wales

I had friends down from Kent for the weekend and we managed a 350+ mile round trip around north and mid Wales. We left the house at 2am and got back at 8.30pm. We had 7 places on our list but knew there would be some let downs so the rest were for back up. I will put up a report on the first...

I know, I know, Denbigh ..oops sorry...erm...that famous asylum in North Wales ( :P ) has been done a lot but since I just visited for the first time I thought I deserve to be a bit annoying by posting one more report. I really won't say anything with regards to the history of the place as the...

Part of a recent Welsh trip we visited this huuuge industrial coke works, to say I loved it would be an understatement. Even though the trip ended rather abruptley with me chasing some wee shites away from my bag as I was up the top of the Conveyor Tower...

I'm pretty sure everyone knows the history on this place so I'll jump straight to the photos. Visited early march 2014

This place is immense, first time here for me and loved every single moment! So we know from history the Lunatic Act 1808; Most county's were suppossed to have their own asylum, obviously the poorer county's just didnt have the cash and an englishman had seen the marginalised welshmen in english...

This was my first port of call for the day, my nephew was going to come with me for the day but was unable too. This place is not really one for a solo visit but as I wanted to go there I just went on my own. I did try last August but failed to get in, so a couple of members gave me the entry...

It was a 6 o'clock start to back here and this time it was the right mill, its on the other side and on the edge of a raging river after all the weather we have been having. Waders were suggested, but a full diving suit would not have been enough. So a quick rethink and a couple of coracles we...

Visited this place on the weekend to find out later it was not the right mill, (That one will have to wait) but what a find. Looks like it been closed since the late 50s and every thing as just been left there since. I think it's like this due to the very hard location its in and very difficult...

Visited this beautiful place with my young son, who is now terrified shitless because some idiot thought it would be funny to start shouting abuse through one of the windows while we were inside. Anyway, St. Lukes is really an amazing place to visit. Completely empty inside and covered in...

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This now closed hospital in North Wales was formerly a workhouse that opened in 1839 and housed both males and females. Biding by Victorian values both cohorts of people were segregated in separate wings. The building was laid out in the form of a cross – there’s a tip for future explorers –...

Hosting a trip for a small contingency from up North it was time to access the elusive winding station and find the entrance to the mine. The day got off to a bad start after chickens had been routed by fox and I'd had to decapitate injured ones at 5.30 am. Party arrived and we set off to a few...

In between renovations we took a trip out to one of the many slate quarries. Maenoffren opened in 1800 and by 1861 was knocking out 400 tons of slate a year. At its peak the quarry employed over 420 people, half of whom worked underground. Like every other quarry demand for welsh slate slowed...

Good Old Denbigh, the history of this hospital has been done many a time, so won't bore you with that. Part of my recent road trip south, I headed here after failing miserably at another site. This being my second visit mainly because I realised once I got home from the last trip that I missed...

Scrappy and I visited this place with some new friends - Mars Lander, Shush, Lowri to name but a few! Big thanks to them for inviting us to join them on what was a very fun explore :) This place was MASSIVE, you could get lost in it. We had some close calls with people on the grounds, visitors...

Visited with trav,project mayhem,shush,lorry, mr D, skanky pants After looking at Leri mill and hanging around outside a man appeared from the houses and said he owned the mill so we all got chatting at which which he said he owned another mill down the path and that we should go take pictures...

Evening all, Another set more or less finished with and another one in the UK - that must be 5 this year. Went here two weeks ago and the crossing the stream to get to the Mill was knee deep so worked with wellies full of water for a good 2 hours or more. Even though this place was only 109...

A mate wanted to have a go at Exploring so I needed somewhere easy that I hadn't done before. Quick check on the interwebs and a drive over to Wales was on the cards. Couple of sites combined into one report. The estate of Pool Parc, has been around a long, long time and was originally one of...

Evening all, Been a while since my last post as I've been doing a few bits n bobs plus finishing up a few sets before the German trip which will be here soon. This little place in Wales was in the middle of nowhere and all of the items were pushed into corners so a little moving (or dressing...

A very recent visit to this Welsh Asylum. The last time I was here was March 2010 and it has changed considerably since then. A lot of the floors have collapsed due to the water getting in and those that are left are pretty spongey. The level of decay is on a par with Whittingham in places...