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Great bit of Phlegm graffiti.
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Not worthy of a full report so popping these pictures of Little Corringham Mill, Lincs in here. It's Grade II listed and dates back to the early 19th century. It was a three-storey tower mill and originally had four sails. It had ceased working by 1908.
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Yesterday's outing. This Bungalow wasn't even worth attempting an explore, after seeing through the windows.
[/url]Another Bungalow by dauntless - UE, on Flickr[/IMG]
This one was more interesting, I couldn't find a way inside, its packed with a bit of everything in every room, including an old pheasant hanging from the ceiling.
[/url]Hanging Bird Cottage by dauntless - UE, on Flickr[/IMG]
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This one was more interesting, I couldn't find a way inside, its packed with a bit of everything in every room, including an old pheasant hanging from the ceiling.
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This is an old derp that I've passed many a time so thought I'd stop off. Didn't live up to potential so this abandoned house and farm on the main road in Kneesall, Notts, is going in here:
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You must have figured how to use your tripod eventually as it shows in your last photo. Superb.
Mint shots, Mr.Ballz! 
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A real corker the last shot Konrad.
its a power thiiiing
Taken before the sign on top i heard was taken as a ...............Momento !
Boiler control
yeh they know people have been in and they patrol into the Boiler house as we played cat and mouse !
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Taken before the sign on top i heard was taken as a ...............Momento !
Boiler control
yeh they know people have been in and they patrol into the Boiler house as we played cat and mouse !
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A few shots from the two smaller local places I did at the weekend.
The Locarno Dance Hall in Swindon has been empty for years, it was gutted by a fire in 2013 and a second in 2014. The listed building is now a severely overgrown neglected shell sat in the middle of Swindon. We were passing and it felt rude not to pop in, the main body of the large building is completely full of trees and vegetation, so much so it's impossible to penetrate too deep.
On the way home we swung by the watch tower from the old RAF Kingston Bagpuize site, nowadays this is the only former building left, and only sign there used to be an RAF base anywhere near. The buildings were levelled and runways torn up to create an industrial estate and all that is left is this one building sat in a field off to one side.
Hopefully I'll be back on the larger sites soon!
The Locarno Dance Hall in Swindon has been empty for years, it was gutted by a fire in 2013 and a second in 2014. The listed building is now a severely overgrown neglected shell sat in the middle of Swindon. We were passing and it felt rude not to pop in, the main body of the large building is completely full of trees and vegetation, so much so it's impossible to penetrate too deep.
On the way home we swung by the watch tower from the old RAF Kingston Bagpuize site, nowadays this is the only former building left, and only sign there used to be an RAF base anywhere near. The buildings were levelled and runways torn up to create an industrial estate and all that is left is this one building sat in a field off to one side.
Hopefully I'll be back on the larger sites soon!
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Two fab little locations there Mookster. Enjoyed that.
No, I'm not dead - I've just been between cars for a long time and trying to settle into this strange country I now live in
I had high hopes for this old military training ground up the road from me. The whole thing was a bit of a fail and there was actually very little to see in the end, but at least after a month's inactivity I got out again The site was used by the Germans during WWII and then by the communists right up until the fall of the Iron Curtain. It had always been used for training Combat Engineers.
The first set of bunkers I'd tried to get into were on the site of a supposedly closed gun range. I found out when I got there that the range was still active and full of gun toting types, so I avoided it like the plague.
Second set of bunkers. Sealed for the bats with concrete and steel bars, so no access
One of the bridges that was used to train sappers to lay demolition charges. It had various recesses for said explosives to be placed.
Other side of the broken bridge.
I tried to get to the other bridge, but there were Airsoft walts running around EVERYWHERE...just wasn't my day!
To be honest, the walk was fantastic though and it felt good to get out in the fresh air again. I've also found a potential spot for a camp out in the Spring. I'll probably return at a later date and try to find some other small concrete bits that I missed.
Should be some beefier splores coming in the near future...
I had high hopes for this old military training ground up the road from me. The whole thing was a bit of a fail and there was actually very little to see in the end, but at least after a month's inactivity I got out again
The site was used by the Germans during WWII and then by the communists right up until the fall of the Iron Curtain. It had always been used for training Combat Engineers.The first set of bunkers I'd tried to get into were on the site of a supposedly closed gun range. I found out when I got there that the range was still active and full of gun toting types, so I avoided it like the plague.
Second set of bunkers. Sealed for the bats with concrete and steel bars, so no access
One of the bridges that was used to train sappers to lay demolition charges. It had various recesses for said explosives to be placed.
Other side of the broken bridge.
I tried to get to the other bridge, but there were Airsoft walts running around EVERYWHERE...just wasn't my day!
To be honest, the walk was fantastic though and it felt good to get out in the fresh air again. I've also found a potential spot for a camp out in the Spring. I'll probably return at a later date and try to find some other small concrete bits that I missed.
Should be some beefier splores coming in the near future...
Very good Jim, it would be an ideal area to snoop around with a metal detector.
Apparently once upon a time there were two knackered T-55s sitting there. Alas, they ended up making their way to the scrappers. People used to find old boots and bits of kit so I hear. The local folk pillaged a lot of it, which explains some of the random holes that can be found all over the place.
I managed to find the grenade practice area and was hoping to find bits of primer, fragments of grenade body, etc. Sadly I wasn't able to find anything. Interesting setup of the range itself though. Three earth mounds create an enclosed area to trap shrapnel, with a small trench system within. Looking at the pillars, they held up some sort of roof. At 'business end' there's a throwing pit, with a blast partition in the middle. The two areas are joined by zig-zag trenches either side. Looking on Google Maps at other military training areas in the Voivodeship, they're a pretty standard Cold War construction.
I've still gotta find the two other charge rigging bridges in the area...
