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30
May
2009
Perpendicular Gothic architecture: sunlit flying buttresses on St. ...

162 days ago by inel

Today’s glorious sunshine highlighted the flying buttresses on the south side of St. George’s Chapel nave. These sun-struck arches transmit the horizontal force from the high nave vault to the external buttresses or piers. They form an exoskeleton along north and south sides of the nave, as shown be ...

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13
May
2009
Finishing up at Faversham…

179 days ago by admin

With beer filled bellies we meandered through the Faversham Hop Festival for another hour. The crowds had a friendly feel and several times we ran into a Dutch couple we had met while parking our car. In the spirit of the day, we soon found ourselves wearing crowns made of hops. Although we never sp ...

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