St Crispins Asylum Clock/Water Tower Sept 09

I recently visited St Crispins for the 3rd time to attempt the Clock Tower.

It had eluded me on my previous visits but a recent surprise conversation with the King of Industry himself gave me a few tips and I had to get back to give it a go.

It was well worth the effort and has some wonderful graffiti dating back years. It is full of pigeon crap and it is pitch black on the ladder going up through the water tank.
The clock faces are huge but again it is very dark in that part and difficult to see them properly.

Many thanks to Dweeb for the heads up

Here are some pictures.

My God you got a lot more Guts than I have! Really good shots by the way.

Really nice set of pictures, and something a bit away from the norm. I don`t do heights so well done on that one too!! Picture 4 made my hair stand on endicon_evil!!

justcurious said:

Really nice set of pictures, and something a bit away from the norm. I don`t do heights so well done on that one too!! Picture 4 made my hair stand on endicon_evil!!

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It made what I have got left stand on end all of 2mm!

Black Shuck said:

It made what I have got left stand on end all of 2mm!

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Haha!! Mine`s dissappearing at a rapid rate

Sweet bet you got some cracking veiws from up there

justcurious said:

Haha!! Mine`s dissappearing at a rapid rate

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I have real big Probs with Heights Curious and the thing is, is that I love Railway Viaducts with Abandon but I am shit scared to get up on them!

Black Shuck said:

I have real big Probs with Heights Curious and the thing is, is that I love Railway Viaducts with Abandon but I am shit scared to get up on them!

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I`m the same!! I recently had an incident with one, the only way on to it was to go around the side of it where the steep bit was and climb up on a ladder - I managed to get up to look at it but couldn`t get up on the wall to get back down as there was an enormous drop 6 ft away!! I just kept freezing up, luckily I was with a good bunch of guys who managed to reassure me enough to get down again!! Silly but it happens

justcurious said:

I`m the same!! I recently had an incident with one, the only way on to it was to go around the side of it where the steep bit was and climb up on a ladder - I managed to get up to look at it but couldn`t get up on the wall to get back down as there was an enormous drop 6 ft away!! I just kept freezing up, luckily I was with a good bunch of guys who managed to reassure me enough to get down again!! Silly but it happens

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Indeed it does! I will seriously have to pluck up courage and Follow my obsssion with them! Funnily enough when you are with company it never seems all that bad!

Nice to see you made it up there!

You deserve the pointers on access for spotting me in the first place... was rather odd!

dweeb said:

You deserve the pointers on access for spotting me in the first place... was rather odd!

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Yes it was, quite unexpected, it is a small world sometimes!