Altitude

We went to one of the flattest parts of the country today (not the best place for today’s challenge topic!). We went to Rutland Water which is a reservoir just over the border of Northamptonshire, into Leicestershire. Igor has been looking at bikes and there’s a big cycle shop on the North Shore of the reservoir. Walking along the cycle path for about half a mile from the shop brings Normanton Church into view. From some angles it looks as though this strange building rises up out of the water but in fact it juts out on a kind of peninsula from the water’s edge.

Normanton Church was formerly St Matthew's Church and is a grade II listed building. The building was once the private chapel for the Normanton Estate, but it was de-consecrated in 1970, and was to have been demolished as part of the reservoir construction because its floor was below the proposed water level. Following a public outcry, the lower half was filled with stone and rubble, and a concrete cap constructed just below the level of the windows. An embankment was built around the church leaving it a prominent feature on the water's edge. The Church is now used as a venue for civil weddings and concerts.*

Before you cry “kookaburra” look at the altitude of that seagull!!

*Wikipedea