I am not a religious person and am not one to enter a church to 'wow' over the décor. That is unless it's abandoned.
Then I find them fascinating; the smell, the decay, the inhabitants, and the overall broody atmosphere that can intoxicate you.
"I don't think we have a chance at this one mate", I told 
Some scaffolding was erected around the front meaning renovation works was, or had taken place at some time.
On the other hand, the grounds were reasonably overgrown and it was getting shrouded from the roadside due to tree density.
St Thomas was yet another tipoff from 
It was this area we checked out after walking around the front and getting nowhere. The chains were fresh and I am no Harry Houdini who now works with combination locks.
Jeez.....I have crawled through some dodgy holes but this one was testing. Talk about tiny. Head first, I had to inch my way through avoiding some jutting glass that kept reminding me it was there.
'One slip pal, and I will have you!', whispered the tormented glass in my ear as I grunted and toiled trying to stabilise myself on a ledge.
Then we were in. We looked at each other amazed that we still had our bollocks intact. Miracles happen... occasionally.
The initial sight was disappointing. The church looked stripped or at least this part of it.
Some toilets are out of order, and some available. I have seen a lot worse.
We found a predictably empty safe. I always look in case the family jewels have been left, or in this case the church riches.
Fluorescent lights and a sealed door that was the entrance to the church proper. It was boarded with those cheap wooden seals and I was surprised to see indoor sealing.
…’were they expecting intruders to breach this entrance and so felt the need to seal it again?…’
In any case, we don’t break in and so disappointedly made our way into the large dark bleak room again.
It was then we noticed the door. It looked locked but on trying opened with an almighty creak.
'Shut the fuck up door', I thought ever conscious that someone might hear despite the fact we were largely away from the general public.
A spiral staircase loomed in front of us. Had anyone been up here in decades?
Brushing away the cobwebs I started up with a tentative
The cobwebs grew thicker and brushing them away was getting repetitive and annoying.
After what seemed forever and with the staircase still spiraling upward, we entered a room with some junk in one corner.
Junk that had been around for more than half a century! It was those donation envelopes often used but from 1958. No wonder they were covered in dust and crap.
Doubtless, the pamphlets were from the same bygone age.
Continuing the ascent I was hoping this was experience was not going to somehow metamorphosis into 'The Game of Death' and a 7ft+ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar would not be waiting for us in the 'next room'.
I watched far too many Bruce Lee movies when young, so my mind goes off on one occasionally. With no Karim in the next room, I surmised this was the bell tower.
What that mish-mash of machinery is, I don’t know.
It’s rare to see these places, though I was lucky enough to get a trip up Big Ben in 2007, due to working in the Palace of Westminster.
This one looked less gleaming than the London famous counterpart and of course, it's not an organised trip which makes it much better.
'Loughborough' the ageing metalwork says. That's close to Leicester which is in the Midlands.
Continuing up we eventually reached the top with some nice local views (which I didn’t photograph).
The door I did.. as underwhelming as it may look.
While it was disappointing not to get into the main area, the trip up the tower made up for it. I love seeing items from before I was born, that was a pure bonus!
No drug adducts were to be seen, neither inside nor out. We took our time a little more on the exit. That glass was still out to get me and failed once again.
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