Ghost Ship - Wales 2012

fragglehunter · Jan 2, 2013

I thought hard about posting this, but is a ship a vehicle ? Do the owners want explorers climbing all over the thing ? Nope. But they do want publicity over what is slowing becoming a massive art canvas.

Worth a pop round if your into graffiti or street art or what ever you want to call it.

This thing lumbers out of the trees as you drive thru Flint in North Wales and I've kind of fallen in love with it.

All photos my own, again taken over 2012

- Its a good place to pop into if your passing and fancy a coffee in the cafe on the car park en route to the derp delights of Denbigh and Anglesey.

Before

After

I hitched a lift a few times with Captain Pugwash in his winged thing

Second visit after the paint job

Thank you for watching.

Ramsgatonian · Jan 2, 2013

This is great, it belongs on an album cover!

Again, I love your aerial shots, definitely brings a unique angle to the photographs!

fragglehunter · Jan 2, 2013

Ramsgatonian said:
This is great, it belongs on an album cover!

Again, I love your aerial shots, definitely brings a unique angle to the photographs!

Thank you - loads of these on my flickr, didn't want to get carried away with loads of pics

perjury saint · Jan 2, 2013

Nice!! Love that last piece...

sweet pea · Jan 2, 2013

love that i may take a trip just to have a look

richy 2 times · Jan 2, 2013

nice pics,i wonder what the inside is like ? i would love to see.

Mars Lander · Jan 2, 2013

Great shots of this ,,, but be warned the owners have a rather uncivil approach to explorers

Judderman62 · Jan 2, 2013

nice one fraggle

loving the arial shots too

fragglehunter · Jan 2, 2013

AltDayOut said:
Great shots of this ,,, but be warned the owners have a rather uncivil approach to explorers

A fence has two sides.

- to quote from American Werewolf in London "stick to the path" in fact I think it was stick to the road, but the ship has a public footpath to it and round it.

The owners have cut back all the bushes for the very purpose of the public taking pics

night crawler · Jan 2, 2013

I've seen the graffiti before and an interview with the artists, don't think they have a problem with photos being taken but like all property owners they will have a problem with people wandering round with out permission. Nice photo's

wherever i may roam · Jan 2, 2013

Ships always make great splores if you can get on em,nice pics though....

Derelict-UK · Jan 3, 2013

fragglehunter said:
A fence has two sides.

- to quote from American Werewolf in London "stick to the path" in fact I think it was stick to the road, but the ship has a public footpath to it and round it.

The owners have cut back all the bushes for the very purpose of the public taking pics

I don't think you understand, the person who owns this had (not sure if he still does) a couple of 'security' who came at you with planks of wood and not a smile on their face. I very much doubt they also gave a f*ck about the law and the consequences of their actions.

flyboys90 · Jan 3, 2013

What a dam good idea at least it brightens it up!with some really quite good graf.

fragglehunter · Jan 3, 2013

Derelict-UK said:
I don't think you understand, the person who owns this had (not sure if he still does) a couple of 'security' who came at you with planks of wood and not a smile on their face. I very much doubt they also gave a f*ck about the law and the consequences of their actions.

Thankfully it would seem attitudes have changed, saying that fence hoppers my receive a similar welcome which I won't be putting to the test. I have no wish to test the waters.

sonyes · Jan 3, 2013

Very nice that!! Great pics, and that last shot is a winner

Silent Hill · Jan 3, 2013

Heard so many horror stories regarding this ghost ships owners?? Think I will abstain from visiting all the same.

I also agree it would now make a fab album cover

Judderman62 · Jan 3, 2013

Silent Hill said:
Heard so many horror stories regarding this ghost ships owners?? Think I will abstain from visiting all the same.

I also agree it would now make a fab album cover

been twice - stayed "the right side" of the fence with no issues.

ZerO81 · Jan 3, 2013

Lovely report mate, I have enjoyed seeing these photos appear over the past few months on flicker and have enjoyed watching you process the images in varying styles.

fragglehunter · Jan 3, 2013

ZerO81 said:
Lovely report mate, I have enjoyed seeing these photos appear over the past few months on flicker and have enjoyed watching you process the images in varying styles.

Ta dude, I'm some more stuff will appear

woody65 · Jan 4, 2013

Derelict-UK said:
I don't think you understand, the person who owns this had (not sure if he still does) a couple of 'security' who came at you with planks of wood and not a smile on their face. I very much doubt they also gave a f*ck about the law and the consequences of their actions.

i met the owner in the Czech Republic by chance in a pub, nice guy, he arranged for me to see around the ship

if "explorers" did not use crowbars to gain entry then i think there would be no bother

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