Raf Sculthorpe 10/09 norfolk

Visited with my wife mimble on a honeymoon explore, some of the paintings are in excellent nick, considering the kids in the area!!!. most of the blocks are just empty rooms but still good to poke around in..
and plenty of slamming shut doors on a windy day..





































thanks for looking
faz

I like
Your shots came out a lot better than mine!

Nice photos Fazwold there must have been a few bored R.A.F. oiks with a lot of time on their hands and the keys to the paint stores.

Hey great report of the place looks good.

Hello Faz, First of all Congratulations to the both of you! R.A.F Sculthorpe.. Hmmm! Good shots Faz, isnt part of this base still used by the Military for a Helicopter Training Squadron?, Well done for getting to it mate!. Hope to see you both soon! Shuck.

Really crisp shots there Faz..Congrats to you and Mimble for tying the knot..Urbex honeymoon,now what would Chelle make of that eh?

Thanks guys for the good wishes
It was definitely an urbex honeymoon - we found a very cool wooden house on the way there, and did Sculthorpe on the way back. Was fab!!
My mum's words "you did WHAAAAAAT on your honeymoon??"

Black Shuck said:

Hello Faz, First of all Congratulations to the both of you! R.A.F Sculthorpe.. Hmmm! Good shots Faz, isnt part of this base still used by the Military for a Helicopter Training Squadron?, Well done for getting to it mate!. Hope to see you both soon! Shuck.

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The Airfield is still part of STANTA Army Training Ground,Yes helicopters go there and fly over my house on the way,day and night,same for RAF Watton, but its just the Runway they use.

Ahhhh SCULLY! This bought back a few memories. My missus had a great friend who used to own the pub in the village and used to serve all the pilots beer! As you can probably guess from the lovely pictures done by Fazwold and Mimble, this part of the site was used by the USAAF (48th Tactical Wing most recently, I believe flying Strike Eagles but someone might want to confirm this), hence the bowling alley and the Disney themed nursery - the USAAF have always treated their fliers much better than we treat ours.

The pics of the 'kindergarten' are awesome, but my favourite has to be the one of the Mountain Dew can left on the window sill. Is that how you found it? If so, did you stop for a moment to ponder who might have left it there? Highly likely a USAF serviceman/woman or one of their kids. What was their story? (I know, I know they were probably really thirsty and couldn't find a bin) What was going through the person's mind when that can was left there? For me this is part of what exploring is about, soaking up the atmosphere and letting your imagination go wild (while yer mate keeps an eye out for security ) It's just a picture of an old pop can, but you captured it very nicely, especially with the sun shining in.

Great stuff, loving the murals.