We were quite intrigued and somewhat surprised by the ruins of The abbey at Sawley.
There were some workers on the site, cleaning around the ruins and gently removing moss from the stones which had no doubt formed throughout the summer months, helped along by the poor weather conditions I rather thought.
Rain,and sunshine all summer.
The ruins gave you the feeling that it must have been a hell of a tremendous Abbey.
I wonder if they will ever re-instate the same to it's original condition and glory.
It's amazing, looking on the remains of an all most thousand year old ruin of what must have been a tremendously beautiful building, such an interesting and spectacular episode deserves total restoration in my book.
I always think all of the ruins in this country should be restored. Maybe I am wrong in my considerations, who really knows.
Knowing we have the technology and knowledge to appreciate how the same must have looked from the sections which are still standing, must surely be favourable support for such a challenge.
We certainly have the right calibre of masons to carry out such a project as well.
I rather think a project of such magnitude 'Nationwide' would be a very fruitful undertaking as well.
It's certainly a brilliant ruin in all aspects though and still draws large numbers of tourists according to the information gleaned regarding the same.
It's something else when you take a real good first hand look at it though.