Quote Originally Posted by Straf View Post
If something comes from a place then that's its provenance, its origin. Like Champagne or a Cornish Pasty. Tau would be a pin too many to allow the rings to turn. The outer ring turns the clutch mechanism that holds the inner ring. It has to turn against the sun, so it needs to go west to east. As you're facing south (ish) that means turning it counter clockwise. A echoey clunk sounds when it turns far enough. Then the inner ring is turned clockwise and woah - the door opens and the adventure begins.
Cool and well done. On the East Tower it says that the tower is on the east side and chancel is on the right and the light shines through to the evening congregation. Maybe my mental image is wrong but I thought that meant that the window was in the tower and lit up the congregation in the chancel. So the sun would be further to the east than the tower. I guess the window is at the end of the chancel then. Which makes sense to be honest. I would have still fallen through the trap door even if I had guessed Provenance by the elimination !