... by the way, not . . . (but I think we've been there before!)
;-)
On Sun, 22 Sep 2019 at 15:55, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Such beams and members are amazing, lasting quite so long. And they’re
> often recycled with the building are no longer needed.
>
> Chris
> (‘metres’ by the way . . .)
>
> > On 20 Sep 2019, at 20:16, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I had the opportunity to visit Salisbury Cathedral a couple of weeks ago
> > (as recommended by Putin) and I took a guided tour of the tower and
> spire.
> > The massive oak cross beams that span the nave were pointed out, some
> about
> > 45 meters long and perhaps 18” square cross section.
> >
> > Through some sort of dna analysis (?) they found that they had been
> > imported from Ireland - because most of the decent-sized oaks across the
> > south of England had been used to build Navy ships. In fact it’s pretty
> > hard to find any trees in the “New Forest”...
> >
> > Jez (novichok-free)
>
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