“There’s something there, an old factory perhaps?”.
We were planning a Wales expedition and I was pouring over Google Maps once more. Someone had posted an article on one of those centralised sites such as ‘www.28dayslater.com’ about a school.
I had found it quickly, and what do you know, next door is this mess of an old industrial site, or that's what it appeared to be.
Surely @grindle must know it, I had to ask...
“Yeah I did it ages ago, it was pretty crap", he came back with, or words to that effect.
While it’s not surprising that he knows it (@grindle knows about everywhere in Wales), I was still determined to have a look.
The school was a bust, bloody builders in there doing their building and drinking endless cups of tea or as we are in Wales, panad. I know little Welsh, and Tea is kind of important in Wales.
With the school being literally next door, we didn't need to adjust our parking spot. Thankfully the area was clear of Karens.
We needed to take a run and hope our momentum held out. This is how you climb muddy banks, and if it doesn't then you slide backward and hope.
That was the way in, besides some makeshift fencing that was wholly inadequate.
“Well.. at least we are not going to be disturbed here”, I motioned to @anidiotexplores who was already disappearing into the nearest decrepit building.
I agree, ‘Plod’ are most unwelcome at places like these.
If it's crap then at least some of the better graffiti artists have visited. It looked quite fresh.
‘Boris’ is another politician who is never in favour with the graffiti boys.
There is a little resemblance don’t you think? The wild hair and spotty tie gives it away.
Look at the tormented hand, the highlight for sure.. with the green crack in the wall.
Besides graffiti, there was little else in the sizable first building.
There are buildings out there, hidden in the trees... I know it.
It could have been a window once, now it’s a window plus. That’s a window with half of the brickwork around it exploded.
Underfoot was getting sloppy as we approached this corrugated iron tin hut.
Inside was worse, but some kind soul had utilised the bits of fallen 'iron' to produce a walkway. There must be something at the end? Walking to the end and turning left, we climbed a small wall and heard shrieking…
BATS! They seemed confused and trapped though there was another escape exit in the top right corner.
For a few minutes they whizzed around at top speed and due to our slow shutter camera phones, we failed to capture them. There was at least THREE.
You can see the blurs on both of my attempts in different places. After a short period of time, we exited where the bats should have if they had any sense.
The corrugated tin house was attached to a more conventional Victorian-style small mill, or factory.
Some big drops await if you are not careful with your footing.
This area looked a little better with some rusting machinery parts.
How many heads has that massive rusty guillotine decapitated? The front entrance was sealed, and the only way in was through 'The Bat Room'.
They made things to last over one hundred years ago, the steps may be full of rust but they were solid.
What is it I wonder? It looked great from this angle and was my highlight shot.
Better looked at and not touched, but very photogenic.
Backtracking through 'The Bat Room' (yes those dumbasses were still in there flapping around), we tentatively used the walkway again.
They could have extended it a little; this part was slippery and full of mud.
Visiting in the middle of summer should have water-free, and mud-free but not here.
As much as we would have liked to see more, it was a quagmire up there. I am considering adding a pair of Wellies to my mandatory Urbex kit.
There was the option of trying from the opposite end, but this meant a wall climb with a sizable drop.
Drop into what, a load of shit?
We could only mope about and dwell on the wonders we had missed in those other buildings.
Bypassing the portable toilet, and in complete despair.. we left.
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