Abandoned Scottish rollercoaster
A strange encounter and killer clowns in an abandoned fairground.
I have contributed a short article to the excellent Unofficial Britain website which is a hub for unusual perspectives on the landscape of the British Isles, exploring the urban, the rural and those spaces in between.
A longer version of this article can be read here.
Unofficial Britain
You’ll discover urban legends, arcane practices, alternative histories, re-imagined pasts, lost states, abandoned trails, unexplored nooks, cryptozoological beasts, haunting soundscapes, unreliable narrators, hallucinatory visions, analogue trips, contrary accounts and aimless wanders. Find out more.
Which is all great!
Abandoned fairground ride, Loudon Park, Scotland
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Very cool article and website that merits a bit of exploration.
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Thanks! I discovered the website a while ago and much enjoyed its offbeat look at Britain so far.
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Alex I did pick up the longer version on Twitter. Great post.
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Thanks and glad you enjoyed it. There is a longer version coming in a month or two. More of the killer clowns in the next version which was enjoyable to write!
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Really enjoyed your article and discovering a cool website!
On a somewhat related note, this reminded me of a friend’s story about The Enchanted Forest, an amusement park (in the States – Ellicott City, Maryland, to be exact) that she’d loved as a child that had been abandoned and left to rot as the popularity of more high-tech amusements superseded such a gentle, old-fashioned place. There are plenty of photos around the web if you look – less menacing and more melancholy than your abandoned fairground, but similar in spirit, I think.
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Thanks for the kind comments! Quite a few people have contacted to me to tell me about an abandoned fairground near them, or one they have explored. It seems to strike a chord on many different levels, possibly for the reason your friend explored in her story – childhood memories and the feeling of a place once filled with families and children having fun. I had a quick look at the Maryland and there is a gentle, colourful sort of Disney feel to the place from the photos I found.
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Congrats on the outside contributions, Alex. This looks like a very interesting place!
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