Up in the attic at Westminster Abbey

What a privilege to mount seventy seven steps to be shown what is known as the Triforium at Westminster Abbey, a huge expanse of upper space that covers three sides of the inner Abbey walls and looks down on all the ecclesiastical fun and pomp below.  It's dusty, broad, hard to spot from below and with just a few metal bars to prop the television cameras that get those fantastic views of royal weddings and other ceremonies.  Unlike St. Paul's, the Abbey has no crypt, apparently it's marshland underneath, so the Triforium has served as an attic for bits and pieces that need storage over the years.  Through the windows are vistas of the Houses of Parliament and sights of the roofscape and other gargoyles within.  What an exciting space right in the heart of this Royal Peculiar.  The next level down you can see a library and a ground level there is now also a decent restaurant, where Benedictine monks would once enjoy their repast.