Willington Cooling Towers August 2013

[mookster]

So today I FINALLY got out exploring again, after what seemed like an interminable wait. My good friend contacted me yesterday evening to say he could escape the wife for the day and so off we poddled!

Willington was the first stop, there is certainly no better or bigger group of derelict cooling towers anywhere in the UK, they are all that remains of the old Willington Power Station which was demolished ages ago.

Evading the car boot salers next door we were in, and then it started to rain...which in a mostly exposed site like this isn't too fun but we persevered...

I'd been waiting so long to see this place and it definitely didn't disappoint despite the adverse weather!

























More here http://www.flickr.com/photos/mookie427/sets/72157635210280599/

 

[The Wombat]

The panoroma shot of the 5 towers is a winner with me
Looks a bit drier than we went
Excellent work

 

[PaulPowers]

Nice, good to see my tripod is still there

 

[ImmortalShadow]

Nice one, I need to get back here now I have a few new lenses since my last visit to play with

Nice, good to see my tripod is still there

Haha! I didn't notice it, just scrolled back to have a look. Was that on purpose...?

 

[PaulPowers]

Yeah the leg support snapped and took a chunk out of my finger so I left it

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mookie427/9582915313/

 

[Catmandoo]

Very nice. Love the shots.
This has given a kick up the arse to post my visit to the towers.
Nice to see you had better weather than us.....

 

[flyboys90]

The group shot is ace.

 

[UrbanX]

I'm starting to get a thing for cooling towers now thanks to this! Great shots, looks really atmospheric in that weather!