West Lothian: abandoned offices and derelict brickworks, July 2014
For our first “proper” explore in several months (life has been getting in the way lately), my faithful exploring buddy and I had our sights[...]
St. Peter’s Seminary, February 2014
“The best modern building in Scotland”, “Where modernism crawled up a hill to die”, or “It looks like a multistorey car park[...]
Wilton Mills and Bristol Mill, December 2013
The Scottish Borders have been known for their textile industry for hundreds of years now. A number of imposing old mill buildings survive in the region’s[...]
Pitt Street Bar, November 2013
This was one of the most pointless “explores” I’ve done so far. I’m still posting about it for completeness, and to give a flavour[...]
Gray, Dunn & co. Biscuit Factory, October 2013
We explored the Gray, Dunn & Co. factory after a frustrating morning of failure at another site. (I won’t say where because I’m still hoping[...]
East Fortune Hospital, August 2013
Tucked away in the woods in a fairly remote corner of East Lothian is a decaying cluster of low brick buildings. Originally opened as a tuberculosis sanatorium[...]
Gilmerton Cottage, July 2013
Another small explore that a lot of people probably wouldn’t bother with, but it was a building I’d been passing nearly daily for several years,[...]
Cammo Home Farmhouse, June 2013
I was disproportionately happy to explore this place. It’s not the most exciting of buildings, but there’s something nice about finally exploring[...]
Shrubhill Tram Depot, June 2013
Anyone who’s been to Edinburgh in the last 5 years couldn’t have failed to notice the mayhem caused by the new tram “system” being[...]