[Closed] Abandoned places

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In October this year we went to Cyprus for a week.
My wifes Grandfather is buried in a British military cemetery thats inside the [url= http://www.unficyp.org/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=778&tt=graphic&lang=l1 ]UN protected zone[/url]. We went to visit his grave.
Driving through the protected zone, in a UN Jeep, the British soldiers working for the UN were brilliant. They gave us a bit of a tour of the UNPZ, it was amazing to be driving through the old streets, buildings full of bullet holes.
The British grave yard has Cypriot graves either side, they've gone to ruin now as the Greek Cypriots obviously can't get access.
My wifes Auntie was with us, we drove past her old school (a British army grammar school). There were Turkish soldiers on the roof.
The strangest part was [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicosia_International_Airport ]Nicosia International Airport[/url], we got out of the Jeep for a wander around there. The UN escort told us the history behind it, it was only used for 6 years before the Turkish invasion (I think the official UN term was 'intervention' or something equally sterile). There is still a Cyprus Airways plane sat outside that didn't manage to take off before the Turkish 'disabled' it.
Pretty sombre day. 🙁

I used to play at ICI Ardeer (chemicals/explosives) when I was a kid.

This thread is fantastic. Check out

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I used to play at ICI Ardeer (chemicals/explosives) when I was a kid.

That place is wonderful - so much cool stuff hidden in the woods:

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Cropped up while looking at filming locations for Skyfall.

The abandoned island was actually filmed in Macau although it was doubling for Hashima Island.

I like the fact that the Skyfall house, supposedly set in Glencoe, was actually built in Surrey. 🙂

Great thread though - there goes my morning!

Love all this stuff and the 28DL forum.

Wales is absolutely stuffed with underground things

I spent quite some time underground in the Blaenau/Tan y Grisiau area with Uncle John (yes, really) in my youth. Horrified to find that the underground incline down into the mine from the Twll on top of the Molewyns had been blocked by rockfall a few years ago. Simultaneously amazed by the through routes from Croeso now.

On a related note, I went to a concert by Efterklang a couple of weeks ago. Their [url=

for their current album[/url] was a deserted mining village in Spitzbergen called Pirimida. Features the world's most northern grand piano apparently!

Are we allowed to link to our own sites?

Here's one from my travels, more under my personal work link here: [url] http://www.brokenclockphotographic.com [/url]

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That place is wonderful - so much cool stuff hidden in the woods:

Ben, i'm assuming you are Glasgow based (or thereabouts). If you ever need an extra pair of hands to hold a flash when you go exploring, do let me know! 🙂

I had a mispent youth exploring abandoned factories etc around Ayrshire, nothing quite comes close to the buzz, especially after you've just climbed up to a second floor bathroom window, at 1am, to get access.

Depending on the state of any available anchors, i might even be coerced into taking my climbing kit and abbing into places to get some cool shots (although I suspect this will almost certainly result in tears)

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some of the old/original london underground lines and abandoned stations are bloomin freaky as well

Yep, if you get spotted on the tube network out of bounds ,there's a good chance you'll end up with so18 pointing a gun at your head. 😯

Ben, i'm assuming you are Glasgow based (or thereabouts). If you ever need an extra pair of hands to hold a flash when you go exploring, do let me know!

Sure, though at the moment with a 2.5-year-old, my exploring is a bit spur-of-the-moment 😉

Have you joined up to 28DL? We're not that scary really, and it's a good place to search for places to go.

Isn't there a faq up on 28DL saying to swerve the London underground?

Yes, not least because some people (including an American idiot) got caught and admitted to criminal damage. Trespass on transport networks is always more serious than in abandoned places.

great thread.

some interesting stuff here - http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/