hunter

History: The history of this hotel started in 1899, at that time a brand new hotel was built next to an important road trough the mountains. After this hotel was finished it seemed to be very popular amongst the more wealthy guests. This went on until the second world war, after this the hotel...

Swan Hunter shipyard before it was all torn down. We also had full permission to be here too so that was good!

This was a permissioned visit with MedwayBoy and DoverLee Foxtrot B-39 (U 475) was built in 1967, and used specifically for training foreign submariners - Libyan, Cuban and Indian. She was in active service with the Russian Baltic Fleet until April 1, 1994, having spent 27 years in active...

Following a request by Snappel here are a few of many shots of the last work carried out by the 2 large red cranes at Swan Hunter - a shame it was dismantling a couple of their counterparts! Thr demolition contractor was brought in to clear 2 of the older cranes out of the way so that another...

Sitting in the car at a bus stop, waiting for dweeb, I knew it was going to be tough. Rubbish and crap was being blown past me, the car was rocking heavily in the wind, the bus stop itself was shaking... and it was starting to rain. Never mind - we'd decided this would be our last opportunity to...

Last year I focosed much of my time and energy on exploring the remnants of the coal industry. I feel that I achieved much in that year, but with 2007 drawing to a close I have reached a point where I cant take coal much further, so I wanted to persue another fast disappering industry...