It's been a while since I shot any photography at all and even longer since I did any urban exploration around an abandoned location. So this morning in the thick fog I decided to take a trip to Redmires Reservoir and the abandoned waterworks I'd spotted on an urbexer's website.
I wasn't sure if this place was still accessible since the last report I could find dated back to June of 2022. Nearly 6 months later it was a gamble on my part whether I could actually get in to this place.
I parked as close as I could get, navigated down a foggy track, through woodland, over a dry stone wall and there it was.
Redmires Waterworks
As you enter the waterworks building, this is the scene. When I spot a random chair, I like to re-arrange it so it's part of the composition.
As I bumbled down the slippy bank from the path, this was apparently the entrance.
I soon realised there was an easier way in. I'm built for comfort and not for speed and I'm all for not having to climb up or down slippy stuff!
It seems a recent visitor to Redmires was a huge fan of Liz(z) Truss' nice titties!
This morning's explore was a moody affair with fog and almost freezing weather. I think I need to return with a model to brighten things up a little!
Another view of the long gallery and that chair again.
The misty conditions this morning made for a dreamy, painterly image.
It seems a recent visitor thought the NHS is shit. Wierdly around the walls were quite a lot of right wing statements.
No visit to an abandoned building would be complete without a giant cock and balls painted on a wall or floor somewhere. This was a particularly big one!
One of my usual complaints or observations looking at other urban explorer's post is that they don't include many photos of the exterior of the building. This is the waterworks under a foggy sky.
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