ALL CAR CARPET

On the top floor of the mill, was this hand.

The chances of this actually ever coming off were incredibly slim. Panic is not really an emotion you want on any explore, and sadly I'm afraid to report I did some low grade panicking early on here. Thankfully, I had a word with myself and got on with the job in hand. I'm glad I had a tripod. Trembling is not the correct way to ensure sharp pictures.
This place looked like it was not going to happen at all, luckily some good thinking and being brave meant that we were able to check it out. It looked like it was a mixed use place - car - parts were left in places, forgotten and from another era. As we pushed on, strange cages could be seen, maybe to hold the carpets that this place once stored, and in other parts of the complex, the remains of the furniture warehouse revealed rooms full of discarded chairs.
I'm sure we weren't, but there was a real feeling that we were the first people in this part of here for years, a feeling that you don't get that often when doing UE. I loved it.
I'd got a bit lazy recently. Popping round familiar sites that others have done is good, but this reminded me of why I like doing this sort of stuff while most people are wandering around soulless malls like Meadowhall/Lakeside/Merry Hill/Brent Cross(delete as appropriate) Planning, pushing yourself, taking a risk, thinking things through means the end reward is usually good. Even if you end up trembling. Oh dear. The chances of this actually ever coming off were incredibly slim. Panic is not really an emotion you want on any explore, and sadly I'm afraid to report I did some low grade panicking early on here. Thankfully, I had a word with myself and got on with the job in hand. I'm glad I had a tripod. Trembling is not the correct way to ensure sharp pictures.
This place looked like it was not going to happen at all, luckily some good thinking and being brave meant that we were able to check it out. It looked like it was a mixed use place - car - parts were left in places, forgotten and from another era. As we pushed on, strange cages could be seen, maybe to hold the carpets that this place once stored, and in other parts of the complex, the remains of the furniture warehouse revealed rooms full of discarded chairs.
I'm sure we weren't, but there was a real feeling that we were the first people in this part of here for years, a feeling that you don't get that often when doing UE. I loved it.
I'd got a bit lazy recently. Popping round familiar sites that others have done is good, but this reminded me of why I like doing this sort of stuff while most people are wandering around soulless malls like Meadowhall/Lakeside/Merry Hill/Brent Cross(delete as appropriate) Planning, pushing yourself, taking a risk, thinking things through means the end reward is usually good. Even if you end up trembling. Oh dear.

I love the old handwritten signs on the doors.

The winter sun angled in through the windows and cast wonderful warm shadows onto the empty floors.

The chances of this actually ever coming off were incredibly slim. Panic is not really an emotion you want on any explore, and sadly I'm afraid to report I did some low grade panicking early on here. Thankfully, I had a word with myself and got on with the job in hand. I'm glad I had a tripod. Trembling is not the correct way to ensure sharp pictures.
This place looked like it was not going to happen at all, luckily some good thinking and being brave meant that we were able to check it out. It looked like it was a mixed use place - car - parts were left in places, forgotten and from another era. As we pushed on, strange cages could be seen, maybe to hold the carpets that this place once stored, and in other parts of the complex, the remains of the furniture warehouse revealed rooms full of discarded chairs.
I'm sure we weren't, but there was a real feeling that we were the first people in this part of here for years, a feeling that you don't get that often when doing UE. I loved it.
I'd got a bit lazy recently. Popping round familiar sites that others have done is good, but this reminded me of why I like doing this sort of stuff while most people are wandering around soulless malls like Meadowhall/Lakeside/Merry Hill/Brent Cross(delete as appropriate) Planning, pushing yourself, taking a risk, thinking things through means the end reward is usually good. Even if you end up trembling. Oh dear.