Peacock
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Great trip with no1rich (whose sat nav. proved invaluable in finding the place 
) around a month ago. Didn't go inside, as it was getting late in the day, but here's a few pictures of the outside, and the buildings that were already open. Planning another trip to do the inside soon.
Just one of the many buildings. The site is huge and took about 90 minutes just to walk around, let alone explore properly.
The water tower that looms over the whole site.
Pretty lozenge shaped windows. Nice to visit a site where most of the glass is intact.
Passed a chapel, and although it was locked, the windows on the outside were gorgeous, I thought.
The beams of a wooden awning type structure as we trekked towards the main site.
A gauge/pump of some sort on the wall near some outbuildings.
Tea, anyone? Abandoned on a shelf out some outbuildings that looked like garages.
In the same garages. I would love these in my room as toiletry cupboards.
A flooded stairwell with a door wedged across it. There seemed to be access to a tunnel/cellar at the bottom, but the water was deeper than it looked so there was no chance of going down.
So tempting.... but padlocked, alas.
Left in a small outhouse. I love finding stuff like this. It makes me wonder whether they left it there to date when it was abandoned, or was just a total accident.
Exciting find of the day, although I expect this will have been boarded up if we ever return. The door appeared to have been kicked in, (not by us) so it was a 'nice' insight into something you don't normally see. Although the "morgue staff only" sign on the door did have me hovering outside for a few minutes trying to muster up the balls to go in, as the room was (despite how my flash doesn't make it seem) PITCH black. I still wonder about the stain on that table.
This was my favourite find. I was so excited, as weird as that makes me, to see this, as I'd always anticipated anything like this would be hidden in the centre of some sort of basement/cellar/place that isn't easily accessed, but after peeking in a random window, this was there in all its glory.
And another. Not the best shot as I was leaning through a window, but I loved the ivy snaking up the window behind the table.
The staff social club. Creepy light effects, possibly because of the awful lighting, and this being taken through dusty glass with no flash used.
As far as I remember, they were some sort of staff darts team. I wonder where they are now.
Back to the main site. I don't think that sticker was originally part of the furniture.
I didn't notice until I got home how blue and cold everything was. It becomes evident in the rest of the pictures.
Peeling paper.
One of three gazebos randomly placed across the grass. As far as I remember the woods were blocking any real view of the horizon, which I found quite affecting, because of how deathly silent everything was.
More blue.
Broken legs.
I love finding stuff that makes me think. Who broke this? What part of their conscience led them to stand it up, rather than just fallen on the floor? I find random stuff interesting, as you can see.
) around a month ago. Didn't go inside, as it was getting late in the day, but here's a few pictures of the outside, and the buildings that were already open. Planning another trip to do the inside soon.Just one of the many buildings. The site is huge and took about 90 minutes just to walk around, let alone explore properly.
The water tower that looms over the whole site.
Pretty lozenge shaped windows. Nice to visit a site where most of the glass is intact.
Passed a chapel, and although it was locked, the windows on the outside were gorgeous, I thought.
The beams of a wooden awning type structure as we trekked towards the main site.
A gauge/pump of some sort on the wall near some outbuildings.
Tea, anyone? Abandoned on a shelf out some outbuildings that looked like garages.
In the same garages. I would love these in my room as toiletry cupboards.
A flooded stairwell with a door wedged across it. There seemed to be access to a tunnel/cellar at the bottom, but the water was deeper than it looked so there was no chance of going down.
So tempting.... but padlocked, alas.
Left in a small outhouse. I love finding stuff like this. It makes me wonder whether they left it there to date when it was abandoned, or was just a total accident.
Exciting find of the day, although I expect this will have been boarded up if we ever return. The door appeared to have been kicked in, (not by us) so it was a 'nice' insight into something you don't normally see. Although the "morgue staff only" sign on the door did have me hovering outside for a few minutes trying to muster up the balls to go in, as the room was (despite how my flash doesn't make it seem) PITCH black. I still wonder about the stain on that table.
This was my favourite find. I was so excited, as weird as that makes me, to see this, as I'd always anticipated anything like this would be hidden in the centre of some sort of basement/cellar/place that isn't easily accessed, but after peeking in a random window, this was there in all its glory.
And another. Not the best shot as I was leaning through a window, but I loved the ivy snaking up the window behind the table.
The staff social club. Creepy light effects, possibly because of the awful lighting, and this being taken through dusty glass with no flash used.
As far as I remember, they were some sort of staff darts team. I wonder where they are now.
Back to the main site. I don't think that sticker was originally part of the furniture.
I didn't notice until I got home how blue and cold everything was. It becomes evident in the rest of the pictures.
Peeling paper.
One of three gazebos randomly placed across the grass. As far as I remember the woods were blocking any real view of the horizon, which I found quite affecting, because of how deathly silent everything was.
More blue.
Broken legs.
I love finding stuff that makes me think. Who broke this? What part of their conscience led them to stand it up, rather than just fallen on the floor? I find random stuff interesting, as you can see.
