Saunders-Roe Factory

My latest mission with the hubby! Fisrt off a waring to fellow splorers.....permission to gain access to this site is very advisable. The Owner has 2 very large Ridgeback dogs that I did not fance being torn to pieces by!! I am going to attempt to go back this week for said permission as this was a cheeky visit and we got rumbled within 15 minutes. The owners house is very close and he does have people working there. Managed to get a few shots inside a couple of the buildings before we were politely asked to leave, we did as we were told, no arguements ( Like I said... I didn't fancy my chances against the hounds! ) and proceeded to the exit giggling like 8 yr olds..... This has been my first ever rumble!!!!! Fair play, when I explained why we were there, what we were doing and that I was a local girl, the chap did let me take a couple more pics on the way out... we decided the mission must go on and proceeded to a nearby quarry more on that later!!! Here's the pics!

Our first glimpse while walking down from a local village


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Hello open door... pffft to the cctv... maybe thats how we were rumbled.. don't know! We could hear banging inside, so me being a a nosey mare, had to have a peek!!


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Still more banging so I tiptoed around...


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The banging was behind these doors.... it happened to be a mechanic around the other side of the building, I thought it would be funny to BOO! him and ask if we could take pics of the place.. he said yes but keep away from the house...this was enough to know he didn't own the place!


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I found it very strange to find this in a very small Building.. the last one I could get into


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Excuse the blur on these pics..... had to take them fast as we'd been spotted by this time and I could hear Mr Steel Toecaps shouting at us in welsh.... I understand welsh so took my last pics and popped my head out to say HI !!


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Thanks for looking, hope to get some more indoor pics of this place, will have to put my best smile on and ask very nicely

Thats an old RAF base, the site is well worth a look round if you can. Is that RAF Valley?

its not an raf base, not in valley.... though they did make wings there in ww2, it was used for making bin wagons and other various machinery, im not far from valley..... but valley is still very much occupied and running

Sounds like an interesting visit,great pics.

nice mooch look forward to more

Good stuff looks interesting .

might pluck the ladyballs up and go knock on mr steel toe caps bosses door on thursday give him my nicest smile and maybe a lil bottle of whiskey if further persuasion is needed

Nice report and pics, worth a knock on his door, you never know ! Thanks for sharing

Some nice shots there, cheers for posting them up

Looks a good un most intrigued by your piks, we may have to go on a stealth mission here one day

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Looks a good un most intrigued by your piks, we may have to go on a stealth mission here one day

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seriously ..... i'd give a knock first!!! our locals can get a bit arsey.... oh and did i mention the hounds?? lol thanks for the comments peeps i'm quite proud of my little camera

worth a splore...and nice to have a friendly turf out for a change