On Sunday I visited Castleto ROC post in North Yorkkshire. The setting is truely amazing wonderful views in every direction.
I had been looking forward to seeing this post because the description on Subbrit was of a mint site.
Unfortunatly things didn't look that well.
As you can see in the above picture the hatch has been broken right off. And has been placed upside down over the shaft. I lifted the hatch away and peered down the shaft. At the bottom i could see water but i could not tell how deep it was. I gingerly climbed down the ladder and lowered by boot into the water. Barely an inch??? The sight which met me down there made me physicly sick.
The place had been stripped and trashed. It looks like someones had a weird party down there looking at all those bottles.
I tried to pump the water out but the pump no longer pumped.
Then i looked at the loo.
OH MY GOD!!!!
I climbed back out and tried to replace the hatch better than i found it. The hatch suppot strutt was damaged an jamed in the up possition preventing the hatch covering the hole fully. Still I did my best.
Well worth a visit for the location alone.
http://flickr.com/groups/roc_posts/
Rob.
I had been looking forward to seeing this post because the description on Subbrit was of a mint site.
Unfortunatly things didn't look that well.
As you can see in the above picture the hatch has been broken right off. And has been placed upside down over the shaft. I lifted the hatch away and peered down the shaft. At the bottom i could see water but i could not tell how deep it was. I gingerly climbed down the ladder and lowered by boot into the water. Barely an inch??? The sight which met me down there made me physicly sick.
The place had been stripped and trashed. It looks like someones had a weird party down there looking at all those bottles.
I tried to pump the water out but the pump no longer pumped.
Then i looked at the loo.
OH MY GOD!!!!
I climbed back out and tried to replace the hatch better than i found it. The hatch suppot strutt was damaged an jamed in the up possition preventing the hatch covering the hole fully. Still I did my best.
Well worth a visit for the location alone.
http://flickr.com/groups/roc_posts/
Rob.