'Walter' the Hunky Punk, back in his rightful place

Last Friday the churchyard at All Saints Langport was echoing with applause and cheers as our brand new Hunky Punk (affectionately known whilst he was residing in the church porch as 'Walter') was cemented into place on the South wall of the building.

Walter has had a long journey from being a lump of stone with sketchmarks on in one of Corbel Conservation's stonemason workshops,

 
to occupying the South Porch and keeping an eye on the visitors,

 

to finally being winched up the scaffolding and manouevered back into place with one of the best views of the Levels you could possibly hope for!

We were lucky to have a front page photo on the Western Gazette last week in a build-up article for the event, and the reporters were there again on the day to write an article for the next issue!

The event was a great opportunity for the groups of people with vested interest in the building - New Saints, keyholders, the CCT, Corbel Conservation, and local Langportians to come together and celebrate the building, as well as discuss the exciting plans for the future!

For more photos of Walter's journey from sedimentary to elevated, have a look at the CCT's facebook photo album