General Urbex Photos Thread! - 2
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Hefty looking beasts!Great shot.
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Bridge to nowhere.
Sorry but this is more of a teaser/placeholder post until I get back there.
This is a bridge I found many years ago now (30 anyway) near my hometown of Fort William.
We'd range for miles around and this is over a particular river that was a favourite haunt.
There is no road or path to or from it on the other side. There are some original houses about half a mile away and the remainder of a croft a similar distance.
On the other side of the bridge (and now I'm going from memory) are some structures which I think we decided at the time might be sheep pens or some kind of arrangement for sheep dipping.
This image was the last time i was there, about a year ago and i decided then not to risk it!
But next time I'm up that way I'll head back and do a proper report.
If anyone wants to know where it is feel free to pm me for details.
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Sorry but this is more of a teaser/placeholder post until I get back there.
This is a bridge I found many years ago now (30 anyway) near my hometown of Fort William.
We'd range for miles around and this is over a particular river that was a favourite haunt.
There is no road or path to or from it on the other side. There are some original houses about half a mile away and the remainder of a croft a similar distance.
On the other side of the bridge (and now I'm going from memory) are some structures which I think we decided at the time might be sheep pens or some kind of arrangement for sheep dipping.
This image was the last time i was there, about a year ago and i decided then not to risk it!
But next time I'm up that way I'll head back and do a proper report.
If anyone wants to know where it is feel free to pm me for details.
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You might recognise this lobby from a certain Wes Anderson film...
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That's a bit of a wow that Cogito!
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This is the Beauchief bar and conference centre. Been to weddings and do's here over the years. Hard to believe it has been left empty after it closed down at the end of 2015. Now it is apparently awaiting conversion into flats. Sealed tight so just externals on this one so popping it in here. As you can see from the stone above the main door it is an original railway hotel.
img5981 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img5956 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img5957 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img5962 by HughieDW, on Flickr
With bonus derelict toilets!
img5980 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img5981 by HughieDW, on Flickrimg5956 by HughieDW, on Flickrimg5957 by HughieDW, on Flickrimg5962 by HughieDW, on FlickrWith bonus derelict toilets!
img5980 by HughieDW, on Flickr
A few finds on a visit to North Norfolk.
Sealed but abandoned and packed.
[/url]Flower Pot House by dauntless - UE, on Flickr[/IMG]
Sealed
[/url]A Village Hall by dauntless - UE, on Flickr[/IMG]
Then this.
[/url]Cricket Pavillion by dauntless - UE, on Flickr[/IMG]
Sealed but abandoned and packed.
Sealed
Then this.
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That cricket pavilion looks like it needs further attention.
The Goodbye Konrad Paddle O' Death
After spending a night on Fort Darnet last summer, we really wanted to get back out and see Fort Hoo as well. We initially aimed to get a load of people over and do a big camp out, but the plan went tits up when we couldn't confirm an exact date to do it on, what with the uncertainty of Konrad's return, etc. Push came to shove and we ended up doing a day trip at the last minute on a week day to give Mr.K a bit of a send off before he leaves us again.
I drop by early in the morning to grab Konrad. He's been down the pub the night before and is dead to the world. An hour of hammering on the door, ringing the door bell and shouting "WAKE UP MR.BALLZ" through the letter box in front of his elderly neighbours isn't working. I manage to requisition a step ladder from the shed and an old mop sitting by the back door and proceed to tap on the bedroom window with the mop handle. Finally, he's up! We rig the car with bars and strap the kayaks on top. It's taken some time, but it'll all be worth it! We get on the water, the single kayaks (as opposed to the tandem we had last time) are tracking and moving really well and everything goes great until we actually actually get on the island. The place was so stupidly overgrown that we couldn't get access. In our shorts and t-shirts it just wasn't going to happen. All I'm going to say is we've been having similar issues with thick brambles and nettles at a lot of different sites this summer! We circumnavigated the island to try and find a better way in, stopping at different sides of the island, but still we couldn't get through the foliage. Time was ticking away, but we decided we wanted to get something done, so we agreed to go over to Darnet for a cup of coffee at least! We had about an hour and a half before the tide would start going out again, so we jumped back in the Kayaks and made for Darnet...
By the time we reached Darnet and got inside it was already getting late. However, we were still hell bent on sitting down and getting out of the hot sun for a brew up and a munch. We were keeping an eye on the time and by the time we got up off our arses the tide seemed ok still. We got off the island and the found that the current from the ebb tide had gotten considerably stronger! I then have the crap idea of sticking close to the shore to try and avoid the strong current and the wind. Well, long story short we're beached on a huge sand...or rather mud bar. Konrad loses a shoe and cuts his heel open and we have to push our kayaks in knee deep sludge into the shipping lane so that they will actually float. When we get to the shipping lane, we're truly fighting the current. We hammer it for approx. 1400m across the choppy shipping lane and manage to land on a slipway! A bit more squishy, knee deep silt later and we're back on terra firma, safe!
