after an epic solo fail here last week it was great to get back and have some success, like our contact said do the water tower first its the best bit......certainly is! if a bit blustery and open uptop, i swear some kid shouted 'daaaaaaaaad, theres someone up there' from one of the gardens 
brief history...
construction started in 1901 and first malts produced late 1906 by 1958 new technologies had rendered the malthouses useless in the early 70's 3 of the houses were used to rear chickens (lots of evidence of this) that however was shut down in the early 90's due to new dwellings being built close by, 1999 saw the huge fire destroying 3 of the malthouses, not sure what the future holds
the tower was deffinetly the epi center of the explore a fair old climb up from the spiral stairs onto creaky wooden ones and finally onto a ladder which lead up through a tube through the center of the water tak (which still holds water)
was a bit gutted to find the walkways between buildings were bricked up, although that was probably a good idea looking at the state of them
visited with Goldie87 and Mattdonut, thankf for the driving mate :thumb
first off its a maze of doors or actually lack of doors to find the hot spot
evidence of the battery chicken breeding is everywhere
ah ha target aquired
took this on a mid climb stoppage to retrieve myself of dizzyness, had gone running up to try and catch up with them
big wheels on the first floor of the tower
must of been some heat in the fire!!!
the hatch thing you pop out
myself, goldie87 and mattdonut
back on the ground
game or what!!! i didnt try though..........while trying to get this shot without blur (i gave up and used flash in the end) i kept hearing this stage noise just behind me, id braced myself for a pidgeon to go squarking out but nothing occoured so had a look for what was causing the sound...
odd, big bugger an all
lots of beams aka 'a climbing frame'
reflections...
more beams
brief history...
construction started in 1901 and first malts produced late 1906 by 1958 new technologies had rendered the malthouses useless in the early 70's 3 of the houses were used to rear chickens (lots of evidence of this) that however was shut down in the early 90's due to new dwellings being built close by, 1999 saw the huge fire destroying 3 of the malthouses, not sure what the future holds
the tower was deffinetly the epi center of the explore a fair old climb up from the spiral stairs onto creaky wooden ones and finally onto a ladder which lead up through a tube through the center of the water tak (which still holds water)
was a bit gutted to find the walkways between buildings were bricked up, although that was probably a good idea looking at the state of them
visited with Goldie87 and Mattdonut, thankf for the driving mate :thumb
first off its a maze of doors or actually lack of doors to find the hot spot
evidence of the battery chicken breeding is everywhere
ah ha target aquired
took this on a mid climb stoppage to retrieve myself of dizzyness, had gone running up to try and catch up with them
big wheels on the first floor of the tower
must of been some heat in the fire!!!
the hatch thing you pop out
myself, goldie87 and mattdonut
back on the ground
game or what!!! i didnt try though
..........while trying to get this shot without blur (i gave up and used flash in the end) i kept hearing this stage noise just behind me, id braced myself for a pidgeon to go squarking out but nothing occoured so had a look for what was causing the sound...
odd, big bugger an all
lots of beams aka 'a climbing frame'
reflections...
more beams
