Air Raid Shelter - Watford, Dec 2010

[hinsh]

this has been covered a few times times, notably here:
http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=14915&highlight=watford
and here:
http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=15524&highlight=watford

I've just got a couple of additions... I think i took more photos of the spiders that anything else, i've never seen indigenous spiders as big as these before!

Still looks in a good state, the hotel is using them to store some of the equipment for the football pitch.
If you do go down there take care with your flash, there's a fair few bats and its not to good for them.

 

[John_D]

Don't want to alarm you but those spiders look a lot like THESE you do not want to be bitten!

 

[hinsh]

That would be no fun!
I googled them when i got home, these bad boys are just cave spiders:
[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_menardi[/ame]

 

[Foxylady]

Don't want to alarm you but those spiders look a lot like THESE you do not want to be bitten!

Don't worry about them, John. It's just scaremongering pseudo-news. Have a look at this link for the real gen about these interesting beasties.

http://naturenet.net/blogs/index.php/2007/05/02/steatoda#c792

 

[Munchh]

Steatoda Nobilis, quite like that as a username Foxy. Enjoyed the report too.