Ship wrecks. There was a lot of submerged stuff under the water such as concrete and ironwork from barges. We skimmed over them very carefully to avoid getting stuck or thrown out of our vessels.
Coffee, vape, MoD Steak & Veg
Just before the start of the mad paddle back!
Big ups to Konrad for supplying the kayaks and for his good company for the day. Video will be on the General Urbex Videos thread sooner or later.
After spending a night on Fort Darnet last summer, we really wanted to get back out and see Fort Hoo as well. We initially aimed to get a load of people over and do a big camp out, but the plan went tits up when we couldn't confirm an exact date to do it on, what with the uncertainty of Konrad's return, etc. Push came to shove and we ended up doing a day trip at the last minute on a week day to give Mr.K a bit of a send off before he leaves us again.
I drop by early in the morning to grab Konrad. He's been down the pub the night before and is dead to the world. An hour of hammering on the door, ringing the door bell and shouting "WAKE UP MR.BALLZ" through the letter box in front of his elderly neighbours isn't working. I manage to requisition a step ladder from the shed and an old mop sitting by the back door and proceed to tap on the bedroom window with the mop handle. Finally, he's up! We rig the car with bars and strap the kayaks on top. It's taken some time, but it'll all be worth it! We get on the water, the single kayaks (as opposed to the tandem we had last time) are tracking and moving really well and everything goes great until we actually actually get on the island. The place was so stupidly overgrown that we couldn't get access. In our shorts and t-shirts it just wasn't going to happen. All I'm going to say is we've been having similar issues with thick brambles and nettles at a lot of different sites this summer! We circumnavigated the island to try and find a better way in, stopping at different sides of the island, but still we couldn't get through the foliage. Time was ticking away, but we decided we wanted to get something done, so we agreed to go over to Darnet for a cup of coffee at least! We had about an hour and a half before the tide would start going out again, so we jumped back in the Kayaks and made for Darnet...
By the time we reached Darnet and got inside it was already getting late. However, we were still hell bent on sitting down and getting out of the hot sun for a brew up and a munch. We were keeping an eye on the time and by the time we got up off our arses the tide seemed ok still. We got off the island and the found that the current from the ebb tide had gotten considerably stronger! I then have the crap idea of sticking close to the shore to try and avoid the strong current and the wind. Well, long story short we're beached on a huge sand...or rather mud bar. Konrad loses a shoe and cuts his heel open and we have to push our kayaks in knee deep sludge into the shipping lane so that they will actually float. When we get to the shipping lane, we're truly fighting the current. We hammer it for approx. 1400m across the choppy shipping lane and manage to land on a slipway! A bit more squishy, knee deep silt later and we're back on terra firma, safe!
Ship wrecks. There was a lot of submerged stuff under the water such as concrete and ironwork from barges. We skimmed over them very carefully to avoid getting stuck or thrown out of our vessels.
Coffee, vape, MoD Steak & Veg
Just before the start of the mad paddle back!
Big ups to Konrad for supplying the kayaks and for his good company for the day. Video will be on the General Urbex Videos thread sooner or later.
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krela
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That's a proper adventure that is slimjim. Safe sailing Konrad.
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What a wonderful adventure!Well done for not doing a Titanic in those treacherous waters.
Haha! They may not be the fastest or the best in rough waters, but at least those sit on tops are hard to fall out of and almost impossible to sink! Thank god!
great stuff there Slim.
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Orangery at Wentworth House...further inspection required:
wentworth1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
wentworth2 by HughieDW, on Flickr
wentworth1 by HughieDW, on Flickrwentworth2 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Second visit to North Norfolk. The things I find on a bike.
[/url]Abandoned Cottages by dauntless - UE, on Flickr[/IMG]
[/url]Abandoned Cottages by dauntless - UE, on Flickr[/IMG]
[/url]Abandoned Cottages by dauntless - UE, on Flickr[/IMG]
[/url]Abandoned Cottages by dauntless - UE, on Flickr[/IMG]
More to come later. The cottages were sealed.
More to come later. The cottages were sealed.
Urbex in as much as someone lived in this cave in the nineteenth century. Obviously derelict but also much smaller now as the roof collapsed. Not worthy of anything more than a mention and a couple of snaps.
Looking down from the top level to the bottom level
Looking down from the top level to the bottom level
I quite like that cave druid
