I had a photoshoot at this location as there's some really nice stuff to ride there (mountain bike.)
There's still a lot of buildings and machinery there, lots of conveyors and even an underground bit! Although I didn't get the chance to have a venture into the depths of the underground as apparently exploring is frowned up by the marketing manager that's trying to direct your shoot.
Most of the buildings are raised up, so that lorries etc. could move around underneath to be loaded with material from the conveyor towers. Unfortunately all the ladders up to these have had the bottom 8-9ft cut off to prevent people venturing in, but where there's a will there's a way!
1. Conveyor Tower #2 in the background, lots of pipework in the foreground. You can see cut cables and open supply-box on that box in the foreground.
2. Conveyor Tower #1
3. The conveyor belt going up to Tower #1
4. At the top of the conveyor to Tower #1, these stairs creeked like the devil! And look at those floorboards on the walkway up the conveyor, needless to say I was bricking it after hearing about another one of our friends putting his foot through the floor just the week before! Also in the background you can see where the conveyors go through to the underground section.
5. Inside Tower #1, the floorboards were very thin I could constantly hear debris falling from beneath my feet and crashing to the floor below! I daren't climb down to the floor below.
6. The motor housing and controls for the conveyor up to Tower #1.
7. Anyone fancy taking the stairs?
I want to go back to have a proper venture and to take my tripod up into the buildings, also to check out the underground section... I should imagine that it's collosal down there!
Also, it's pronounced "Ben-gay" Quarry.
There's still a lot of buildings and machinery there, lots of conveyors and even an underground bit! Although I didn't get the chance to have a venture into the depths of the underground as apparently exploring is frowned up by the marketing manager that's trying to direct your shoot.
Most of the buildings are raised up, so that lorries etc. could move around underneath to be loaded with material from the conveyor towers. Unfortunately all the ladders up to these have had the bottom 8-9ft cut off to prevent people venturing in, but where there's a will there's a way!
1. Conveyor Tower #2 in the background, lots of pipework in the foreground. You can see cut cables and open supply-box on that box in the foreground.
2. Conveyor Tower #1
3. The conveyor belt going up to Tower #1
4. At the top of the conveyor to Tower #1, these stairs creeked like the devil!
And look at those floorboards on the walkway up the conveyor, needless to say I was bricking it after hearing about another one of our friends putting his foot through the floor just the week before! Also in the background you can see where the conveyors go through to the underground section.
5. Inside Tower #1, the floorboards were very thin I could constantly hear debris falling from beneath my feet and crashing to the floor below! I daren't climb down to the floor below.
6. The motor housing and controls for the conveyor up to Tower #1.
7. Anyone fancy taking the stairs?
I want to go back to have a proper venture and to take my tripod up into the buildings, also to check out the underground section... I should imagine that it's collosal down there!
Also, it's pronounced "Ben-gay" Quarry.
any advice re: parking??
