Hi all !! In true " waiting for a bus tradition " you hear nothing from me for ages and then two posts turn up one behind the other.
To be fair this is a report from late March !! What an explore this baby was (is) down there for over 4 hours and probably need to go back another couple of times to see it all !! There are miles of filthy, stinky, crusty, chemical soaked tunnels here !! OH YES !! OH YES !! Anyway this was done in the company of Godzy and Oldage ( with a quick bump into Engineer and Derelict UK !!) Many thanks to Mookster who gave us the Gen and even guided us by mobile phone during our COMEDY ENTRY !!! GKN or Guest Keen and Nettlefolds to give the full name were (are) manufacturers of Screws and fasteners and we think that this site at Smethwick was abandoned sometime in the mid to late 1990's.
Original tin sign found in the tunnels !!
Right, the rest of the pics are in no particular order and are just random selections of the many taken down there during the visit !!
Well there you have it !! You could literally spend days down here assuming that you have a decent torch, although all three of us did feel a bit rough when we left. Also the floors are absolutely caked with oil, fuel and God knows what other dodgy substances and the poor old tripod needed a steam clean to get most of it off. !!
The most memorable moment about being down there was scrabbling around in the darkness trying to position the tripod. Finding some level ground and looking up with the torch on to find that i had stopped literally 3 inches away from a hanging pipe that, had i gone any further, would have taken my eye out !!!
To be fair this is a report from late March !! What an explore this baby was (is) down there for over 4 hours and probably need to go back another couple of times to see it all !! There are miles of filthy, stinky, crusty, chemical soaked tunnels here !! OH YES !! OH YES !! Anyway this was done in the company of Godzy and Oldage ( with a quick bump into Engineer and Derelict UK !!) Many thanks to Mookster who gave us the Gen and even guided us by mobile phone during our COMEDY ENTRY !!! GKN or Guest Keen and Nettlefolds to give the full name were (are) manufacturers of Screws and fasteners and we think that this site at Smethwick was abandoned sometime in the mid to late 1990's.Original tin sign found in the tunnels !!
Right, the rest of the pics are in no particular order and are just random selections of the many taken down there during the visit !!
Well there you have it !! You could literally spend days down here assuming that you have a decent torch, although all three of us did feel a bit rough when we left. Also the floors are absolutely caked with oil, fuel and God knows what other dodgy substances and the poor old tripod needed a steam clean to get most of it off. !!
The most memorable moment about being down there was scrabbling around in the darkness trying to position the tripod. Finding some level ground and looking up with the torch on to find that i had stopped literally 3 inches away from a hanging pipe that, had i gone any further, would have taken my eye out !!!
we relaxed a bit and ended up having a great old Sunday. Ah..happy times
