So we'd managed to plan an awesome explore for early on a Sunday morning, all was looking good.
... Then on Thursday: UE-OMJ sends his apologies as he's not able to make it
... Then on Friday: Priority 7 sends his apologies as he has some moving to do.
...Then on Saturday: Rockford sends his apologies as he has to now work on the Sunday.
Not to worry, my car is all packed full of exploring gear and there is still 3 of us on board.
....Then 04:34 am (hour and a half before we're due to leave) I get a text from the final two Kent lads saying they cant make it....
Oh well, these nuclear bunkers aren't going to explore themselves. Explored with a non-member.
It's an odd one this - From what I can surmise, it was built right at the end of the cold war, late 80's (I managed to find a planning permission for it under the description of a “High Technology Building” from ‘84) and stopped being used mid-90's (judging by the style & PAT Test stickers on the office equipment)
It's not on Subbrits website, but it is documented online with former workers sharing information about it on experience forums.
Power is on.
Lights are on PIRs which still makes you jump when they come on. But not as much as when you're setting up a shot and they all go off!
Reception area: "Yep single room, En-suite, no smoking please"
Looking from reception down the main corridor:
More corridor porn:
Stuck to the metallic air vents were these magnetic vehicle signs. Presumably the 'lucky' survivors down here would stick these to their vehicles to show their authority when driving around the zombie wasteland:
There is a long corridor running the length of the bunker with a series of rooms coming off each side. Some appeared to be offices and some appeared to be dorms? Half of them had shower blocks so I'm assuming these were dorms. They were now filled with flat pack archive boxes:
Office, I'm guessing by the monitor that this would date from the mid 90's?
Right, to the business end of things!
A series of blast doors:
Blast door:
10,000 litre oil tank. Does anyone know roughly how long that amount of fuel would last a generator?
Generator:
Air filtering:
Does anyone know what these are for? There were a few of them dotted around the bunker:
Whatever you do in a confined underground space...DO NOT turn the sewage pump off!
And as the last person on earth steps out alone into the post apocalyptic wasteland that used to be our earth... Don't forget to switch the light off!
Sorry to those who missed out. Thank you to the forum member that helped with access at the 11th hour, you know who you are.
Cheers for looking! Video to follow.
... Then on Thursday: UE-OMJ sends his apologies as he's not able to make it
... Then on Friday: Priority 7 sends his apologies as he has some moving to do.
...Then on Saturday: Rockford sends his apologies as he has to now work on the Sunday.
Not to worry, my car is all packed full of exploring gear and there is still 3 of us on board.
....Then 04:34 am (hour and a half before we're due to leave) I get a text from the final two Kent lads saying they cant make it....
Oh well, these nuclear bunkers aren't going to explore themselves. Explored with a non-member.
It's an odd one this - From what I can surmise, it was built right at the end of the cold war, late 80's (I managed to find a planning permission for it under the description of a “High Technology Building” from ‘84) and stopped being used mid-90's (judging by the style & PAT Test stickers on the office equipment)
It's not on Subbrits website, but it is documented online with former workers sharing information about it on experience forums.
Power is on.
Lights are on PIRs which still makes you jump when they come on. But not as much as when you're setting up a shot and they all go off!
Reception area: "Yep single room, En-suite, no smoking please"
Looking from reception down the main corridor:
More corridor porn:
Stuck to the metallic air vents were these magnetic vehicle signs. Presumably the 'lucky' survivors down here would stick these to their vehicles to show their authority when driving around the zombie wasteland:
There is a long corridor running the length of the bunker with a series of rooms coming off each side. Some appeared to be offices and some appeared to be dorms? Half of them had shower blocks so I'm assuming these were dorms. They were now filled with flat pack archive boxes:
Office, I'm guessing by the monitor that this would date from the mid 90's?
Right, to the business end of things!
A series of blast doors:
Blast door:
10,000 litre oil tank. Does anyone know roughly how long that amount of fuel would last a generator?
Generator:
Air filtering:
Does anyone know what these are for? There were a few of them dotted around the bunker:
Whatever you do in a confined underground space...DO NOT turn the sewage pump off!
And as the last person on earth steps out alone into the post apocalyptic wasteland that used to be our earth... Don't forget to switch the light off!
Sorry to those who missed out. Thank you to the forum member that helped with access at the 11th hour, you know who you are.
Cheers for looking! Video to follow.
