St. Marys, Stannington....again! Feb 10

Well, my first report in aggggges

After months of not getting out and about on an explore - and more importantly not getting the chance to try my new camera/lens/tripod out, finally went out today with Vintage (cool to meet you man) to St. Marys, a site which I've done a few times but knew it was a cert for getting in.

Met Vintage in Sunderland about 10:30 and, using my brilliant sat-nav drove up to stannington - a journey which was briefly upped a few notches by nearly skidding off the road :S. Like I say, the sat-nav turned out to be a bit shit so ended up having to walk through the muddiest field in the world to actually get to St. Marys.

When we actually got there it was in a worse state than when I was there a year back, it was evident the snow had taken its toll as water was steadily dripping in from the roof :S

Anyway, after a few hours inside we walked back to the car (again thru the muddiest field in the world) and headed to maccy d's for a much needed snack.

Also worth mentioning that there was some (altho not alot) of graffiti about which defo wasn't there last time I went...always sad to see.

Won't bore you all with details etc as its been said and done a hundred times, for the time being heres me photos.









You can see the holes in the roof in this pic





























The rest are here

Gonna upload the HDR later on

HDR from the trip































The rest can be found here

The photo's turned out well there, That camera seems well worth the money haha.

very nice pics of a great site, and nicely done HDR - not too OTT, got the balance just right

Here's some of mine. Not as good as Pepper's as i just had a point and click. Shall be buying a camera shortly i reckon Alot are roughly the same as Pepper's so i'll just post a few different ones i have.















Its worth noting, that since alot of vandals have been going in recently, There's been security going around boarding up all the entrances, We found one that looked recent, I suspect they'll keep checking on break ins. Also the Morgue is completely boarded up. I managed to obtain my photo from pointing and clicking through a window.

Also want to say a thanks to Sgt Pepper for taking me here, I know he's bored of the place, But it's been number one on my list since i first discovered it. Thanks.

Vintage said:

Also want to say a thanks to Sgt Pepper for taking me here, I know he's bored of the place, But it's been number one on my list since i first discovered it. Thanks.

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Nice pics man, a damn sight better than my first explore here. And your welcome lol, was a great day out, if a bit muddy :S - my boots went straight in the shower when I got in and proceeded to clog the drain lol...good times.

Busy planning the next set of sites, I'll be in touch mate

nice sgt.p ;0)

i agree,the place is looking really poor now,this winters been a killer
by the way,where is the room with the beds? if you dont mind me askin.
been there countless times now and never found that!
always nice to see something new

Its the house up near the chapel, Well kind of, Up past that anyways!

oh aye i know the one,cheers Vintage