Though a little ironic, that on the day we move back I’m hearing about what it may looks like for us to go once more, I can’t help but see the spiritual significance in this.

…the tangle of steel poles and wooden planks that has masked the hard work going on above for the last 6 months has been stripped away revealing the freshly finished and decorated nave.

For the last 50 years, we and many other churches have continually battled with lead thefts and leaky roofs due to the use of lead as the main roofing material. This battle, for us, is nearly over.

We are constantly walking a line where we have to decide when modern techniques/materials should be employed and when to use traditional methods/materials is necessary. Quite often it is possible to get the best of both worlds by using the best of modern materials to enhance traditional methods.

In spite of the record for the highest gust of wind in the UK during Storm Eunice, our works have been largely unaffected and remain on-track.

As I stood atop the birdcage scaffolding in the church today my imagination took me back there and as i stood under the barrel of our nave roof I felt as though I was stood under a 30m long upturned ship.

It’s a real sadness that this project is having to happen at all following the largest ever lead theft the church has ever seen. However, it is always a privilege to see the inner workings and structures of historic buildings.