Visited this as part of a 1300 mile roadtrip with Bryag and Bax_ last weekend
I guess everyone knows the history of this iconic site
The Silos have been posted elsewhere by others, so I thought I'd put up a few pics of the other parts of the base...
The Control Tower - seales up tighter than a drum
The runway was once Europes longest, but has now been grubbed up
There are little signs left scattered about :
Sub-station kinda place still remains, though pikeys have had their way with the cabling :
Good thing I hadn't pressed this a few years back
The Fire-fighting plane was rather cool
The Command Centre was still there :
Complete with serious hatch :
Old signage still extant :
And rather odd bits and pieces :
Any ideas? These were behing this blast door :
We also found the Worlds smallest strawberries
Tasted okay though
Looking back :
Really enjoyed finally seeing this place, in spite of trekking miles round the fence to find the access point, unnecessarily as it turned out, if we'd only turned right instead of left to begin with
I guess everyone knows the history of this iconic site
The Silos have been posted elsewhere by others, so I thought I'd put up a few pics of the other parts of the base...
The Control Tower - seales up tighter than a drum
The runway was once Europes longest, but has now been grubbed up
There are little signs left scattered about :
Sub-station kinda place still remains, though pikeys have had their way with the cabling :
Good thing I hadn't pressed this a few years back
The Fire-fighting plane was rather cool
The Command Centre was still there :
Complete with serious hatch :
Old signage still extant :
And rather odd bits and pieces :
Any ideas? These were behing this blast door :
We also found the Worlds smallest strawberries
Tasted okay though
Looking back :
Really enjoyed finally seeing this place, in spite of trekking miles round the fence to find the access point, unnecessarily as it turned out, if we'd only turned right instead of left to begin with