mrdistopia
01-05-2013, 05:40 PM
This was without a doubt one of my most dicey outings. All started off well – nice sunny day, met up with a couple of nice local Belgian lads, straight onto site and into the famous cooling tower for some ultra-wide-angle pictures.
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8114/8644308053_dcf81f46ed_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8644308053/)
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8540/8638600724_882b3089dd_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8638600724/)
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8249/8638376336_18c3b3779b_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8638376336/)
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8544/8641838755_549d42c36d_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8641838755/)
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8529/8638379486_b6706aa211_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8638379486/)
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8543/8650831018_861a66ba5c_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8650831018/)
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8530/8649716801_0033246847_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8649716801/)
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8650741598_9ecc404a4c_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8650741598/)
Crossing the canal and aproaching the huge powerstation building we were met with shouts of what I assume is eastern-european for ‘Fuck off’ bellowed from 5 storeys up out of a broken window. All hopes of discrete entry into an unoccupied powerstation were dashed and I left…by which I mean I legged it into the site and joined the group which had now swelled to 14 with the addition of two more guys from The Netherlands. At this point I should say that my ideal group to explore with would be 2 or 3 at a push. It’s more discrete, stealthy, manuverable and all-round sensible. If I am to be honest I would probably have to class our attempt to infiltrate a disused powerstation overrun with dubious ‘demolition workers’ in what amounted to a football team (incliding subs) as hopeless.
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8125/8645402836_894222b28c_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8645402836/)
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8243/8645400952_ab1162386d_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8645400952/)
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8382/8645398836_30bc5f6b05_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8645398836/)
What followed was a lot of wandering about, attempts to call down what we were discovering was a huge team of men who appeared to have complete run of the place with a view to offering a little incentive in exchance for passage inside. What we got instead was the appearance of a very angry man shouting for (we think) a cigarette in an unidentified language and carrying a slightly concerning container of some purple industrial chemical. As a rule I tend to avoid situations like this as much as possible as they do have a tendancy to go south quickly. We left without shots from inside the complex …but also without chemical burns so I call that a draw.
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8644299065_a72cb94b37_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8644299065/)
As we climbed out the fence we were greeted by our friends at G4S who, while I don’t speak the native toung, I suspect was indicating that we come to have a word with him. Much as I like a good chat we had to be on our way so we left at a brisk pace pursued by our friend the guard and were basically chased out of town …onto the next of the day’s explores which I will post at a later date.
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8252/8644266829_ac86cdaaca_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8644266829/)
Not a total success but, also, not a complete failure since I was very happy with the cooling tower shots I got as well as the snapshots from the outside of the main building.
MrD
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8114/8644308053_dcf81f46ed_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8644308053/)
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8540/8638600724_882b3089dd_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8638600724/)
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8249/8638376336_18c3b3779b_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8638376336/)
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8544/8641838755_549d42c36d_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8641838755/)
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8529/8638379486_b6706aa211_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8638379486/)
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8543/8650831018_861a66ba5c_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8650831018/)
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8530/8649716801_0033246847_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8649716801/)
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8650741598_9ecc404a4c_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8650741598/)
Crossing the canal and aproaching the huge powerstation building we were met with shouts of what I assume is eastern-european for ‘Fuck off’ bellowed from 5 storeys up out of a broken window. All hopes of discrete entry into an unoccupied powerstation were dashed and I left…by which I mean I legged it into the site and joined the group which had now swelled to 14 with the addition of two more guys from The Netherlands. At this point I should say that my ideal group to explore with would be 2 or 3 at a push. It’s more discrete, stealthy, manuverable and all-round sensible. If I am to be honest I would probably have to class our attempt to infiltrate a disused powerstation overrun with dubious ‘demolition workers’ in what amounted to a football team (incliding subs) as hopeless.
9.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8125/8645402836_894222b28c_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8645402836/)
10.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8243/8645400952_ab1162386d_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8645400952/)
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8382/8645398836_30bc5f6b05_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8645398836/)
What followed was a lot of wandering about, attempts to call down what we were discovering was a huge team of men who appeared to have complete run of the place with a view to offering a little incentive in exchance for passage inside. What we got instead was the appearance of a very angry man shouting for (we think) a cigarette in an unidentified language and carrying a slightly concerning container of some purple industrial chemical. As a rule I tend to avoid situations like this as much as possible as they do have a tendancy to go south quickly. We left without shots from inside the complex …but also without chemical burns so I call that a draw.
12.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8644299065_a72cb94b37_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8644299065/)
As we climbed out the fence we were greeted by our friends at G4S who, while I don’t speak the native toung, I suspect was indicating that we come to have a word with him. Much as I like a good chat we had to be on our way so we left at a brisk pace pursued by our friend the guard and were basically chased out of town …onto the next of the day’s explores which I will post at a later date.
13.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8252/8644266829_ac86cdaaca_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdistopia/8644266829/)
Not a total success but, also, not a complete failure since I was very happy with the cooling tower shots I got as well as the snapshots from the outside of the main building.
MrD