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"Not all those who wander are lost" – Tolkien

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In the Gasometer – April 2010

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I’d looked at Gasometers since I was a kid, always fascinated by the scale of them, what they were, how they worked, and why they were built. Never quite got it, you see. Since long before I started exploring, I’d always fancied going up one, and on a night where we scoped out several other sites, this was the only one we ended up doing.

(This is why I still shoot Film)

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April 21st, 2010 at 2:38 am

Ticking Boxes – April 2010

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March/April 2010 has been quite a busy period, what with visiting some drains, getting high in London, doing some interesting new stuff and then some stuff that’s under lock and key until I feel like it (probably next week or so…)

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April 18th, 2010 at 8:22 pm

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My First Sewer – March 2010

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Having not been much of a sewer-rat since picking up this Urbex hobby/lifestyle/affliction, its been over 3 years since seeing pictures of the London Sewers and actually getting down there. Having always put it off in place of chasing asylums and local sites, the underground has grabbed me a little more having visited the Catacombs in Paris, and as such I made arrangements to get down under London for once.

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March 28th, 2010 at 3:00 am

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