Kurova kwacho kwakakanganisa mugwagwa pamakuva echechi. Zvidimbu zvikuru zveasphalt nedhaka zvaive pauswa hwakapoteredza. Pedyo nemugwagwa, sechimedu chechess chakatyoka, pane zvasara zvechishongo chechechi chine makore 150 ekuberekwa. Maawa mashoma apfuura, akamira pamusoro chaipo pechechi, akareba pamusoro pechivanze chechechi. Nerombo rakanaka, chivako cheVictorian chakadonha pasi kwete nepadenga rechechi. Nezvikonzero zvisingazivikanwe izvozvi, Chechi yeSt. Thomas muWells ndeimwe yemachechi mashoma eChirungu ane shongwe mukona yekuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva.
Rondedzero yevanhu vekufonera panguva yenjodzi iyi ipfupi. Runhare rwacho rwakapindurwa naJames Preston ane makore 37 ekuberekwa. Preston inyanzvi yekugadzira matongo uye muvaki weshongwe ane basa rakabatirira pazvivakwa zvese zvekare zviri muLadybug Book of British History: Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Stonehenge, Longleat, Ladd Cliff Camera uye Whitby Abbey, kungodudza zvishomanana.
Kudonha kwedombo kwakaonekwa pavhidhiyo nemuvakidzani pakakwirira peStorm Eunice muna Kukadzi. Pandakasangana naPreston mwedzi mitanhatu gare gare, akandiratidza nzvimbo yekushandira paivakirwa dombo idzva iri ndokundiendesa kuChechi yeSt Thomas. Mushure mekutyaira makiromita makumi maviri, Preston, ane bvudzi uye ganda rakatsvuka, akandiudza nezvemarudzi akasiyana-siyana ematombo ari kuWest Country. Kubva pakuona kwenzvimbo, tiri pasi pebhandi redombo reoolitic raifamba-famba neOxford neBath kusvika kuYork uye rakaumbwa panguva yeJurassic, apo mazhinji eCotswolds aive mumakungwa enzvimbo dzinopisa. Tarisa imba yakanaka yeGeorgian muBath kana imba diki yevaruki muGloucestershire, uye uchaona magoko ekare nemapfupa enyeredzi. Dombo rekugezesa i "soft oolitic limestone" - "oolites" zvinoreva "matombo madiki", zvichireva zvidimbu zvakatenderera zvinoriumba - "asi tine Hamstone neDoulting stone uye wobva wawana dombo rakapwanyika." Zvivako zvekare munzvimbo idzi zvinowanzova zvedombo reLimestone rakapfava rine matombo eBass uye pamwe madziro emarara eLias,” akadaro Preston.
Dombo reLimestone rakapfava, rinopfava uye rinodziya, rakasiyana zvikuru nedombo rePortland ratinoshandisa munzvimbo zhinji dzepakati peLondon. Vaoni vanogara vachiona matombo aya vanogona kuona mhando idzi dzematombo, asi Preston ane ruzivo rwakakura. Patakasvika pedyo neWells, akanongedzera kuzvivakwa zveDortin dombo iro St. Thomas rakavakwa naro. "Dulting idombo reOolitic limestone," akadaro Preston, "asi rakanyanya kuorenji uye rakaomarara."
Akatsanangura madhaka akasiyana-siyana aishandiswa muUK. Aiwanzosiyana zvichienderana ne geology yemuno, uye munguva yehondo yakatevera ainyatsoenderana, izvo zvakaita kuti zvivakwa zvinyoroveswe nedhaka risingapindi mvura rakavharirwa muhunyoro. Preston nevamwe vake vakaramba vachinyatsotarisa madhaka ekutanga, vachiabvisa kuitira kuti vagone kuona kuti akagadzirwa sei panguva yekuenzanisa. "Kana ukafamba-famba muLondon, uchawana zvivakwa zvine mitsetse midiki chena [ye lime]. Uchaenda kune imwe nzvimbo uye zvichave zvepingi, jecha repingi, kana dzvuku."
Preston akaona hunyanzwi hwekuvaka husina kuonekwa nevamwe. "Ndanga ndichiita izvi kwenguva yakareba," akadaro. Anga achishanda mubasa iri kubvira aine makore gumi nematanhatu, paakasiya chikoro kuti abatane nekambani imwe chete yaakashanda kwemakore makumi maviri.
Ndeupi mwana ane makore gumi nematanhatu akasiya chikoro kuti ave muvaki? 'Handizivi!' Anoti. "Zvinoshamisa zvishoma. Akatsanangura kuti chikoro "hachisi chakakodzera ini. Handisi munhu wedzidzo, asi handisi munhu wekugara nekudzidza mukirasi futi. ita chimwe chinhu nemaoko ako."
Akazviwana achinakidzwa ne geometry yemasonry uye zvinodiwa kuti ive yakanyatsorongeka. Mushure mekupedza kudzidza kukoreji semudzidzi weSally Strachey Historic Conservation (achiri kushanda kukambani inozivikanwa nhasi seSSHC), akadzidza kuveza vanhu nemhuka, pamwe nekucheka matombo ne millimeter chaiyo. Iyi dzidziso inozivikanwa se bank masonry. "Kushivirira i millimeter imwe chete munzira imwe nekuti kana uchiri murefu zvakanyanya unogona kuibvisa. Uye kana ukakotama zvakanyanya, hapana chaungaita."
