauʻoli ai a hoʻonāukiuki i kāna keiki ʻelima makahiki ʻo Blake. "Manaʻo wau ua laki mākou," wahi āna. "Makemake nui au."
E nui mau ana ka hana. Hoʻohana ʻia nā mortar ma hope o ke kaua e nā mea hana pōhaku. Hiki i nā hale kahiko ke kū i ka wela me ka maikaʻi, akā inā wānana pololei ka Bureau of Meteorology e alakaʻi ka loli o ke aniau i nā ʻino pinepine, e hana hou ʻia ka pōʻino i hana ʻia e ka ʻino ʻo Eunice i nā manawa he nui i kēia kenekulia.
E noho ana mākou ma ka pā haʻahaʻa e pili ana i ka ilina o St. Thomas. Ke kau koʻu lima ma ka lihi o luna o ka pā, ʻike wau i ka pōhaku hiolo i hana ʻia ai. Ua kīkoʻo mākou i ko mākou ʻāʻī e ʻike i ka piko poʻo ʻole. I kekahi manawa i nā pule e hiki mai ana - ʻaʻole hoʻokuʻu ʻo SSHC i kahi lā kikoʻī i ʻole e hoʻopilikia ka poʻe nānā i ka poʻe piʻi - e hoʻokomo ʻo Preston a me kāna poʻe hana i kahi piko hou.
E hana lākou ia me nā crane nui a ke manaʻolana nei e mau kā lākou mau hana hou no nā kenekulia. E like me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana o Preston ma ka hale hana, 200 mau makahiki mai kēia manawa, e hōʻino ana nā mea hana pōhaku i ko lākou mau kūpuna ("nā pupule o ke kenekulia 21") ma nā wahi a lākou e hoʻokomo ai i ke kila kila i loko o ko mākou mau hale kahiko.