Abandoned mines...

I've always had a facination with abandonded places, thought it was a bit odd to be honest, no one else seemed to be quite as enthralled as me with peeling paintwork, rusting struts and dark, dank places...

But this place is none of those things. This abandoned (copper, I think, either copper or tin) mine in Coniston (in the Lake district (UK)) was last operational around the 1930s and since then it's remoteness and the the climate there have enabled it to gently collapse without too much help from passing people. The mine workings cover the mountain, there are little openings, some of which end where they've collapsed, and some of which wend their way into the moutain; albeit with sudden, gaping maws into which unwary explorers fall.

This section of the mine workings has clearly been stripped of the copper from the motors/generators, and has then been left to nature's destructive power. There will, probably, be more to follow. I've not developed the film shots from our time there, these are just the digital shots....

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Abandoned Gents....[2]

Okay, I don't have an obsession with Gents Loos, although it might look that way...


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And on it goes

So, I took today off sick. Something, perhaps the chilli-dogs last night, or the huge quantity of cheese didn't agree with me... Spent most of the day doing a website for some friends; which was silly, I should've been working.

Still feeling a bit grotty for no known reason. My stomach feels very acidy - it has done all day - I took some 'tums' earlier, but they've not really helped. I think it's probably me stressing about stuff that's doing it. I've still got loads of work to do before the end of the month (hey, yes, I should have been working) and money's been a tad on the short side. I definately shouldn't really have done pride.

But there you go, you make your decisions and live with them.

My desk has degenerated into piles of stuff that should have been done again. Bleh.
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