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shakotan
5,695 posts
65 months
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Too much chat, not enough pics.
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Olf
10,858 posts
87 months
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Angelus
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33 months
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zeb
1,621 posts
87 months
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cool photos eiree but cool.... 
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Eddh
4,051 posts
61 months
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My Dad visited the uboat pens in St Nazaire recently, I will get some photos from him.
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RobbieKB
5,344 posts
52 months
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So, as I mentioned in a post a few months ago, I'd found through doing some research of the area, a small and abandoned WW2 air base. Today I went for a ganders: Firstly, it wasn't easy to find. It's a massive forest right out in the sticks which has a number of massive forests. Secondly, it isn't that small. It took me 4 1/2 hours to navigate one half. The base is in three sections. A road splits the base in two and then above both sections to the west a little is an air strip. Everything is hugely overgrown and untouched which is excellent. Inside the forest/base are a network of roads with roads forking off them. Only wide enough for one car but there are a series of what looked like little car parks with walls that are falling apart surrounding them. The network of roads got so confusing that I had to start leaving a trail of small folded up pieces of paper to try and make sense of which roads I'd gone down and which I hadn't. My research had told me that there were a number of bomb shelters and other shelters a long with watch towers which were overlooking a small river and a bomb disposal site (  ). The bomb disposal site had unfortunately submerged under a marshy lake and I couldn't find the sign which called it the bomb site which I was gutted about. All in all, I covered around half the base and that took 4 1/2 hours. The wildlife in there is pretty excellent too might I add. I tried to get in to the bomb shelter, but like all good urbexers, when I found it was locked I did not force my way in. I must say, I'm not convinced it isn't still being used occasionally for things. As I walked around it you could really imagine it as a working base, albeit a little light on the building front sadly. Not the most interesting urbex I've ever done, but this thread has been so quiet it's worth posting just to reignite the thread. I hope at least a couple of you find it interesting!       P.S Photographically they're all very poor; I'm fully aware
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The Don of Croy
1,015 posts
28 months
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^^ Robbie, where is this? Which country?
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olly22n
11,781 posts
75 months
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That looks just like our wood and pheasant pen
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Twincam16
27,239 posts
127 months
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I think I've been paintballing there 
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jcas
251 posts
113 months
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Olf said: Detroit is an weird place, went exploring there earlier this year, this is a shot from the abandoned zoo on Belle Isle, loads of raised wooden walkways through the trees. 
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llewop
1,992 posts
80 months
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RedLeicester
5,403 posts
114 months
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Doesn't matter how many times I see similar photos, still just "wow".
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pidsy
1,972 posts
26 months
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llewop said: That looks like pripyat
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llewop
1,992 posts
80 months
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pidsy said: That looks like pripyat It is - only had 1/2 hour there since it was really just a detour at the end of the day - one of my guides was a little girl living there at the time of the accident.
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pidsy
1,972 posts
26 months
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llewop said: It is - only had 1/2 hour there since it was really just a detour at the end of the day - one of my guides was a little girl living there at the time of the accident. Awesome. I would love to go.
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Zippee
9,462 posts
103 months
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RobbieKB said: So, as I mentioned in a post a few months ago, I'd found through doing some research of the area, a small and abandoned WW2 air base. Today I went for a ganders: Firstly, it wasn't easy to find. It's a massive forest right out in the sticks which has a number of massive forests. Secondly, it isn't that small. It took me 4 1/2 hours to navigate one half. The base is in three sections. A road splits the base in two and then above both sections to the west a little is an air strip. Everything is hugely overgrown and untouched which is excellent. Inside the forest/base are a network of roads with roads forking off them. Only wide enough for one car but there are a series of what looked like little car parks with walls that are falling apart surrounding them. The network of roads got so confusing that I had to start leaving a trail of small folded up pieces of paper to try and make sense of which roads I'd gone down and which I hadn't. My research had told me that there were a number of bomb shelters and other shelters a long with watch towers which were overlooking a small river and a bomb disposal site ( ). The bomb disposal site had unfortunately submerged under a marshy lake and I couldn't find the sign which called it the bomb site which I was gutted about. All in all, I covered around half the base and that took 4 1/2 hours. The wildlife in there is pretty excellent too might I add. I tried to get in to the bomb shelter, but like all good urbexers, when I found it was locked I did not force my way in. I must say, I'm not convinced it isn't still being used occasionally for things. As I walked around it you could really imagine it as a working base, albeit a little light on the building front sadly. Not the most interesting urbex I've ever done, but this thread has been so quiet it's worth posting just to reignite the thread. I hope at least a couple of you find it interesting! P.S Photographically they're all very poor; I'm fully aware Is that up near Hatfield Heath?
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Waynester
4,488 posts
119 months
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llewop said: Reminds me of those tv programmes '1 year from now, 10 years, 100 years from now. Wierd place, which nature is reclaiming as her own.
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Stuart
11,296 posts
120 months
PH Director Bloke
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llewop said: Crikey Basingstoke has gone down hill since I was last there.
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Vieste
9,109 posts
29 months
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Rob they are good photos.
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Stiglet80
4,628 posts
56 months
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Some fab pics on this page! Love it, and also very jealous of the Pripyat tour.
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