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scrappy
21-02-2011, 05:31 PM
after walking around the outside of a 15 foot concrete fence for what seamed like an age me and BB found a way in, and its bigger then i expected.

as andym says on his website, finding history on this place is not easy as there seams to be nothing out there! the only bit i can find is it was built in the late 1970's when the company was under government ownership after it collapsed in 1974. there are a variety of sufaces (cobbled roads) and steep hills (its like the test track on top gear a bit back) which would have been used for testing of trucks.

so any way theres not more i can say other then its not a bad place to have a walk around but end of the day its a road! :)

from above, i took this pic last year i think!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3381/3553379747_fbdd630a4f_z.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5259/5456695224_b14b2ca60a_z.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5251/5456060657_4f4006e65d_z.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5139/5456690566_4aaff1c0a5_z.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5052/5456086469_ca7441d603_z.jpg

lights on bridge
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5098/5456684852_ca0d36936a_z.jpg

BB is going to add more pics later.

BB
21-02-2011, 08:41 PM
Here are my offerings :)

The track, If i could I'd take the 200sx round it :lol:
http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k356/Broughtonboy2008/5-22.jpg

http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k356/Broughtonboy2008/1-32.jpg

Random DOF shot :)
http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k356/Broughtonboy2008/3-28.jpg

http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k356/Broughtonboy2008/8-16.jpg

The 'on the fly' Workshop
http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k356/Broughtonboy2008/7-18.jpg

Up close and personal with the Cobbles :)
http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k356/Broughtonboy2008/2-30.jpg

Thats me done :thumb