"I reckon that one's possible, my mate got 15 people up there recently!"... famous last words.
The initial plan for the evening was to return to a rooftop in Whitechapel that my mate and I had recently accessed, but, after making it up to the 25th floor, we were quick to realise that the council had gotten the better of us, as the once accessible roof hatch now appeared to be locked...and that was that one taken care of, what a pity.
Now having a bit of a downer cast on us, we made our way to the ground floor and began a rather sullen stroll back to the tube station, with little else on our minds other than the possibilities of how the lock might've appeared.
However, by sheer fluke, we decided to look up from the pavement, and stood before us just so happened to be 155 Bishopsgate! the very building that in recent times 15 people managed to access all at once (allegedly), but be it a fact or fiction, it was enough to spur us on to give it a crack.
With our heads back in the game, we began to study the building, and soon picked up on the maintenance door used by workers for the upper floors...I think you can guess where it went from there
Once we'd managed to reach the top of a rather knackering 20 flights of stairs, we started our search for the final obstacle...the roof hatch, which at first was nowhere to be found. However, after a few wrong turns and a wander around the maze-like corridors, we'd located it. Now time to work our magic... and after 5 minutes, it miraculously popped open!
At long last, we could breathe easy, and we were more than deserving of a beer at that point
and so after a good few hours snapping away and taking in the view, it was time to retrace our steps back to the maintenance door. I can confidently say that this more than compensated for the first roof being locked, and besides, it's not every day you get the privilege of witnessing Liverpool Street Station from above 
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The initial plan for the evening was to return to a rooftop in Whitechapel that my mate and I had recently accessed, but, after making it up to the 25th floor, we were quick to realise that the council had gotten the better of us, as the once accessible roof hatch now appeared to be locked...and that was that one taken care of, what a pity.
Now having a bit of a downer cast on us, we made our way to the ground floor and began a rather sullen stroll back to the tube station, with little else on our minds other than the possibilities of how the lock might've appeared.
However, by sheer fluke, we decided to look up from the pavement, and stood before us just so happened to be 155 Bishopsgate! the very building that in recent times 15 people managed to access all at once (allegedly), but be it a fact or fiction, it was enough to spur us on to give it a crack.
With our heads back in the game, we began to study the building, and soon picked up on the maintenance door used by workers for the upper floors...I think you can guess where it went from there
Once we'd managed to reach the top of a rather knackering 20 flights of stairs, we started our search for the final obstacle...the roof hatch, which at first was nowhere to be found. However, after a few wrong turns and a wander around the maze-like corridors, we'd located it. Now time to work our magic... and after 5 minutes, it miraculously popped open!At long last, we could breathe easy, and we were more than deserving of a beer at that point
and so after a good few hours snapping away and taking in the view, it was time to retrace our steps back to the maintenance door. I can confidently say that this more than compensated for the first roof being locked, and besides, it's not every day you get the privilege of witnessing Liverpool Street Station from above :
