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RE: Tales of the Urban Explorer: Josephine Butler Care Home

Have you ever done any urbanex in grain elevators / silos?

I don't think I have ever seen one, it's not a common industry here, or at least in my part of the country.

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Yeah okay, fair enough.

This sort of thing is what I mean:

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They're interesting to me as I've never been inside one, but it was always this tall imposing presence just outside the little country town I grew up in. There's windows along that middle top section running from foreground to background and as a kid I remember seeing lights on up there every once in a while. Maybe an office or control room or something. The view out those windows would be unreal!

Hell dangerous to explore though as it's so tall, around 30-40 meters. No lighting. Ladders and catwalks everywhere to get around, being an industrial plant. And the one I have in mind is at least 50 years old and has been sitting unused for half that. Plus, I'm pretty sure they extend underground about half their above-ground height.

So very, very intriguing! Just thinking about it has got my curiosity buzzing again.

Probably best to do it with harnesses and a few other people. But it wouldn't be hard to get in and it's in the middle of nowhere.

Maybe one day...

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Couldn't really called it urban exploration though, if I do it. Rural exploration.

Ruralex 😄

I have a bit of a vertigo issue so bad for me!

Ah yes, that would be an issue!