The Ornamented Being

Thanks to everyone for your kindness and your encouragement during the Your Wardrobe Unlock’d Competition. In the individual category competition I have made it through to the final round and I should know something after Friday when the voting closes! Everyone has been so kind and supportive and each and everyone of you have been greatly appreciated! Wish me luck!

Oh hullo! My tour took me up to the tower and to get there we had to walk across the wooden ceilings you see on either side.

Half of the upper structure keeping the ceiling up was restored in 1924 but the rest is still from when the Cathedral was first built. The mason marks are carved into the beams.  Fun fact! The mason marks are visible all over the second floor. A man went around and counted up each mark and that was how you were paid!

This is all original timber from the 14th century. Yes! It’s Timber not stone! I was surprised also! The men are based on the Green Men but gold. The Keystone is a depiction of a golden haired God holding an orb and it keeps everything together.

I have no words.

Mme. Martin Decalf  (French)

Date: 1882–83

(Source: metmuseum.org)

Here is what is on tomorrow’s agenda: Trace the London Wall. It’s too far to go to Hadrians Wall up North so why not explore my own backyard?

(check out the second photo! It’s inside the the Merrill Lynch Building on Newgate Street!)

Incase you want to ever visit the old city here are the directions we are going by: “Spanning 2.8km, the wall takes between one hour and two to walk depending on how side-tracked you’re inclined to get along the way. Starting at Trinity Place next to Tower Hill Station, you can trace the route of the wall along Cooper’s Row, then follow Fenchurch Street to America Square, Vine Street, Jewry Street, Aldgate, Duke’s Place, Bevis Marks, Camomile Street, London Wall, St. Alphage Gardens and Cripplegate, inside the Barbican. You then turn south once you get to The Museum of London and follow Noble Street, cut across to The Old Bailey, then Pilgrim Street, Pageantmaster Court till you hit the water. A lot of the wall has now disappeared but the best sections visible to the public are at Trinity Place, Coopers Row, ‘All Hallows on the Wall’ Church on London Wall, St. Alphage Gardens, the gardens along the east side of the Museum of London and Noble Street.”