The Leaning Tower of... Bristol!

"Bristol’s Temple Church is so called because the original church was built by the Knights Templar, perhaps the most famous of the medieval military orders...

Only the shell of the building, dating mainly from the 14th century, remained after the bombing in 1940...

The famous tower, which leans 5 feet (1.6 metres) out of the vertical, was begun in the 1390s, when the lower three stages were constructed.

Work was halted when the tower began to lean but was optimistically resumed in about 1460 when the tall top stage was added with a deliberate correction of the leaning angle (ie the masons tried to build a true vertical stage on top of the leaning base).

The top stage is not now vertical, probably due to the fact that the base has continued to increase its lean." English Heritage


Another grey, gloomy day and a quick blip out of the car window on the way into Bristol. More phone calls, a visit to the hospital to collect paperwork, then back to the flat for yet more clearing and sorting.