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Chorlton
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My second explore and first time solo so please bear with me.
After failing miserably to get into Pyestock I headed back to the M3 with my tail between my legs and mud on my boots to try my plan B instead
Despite the demolition there's still a fair bit left of this place. The main complex is surrounded by a makeshift fence but this is pretty easy to get around, while I was there the wind blew it down! Never one to let a good opportunity pass by I took a wander over it, unfortunately one of the workers pulled up in his jeep, I was expecting some kind of confrontation especially when he shouted over at me, but actually he was a nice bloke, he just asked me to give him a hand standing the fence back up again, then drove off and left me to it!
I hung around for a bit taking a few external shots and looking longingly at the tower but security seemed intent on spending the day circling the site in their range rovers.
In the end I headed back to the field with the villas in. There are two big 2 storey buildings in there, no security and very easy access which was just what I needed after the days frustrations so far.
The first one (says Greenlands on the map) used to be the childrens ward, lots of brightly painted murals in here:
I love the textures on these paint peeled doors.
Sign says "Messy Room" - it's empty in there now though..
I was creeping around in this place trying not to make too much noise and feeling very jumpy as I was on my own so you can imagine how I felt when I turned the corner up these stairs only to have 2 pigeons flying straight towards me!
Ssshhhh!
The other villa is much much bigger. It's marked on the map as Pinewood 1&2:
I think lift was out of order!
After failing miserably to get into Pyestock I headed back to the M3 with my tail between my legs and mud on my boots to try my plan B instead
Despite the demolition there's still a fair bit left of this place. The main complex is surrounded by a makeshift fence but this is pretty easy to get around, while I was there the wind blew it down! Never one to let a good opportunity pass by I took a wander over it, unfortunately one of the workers pulled up in his jeep, I was expecting some kind of confrontation especially when he shouted over at me, but actually he was a nice bloke, he just asked me to give him a hand standing the fence back up again, then drove off and left me to it!
I hung around for a bit taking a few external shots and looking longingly at the tower but security seemed intent on spending the day circling the site in their range rovers.
In the end I headed back to the field with the villas in. There are two big 2 storey buildings in there, no security and very easy access which was just what I needed after the days frustrations so far.
The first one (says Greenlands on the map) used to be the childrens ward, lots of brightly painted murals in here:
I love the textures on these paint peeled doors.
Sign says "Messy Room" - it's empty in there now though..
I was creeping around in this place trying not to make too much noise and feeling very jumpy as I was on my own so you can imagine how I felt when I turned the corner up these stairs only to have 2 pigeons flying straight towards me!
Ssshhhh!
The other villa is much much bigger. It's marked on the map as Pinewood 1&2:
I think lift was out of order!