Unyanzvi hwaPreston semuvezi hunoenderana nehunyanzvi hwake hwese: kukwira matombo. Paaiva mudiki, aifarira kukwira makomo. Ava nemakore ekuma20, achishandira SSHC paFarley Hungerford Castle, akaona kuti vashandi vakanga vasiya gumbeze pamusoro pemadziro marefu. Panzvimbo pekukwira zvakare scaffolding, Preston akashandisa tambo kuti akwire iye pachake. Basa rake seshongwe yemazuva ano rakatotanga - uye kubvira ipapo ave achidzika pasi peBuckingham Palace achikwira shongwe dzakanaka nematombo makuru.
Anoti kana ukangwarira, kukwira tambo kwakachengeteka pane kugadzira scaffolding. Asi zvichiri kunakidza. "Ndinoda kukwira mapuranga echechi," akadaro. "Paunokwira shongwe yechechi, huwandu hwezvauri kukwira hunowedzera kuderera, saka paunosimuka unowedzera kuoneka. Hunosvika pazero uye hahumboregi kunetseka nevanhu."
Zvadaro pane chimwe chinhu chakanaka pamusoro. "Maonero acho akafanana neapo, vanhu vashoma vanoaona. Kukwira spire ndicho chinhu chakanakisa pakushanda pamotokari yemagetsi kana muchivako chekare. Maonero aanofarira iWakefield Cathedral, ine spire refu kupfuura dzose pasi rose." Yorkshire.
Preston akatendeukira kumugwagwa wemaruwa uye takasvika paworkshop. Ichi chivako chepurazi chakachinjwa, chakavhurika kune mamiriro ekunze. Panze paiva neminarets mbiri: yekare, yegrey yakagadzirwa nemarara ane ruvara rwechimosi, uye itsva, yakapfava uye ine kirimu. (Preston anoti idombo reDoulting; handioni orenji yakawanda neziso rangu rakajeka, asi anoti zvikamu zvakasiyana zvedombo rimwe chete zvinogona kuva nemavara akasiyana.)
Preston aifanira kubatanidza yekare ndokudzosera zvikamu zvayo kunzvimbo yekutakura ngarava kuitira kuti aone saizi yechinhu chinotsiva. "Takapedza mazuva tichinamira matombo mashoma pamwe chete tichiedza kuona kuti yaifanira kunge yakaita sei," akadaro patakaona mapuranga maviri muzuva.
Chinhu chekushongedza chichaiswa pakati pespire ne weather vane: dombo repamusoro. Chimiro charo cheruva chine mativi matatu chakagadzirwa naPreston, akavimbika kune chepakutanga chakatyoka, mukati memazuva mana. Nhasi chiri pabhenji rekushandira, chakagadzirira rwendo rwekuenda kuSt. Thomas.
Tisati taenda, Preston akandiratidza mabhaudhi esimbi akareba yadhi akanga aiswa muspire pakati pemakore ekuma1990. Chinangwa chaive chekuchengetedza spire yacho isina kukuvadzwa, asi mainjiniya havana kufunga kuti mhepo yacho yaiva nesimba seyaEunice. Bhaudhi rakakora sepombi yekubuda naro rakakombama kuita chimiro cheC parakadonha. Preston nechikwata chake vaifanira kusiya capstan yakasimba kupfuura yavakawana, nekuda kwezvimiti zvesimbi zvisina tsvina zviri nani. "Hatina kumbofunga kudzokorodza basa racho patakanga tiri vapenyu," akadaro.
Pakuenda kuSt. Thomas takapfuura nepaWells Cathedral, rimwe basa raPreston nechikwata chake paSSHC. Pamusoro pewachi yemuchadenga inozivikanwa muchiteshi chekuchamhembe, Preston nechikwata chake vakaisa maslate akati wandei akachena.
MaFreemason anofarira kunyunyuta nezvebasa ravo. Vanotaura musiyano uripo pakati pemari shoma, kufamba daro refu, makontrakita anokurumidzira, uye mason akashanda nguva yakazara, avo vachiri vashoma. Pasinei nekusakwana kwebasa rake, Preston anozviti ane ropafadzo. Padenga rechechi, akaona zvinhu zvinotyisa zvakagadzirirwa kufadza Mwari, kwete kufadza vamwe vanhu. Kumuona achikwira mugomo semufananidzo kunofadza uye kunofadza mwanakomana wake Blake ane makore mashanu ekuberekwa. "Ndinofunga takaita rombo rakanaka," akadaro. "Ndinoda chaizvo."
Pachagara paine basa rakawanda. Madhaka esimbi asina kunaka mushure mehondo anogara mumavaki. Zvivako zvekare zvinogona kutsungirira kupisa zvakanaka, asi kana Bureau of Meteorology ikafanotaura nemazvo kuti shanduko yemamiriro ekunze ichaita kuti pave nemadutu anowanzoitika, kukuvara kwakakonzerwa neDutu reEunice kuchadzokororwa kakawanda muzana rino remakore.
Takanga takagara pamadziro madiki ari pamuganhu wemakuva eSt. Thomas. Ruoko rwangu parunozorora pamucheto wepamusoro wemadziro, ndinonzwa dombo rinoputsika rakagadzirwa naro. Takakotamisa mutsipa wedu kuti tione spire isina musoro. Pane imwe nguva mumavhiki anotevera - SSHC haiburitse zuva chairo kuitira kuti vaoni vasavhiringidze vanokwira - Preston nevashandi vake vachaisa spire itsva.
Vachazviita nemakireni makuru uye vanotarisira kuti nzira dzavo dzemazuva ano dzichagara kwemazana emakore. Preston paanofungisisa muworkshop, makore mazana maviri kubva zvino, vagadziri vematombo vachange vachituka madzitateguru avo ("mapenzi ezana remakore rechi21") chero kwavanoisa simbi isina ngura muzvivakwa zvedu zvekare.