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machine's first foray into foreign lands and debris. Six days full of anecdotes, laughter and good times no doubt, but on the issue of dropouts was rather bad. The non-existent and permissions for access to abandoned places, safety measures, rehabilitation of old buildings, control of vandalism, urban exploration fashion with its dangers and accidents are the obstacles with which we encounter and that they would to talk at length about our hobby, in a country where every day is more difficult to access most renowned places and finding new sites that are worth without some good contacts in the area.
As always in this kind of look it's best were the friends and companions, some of CELA and others just the guild, but all very large and Tomas who organized everything, Yass , Daphnee , Sevillaphoto and Gustavo, with whom he had shared some output, as well as Iago and Ivan and of course my constant companion Chenko. To all thank you very much for those days.
Although it could be a good time writing about our experiences, I must emphasize the issue of dropouts and the picture which, although not many places I photographed the show in this short summary.
begin our first day visiting an incredible Nottingham coal mine that is inaccessible and a half in ruins. A worker in the area gave us permission to photograph without crossing the fence, though I doubt we could have.
Our journey continues by an Islamic institute quite damaged and vandalized. The thing that struck me was certainly that all the rooms were carpeted, if this is added the condition of the building and the frequent rains in the area you can imagine how curious it was to walk on water-soaked carpet.
The railway track has certainly been that has brought us more joy when visiting. Stations, restoration workshops and rail yards were a great experience, especially the friendliness of the volunteers who are dedicated to repairing and later restored trains and cars, and that allowed us to confidently enter and photograph everything we wanted. Graham deserves special mention, that we dedicate a tour of about an hour telling us about trains and how to restore a needle exchange from an old line.
Also in the London area we visited an old station that was reforming and where even had buses, but the real gems were a pair of coal-fired locomotives.
not ever forget how I spent an entire day searching and trying to access a dozen dropouts without getting absolutely nothing, either for safety that no longer existed, for the renovation or those damned impregnable fences for which no one had prepared. Gustavo christening That day as the day of the "fast Fails." Yet all this take something positive: The best partners are those who do not surrender and follow you later try again and again even though things did not go well. That's something I've always admired people.
Although not all were setbacks and failures. I remembered that on the website of Fogonazos cemetery I read about a typical English phone booths. Realmete this place was more than 200 miles to the north, but not as we find a similar place a few miles from London. It turned out that a company is collecting and restoring them and selling them to about 7000 pounds each. Came to the place and through a video entry explains that a guard can not happen unless we pay 100 pounds and also has to be another day because at that moment she was alone. A big mistake on their part say the latter.
With San google earth plane and several spots marked on the GPS we moved to the rear of the enclosure, climbed an embankment, the cabins are y. .. Surprise! a hole in the fence.
With great stealth and as quietly as possible we put on our guard, while monitoring the (ironic huh?) Between the booths. Personally
what most enjoyment was not take pictures but the funny thing the place and to reconnect with that feeling of tension and alert you've got to know where you should not. We must also thank Chenko that stayed in the car ready in case we had to get the hell out of there.
The next day, taking advantage of the proximity of the hotel we went to see a couple of places in nature military. The first was an abandoned ammunition dump and almost in ruins but colorful and interesting details where we take about two hours exploring it. The second site was a nuclear bunker "secret" of the Cold War, although it was not an abandonment resulted amazing.
After all this we still have a thorn stuck like a visit to the Maunsell Sea Forts known , slightly differ from the day I left the boat and why not we could afford to rent it to us. Also Chenko and I were eager to visit this Soviet submarine.
And here I conclude my summary of this great trip, and wanting to make another. A greeting to all of you
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