TomMurphy
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WARNING - Dan had my camera for some of this trip. Some of Dan's previous work:
On Sunday I got up at 6:30 to start the 2 hour drive down into the depths of Cornwall.
This is the second site of five we visited that day.
This was tricky to find. I knew the general location.
Luckily while I was driving along a road that ran on the top of a valley, I saw a barn in the distance which looked vary American and headed towards it.
Arriving here, we saw 2 buildings and thought the rest will have been knocked down. I was absolutely gutted because the place looked pretty damn cool:
American style deck:
American style me (Nathan laughing at the grass and my Texas accent):
Everyone seems to be crazy about HDRs:
Inside the barn:
Nathan dancing with a mannequin...
I realised at this point that we hadn't found the barn yet. We saw a bridge and decided to head in that direction.
Carriage!
I checked on my phone and saw a load of buildings in the woods so we headed in that direction. I noticed these troughs and recognised that they were the things kids 'hunt for gold' in.
We carried on a bit further and this is the sight that greeted us. By far the most excited I've been in a while. Made me feel remarkably alone.
We saw an upstairs room with no stairs inside the building. I Climbed onto this and half-way across there was a massive crack sound. The beams looked pretty solid from below. I promptly returned to the floor.
Turns out the stairs were at the back of the building...
There was a vault with a locked door. Some people had clearly tried to get in before unsuccessfully. The walls were smashed away at.
There was however, a massive hole in the roof to the bathroom above where someone had got in.
The safe was locked. There was a few pictures inside but not much else.
No.
Not ALL of my boots.
I don't even know...
GIVE THAT MAN AN OSCAR
https://flic.kr/p/nTo7B6
'T' for Tom!
My shots:
Everyone seems to be crazy about HDRs:
My favorite shot:
And finally, because every abandoned place has Christmas decorations:
On Sunday I got up at 6:30 to start the 2 hour drive down into the depths of Cornwall.
This is the second site of five we visited that day.
This was tricky to find. I knew the general location.
Luckily while I was driving along a road that ran on the top of a valley, I saw a barn in the distance which looked vary American and headed towards it.
Arriving here, we saw 2 buildings and thought the rest will have been knocked down. I was absolutely gutted because the place looked pretty damn cool:
American style deck:
American style me (Nathan laughing at the grass and my Texas accent):
Everyone seems to be crazy about HDRs:
Inside the barn:
Nathan dancing with a mannequin...
I realised at this point that we hadn't found the barn yet. We saw a bridge and decided to head in that direction.
Carriage!
I checked on my phone and saw a load of buildings in the woods so we headed in that direction. I noticed these troughs and recognised that they were the things kids 'hunt for gold' in.
We carried on a bit further and this is the sight that greeted us. By far the most excited I've been in a while. Made me feel remarkably alone.
We saw an upstairs room with no stairs inside the building. I Climbed onto this and half-way across there was a massive crack sound. The beams looked pretty solid from below. I promptly returned to the floor.
Turns out the stairs were at the back of the building...
There was a vault with a locked door. Some people had clearly tried to get in before unsuccessfully. The walls were smashed away at.
There was however, a massive hole in the roof to the bathroom above where someone had got in.
The safe was locked. There was a few pictures inside but not much else.
No.
Not ALL of my boots.
I don't even know...
GIVE THAT MAN AN OSCAR
https://flic.kr/p/nTo7B6
'T' for Tom!
My shots:
Everyone seems to be crazy about HDRs:
My favorite shot:
And finally, because every abandoned place has Christmas decorations:
got some good shots here 
Thanks for sharing! Great photos. I'm hoping to pay a visit there when I go to Cornwall in a few weeks
