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After my initial introduction on OS I have been severely lacking in effort getting any reports up (apologies!) so though I might as well start with one of the "classics"! History Everybody knows the history of Sevs by now but for parity’s sake… Severalls Hospital in Colchester...

This is one of those places that I had just never managed to get round to exploring, having passed it about a million times, I thought it would be a good laugh to go and have a look. So about 7 of us headed of in the small Hours from Norfolk and rocked up for a day of Fun. The entry was...

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The explore... A very early start again, a liquid monster breakfast, and a couple of hour drive down to collect S9, then onwards to begin the longest explore to date. High spirits and expectations were quickly dashed on arrival as we spotted a hi-viz from a distance near our planned entry point...

Well... I thought it was about time I ventured over to the mighty Severalls to see what all the fuss is about! Along with 28DL member '12318', a sparrow-fart early start was in order and off we trotted! Access was up to the usual Sevs standard but we did it with a bit of perseverance, ignoring...

Even though this has been done countless times before, I needed to pay a visit myself so off I popped on Sunday, despite the gloomy weather. Here's a bit of the history of the place: Founded by Edward Packard in 1843, ‘Edward Packard & Co. Limited’ was a multi-national company...

Well, after seeing other reports about this place I decided to take a trip there to have a look myself. Early start this morning and it was a bit fresh... especially on a m/bike at 0600hrs! I can't find a great deal of history about the place and I don't like to just "copy & paste" someone...

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Visited twice autumn 2013. The first night was well below zero and the ground hard, the second was well over zero and had to wade through ankle deep mud. On with the photos. Not far to go now! Lastly a selfie! Have a great week all. SB. x

Thankful there was enough remaining to grab some shots and at the same time have a good giggle Splored With Lara,Trog and peaches In the back area of the stage Lara found some costumes and the silliness began. Beds began to roll up and down the corridors . Better not to ask...

My very first explore... A disused factory in Manningtree. I've seen this place plenty of times on the train on my way to Ipswich, and always wanted to get in there. It was used mainly for the production of celluloid. Some of the site is still active, but it's pretty easy to tell which parts...

How diverse can urban exploring be? On Sunday I was taking pictures of my adrenaline pumped mates, stripping off and posing for photos in Harold Wood morgue. 24 hours later and I'm sitting all alone in a dusty but serene 700 year old church in the middle of nowhere. Brilliant!!! Information...

Visited with Wevsky and Space Invader Ive found a little history on St Johns mainly after reading bits on various sites across the web and other reports gleaned from various other forums. St Johns Hospital built originally in 1837 as an infirmary to a local workhouse, had various bits "added"...

After seeing a few reports on other forums recently, myself and obscurity decided to take a trip to Essex to check the place out. St Johns Hospital closed in November 2010 when services located to the nearby Broomfield hospital in a £140 million new wing. It used to be the Trust's main...

Copped Hall, Epping This place has been on the list for eons. It used to be a walk in walk out place, so much so that many teenagers in the Epping area visited Copped Hall during the hours of darkness to experience the "Haunted Manor" Then a certain Mr Rod Stewart brought a rather large...

Every time I go on an explore my two youngest look at the photos and I hear "Dad, Dad, can we come with you?" So today I decided it was time, armed with a torch, their £20 Argos cameras, and their Grandad, I took them to the decoy airfield at Nazeing History taken from...

Headed up here a couple of weeks back with Frosty and Obscurity. Cheers to obscurity for driving :thumb Was a strange one this, as we fully expected to bump into a security bod or someone at any time, but the site was strangely deserted. Quite a bit more damage inside than previous reports...

I wasn't going to bother with a report, but I think I had just about enough photos to make it worthwhile, so may as well. Being very bored at the weekend, myself, Frosty and Obscurity decided to take ourselves off here to have a looksie. It was also the first exploring outing of the new car, the...