rikj
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Just posting this on here as I know a few people enjoy high things. Certainly not me, I prefer my feet to remain on the ground AT ALL TIMES!
This is the Bucyrus Erie 1150B walking dragline, preserved in some disused opencast coal workings to the south of Leeds. There is an open day once a year but I wanted some pics without people all over it. This is the beast from the business end:
The dragline is now in its own fenced compound but not too difficult to access. The bucket that scraped coal out of the earth is around 12ft high, so a person would come about halfway up the bucket;
It was a perfect day for pics but it had a rather ignominious end when I was asked to leave the site by (and this must be the most pathetic brush with security ever) a volunteer RSPB warden! The site is still owned by the Coal Board but the RSPB provide security. Believe me, twitchers don't make natural security guards! However, all credit to the guy as he stuck to his guns and I wasn't going to make his day any worse so I happily left.
This is the Bucyrus Erie 1150B walking dragline, preserved in some disused opencast coal workings to the south of Leeds. There is an open day once a year but I wanted some pics without people all over it. This is the beast from the business end:
The dragline is now in its own fenced compound but not too difficult to access. The bucket that scraped coal out of the earth is around 12ft high, so a person would come about halfway up the bucket;
It was a perfect day for pics but it had a rather ignominious end when I was asked to leave the site by (and this must be the most pathetic brush with security ever) a volunteer RSPB warden! The site is still owned by the Coal Board but the RSPB provide security. Believe me, twitchers don't make natural security guards! However, all credit to the guy as he stuck to his guns and I wasn't going to make his day any worse so I happily left.