My First R.O.C. Post!

Visited my very first ROC post recently, at Ambergate, Derbyshire,
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took a bit of finding with my map reading 'skills'!

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sadly, not in very good condition inside, someone had lit a fire in there, and the place was covered in that dark layer that smoke leaves behind. amazing how useless a torch can be if theres not much to bounce the light back off!
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not a lot in there, now, just a couple of chairs, and a cupboard, dissapointing after getting my hopes up by reading on the Britarch survey that it was in good condition, but then that was done a few years back.
still, hopefully future ROC visits will turn up better preserved places

Well done. It's a pity about the fire damage though. It seems to be getting more and more common these days. I still remember my first one - Longhorsely - it instantly made me addicted! I now have the full set of ROC keys because of that. All hand made by myself and ready for action (or a bomb!).

Cool! My first and only one was pad locked, but it was worth it as the sunset was great.

nice one mate i doubt it will be your last
get yourself google earth and the kml file with the roc posts!!
it has links to subbrits reports

Nice one. There are a couple of much more interesting places in Ambergate though!!

TnM

Thanks for the replies,
Newmendoza, where else is worth checking out in the Ambergate area? you've got me thinking now

Nice one. ROC posts are brilliant. Now you've done one, you won't stop. It becomes addictive!

ROC posts are brilliant. Now you've done one, you won't stop. It becomes addictive!

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Couldn't agree more, for me it's the fact that they are all unique in some way, even though they were all built to the same design (except the few they built back to front )

Unlucky for you that your first wasn't a great one, but keep up the search, you never know what the next one might be like!

cool
My first roc was in ponteland, and i can't wait to get the opportunity to see another one
Shame about the fire damage though, some people just have no respect.... although i would have thought it would be fairly dangerous setting a fire in such a small, confined place??

was their last week with my friend it was way too dark to see anything their , think am gonna have to go back with a torch.

There are some slightly older pics of Ambergate on my web site, www.paulcharlton.org.uk, they were taken about five years ago now. It was still burnt out but a bit more stuff remained back then.

Nice one
My first ROC post was Redditch which is half out of the ground and it had a dead sheep in it
Still went down for a good old mooch around though