{"id":457,"date":"2017-12-05T20:57:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T20:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/?p=457"},"modified":"2023-08-01T09:27:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T09:27:08","slug":"botanic-gardens-station-revisit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/?p=457","title":{"rendered":"Botanic Gardens Station Revisit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I never expected to be back in Botanic Gardens Station again after my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/?p=185\">first visit<\/a> &#8211; access was difficult and nerve wracking enough that risking it a second time didn&#8217;t seem worth it, and security was made even tighter last year. But a couple of weekends ago I found myself with some time to kill in Glasgow and, with rumours going around that this place was accessible, I decided to go check it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_3848_edited.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_3848_edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_3848_edited.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_3848_edited-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_3848_edited-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_3848_edited-768x499.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was glad I did, as only a few minutes later I was walking through the familiar tunnel once more, towards Glasgow&#8217;s famous disused subterranean station. I didn&#8217;t hang around this time as I was on my own so it didn&#8217;t seem a great idea from a safety point of view. But since I&#8217;d taken a pretty comprehensive set of photos on my first visit, there was no need to set up time consuming long exposures this time. I decided to take video instead, and you can see the result here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Botanic Gardens Station\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aK7GWU7NGdY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(I really need to find a way to stop the footage coming out so shaky when I&#8217;m walking around filming. It&#8217;s more than iMovie&#8217;s video stabilisation can cope with).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although nowhere near as exciting as the first time, it was good to see the place again and I enjoyed my quick morning walk round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMAG0099.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMAG0099.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMAG0099.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMAG0099-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMAG0099-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMAG0099-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Update:<\/b> and only two weeks later, I found myself back in the station again! I was in the gardens for an unrelated reason and discovered it was still accessible, so I contacted a friend who I knew really wanted to see it, and that afternoon we went in. This time it seemed like a bit of a tourist destination as there were two other groups of people in there at the same time as us! (You can just see one group in the background of the photo below). I don&#8217;t think I will ever get tired of this place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_3929_edited.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_3929_edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_3929_edited.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_3929_edited-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_3929_edited-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_3929_edited-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I never expected to be back in Botanic Gardens Station again after my first visit &#8211; access was difficult and nerve wracking enough that risking it a second time didn&#8217;t seem worth it, and security was made even tighter last year. But a couple of weekends ago I found myself with some time to kill [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transport","category-underground"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=457"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1258,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457\/revisions\/1258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcat.org.uk\/urbex\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}