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A crumbling mausoleum set amongst the woods. Trees are growing out of the roof of a mausoleum.

What an abandoned mausoleum tells us about the passing of time

How an abandoned mausoleum tells us that a year many dread will pass to better times.

January 17, 2024 in Scotland.
Old boarded building

Surveillance at an abandoned psychiatric hospital

Wandering around an abandoned psychiatric village outside Edinburgh

February 6, 2023 in Scotland.
View of cruise ship partly blocked by hedge

Cycling for freedom during coronavirus

During a time of shrunken horizons, cycling is escape and freedom exploring a city of strange wonder.

July 15, 2020 in Glasgow, Psychogeography.
Line of rusting abandoned railway engines

Abandoned railways, restored heritage

Exploring abandoned and restored industrial railway heritage in south Scotland and Yorkshire.

March 20, 2019 in History, Scotland.
Inside the abandoned / chapel building in Bedlam. Some furniture, blue walls, table, plastic curtains

Abandoned in Bedlam

Bedlam is at the end of the road, but that’s the least of it.

August 31, 2018 in Uncategorized.
Industrial complex at dusk

Grangemouth: the beauty in industry

It’s outdated, sprawling, industrial and CO2 spewing. Yet there’s also a strange beauty to be found walking by the Grangemouth Refinery.

April 30, 2018 in Scotland.
Ruins of castle bathed in sunshine

The abandoned ruins of Lennox Castle

Lennox Castle is an impressive ruin, lost in the woods, gleaming in winter sunshine and overlooked by the snow dusted Campsie Fells.

February 28, 2018 in History, Scotland.
Strange statue of a figure in front of a French town hall, Chenonceau, France

Postcards from the Loire

Wildlife, chateau, borders – notes from walking one of France’s most beguiling rivers.

August 24, 2017 in Travel.
Ruins of Cambusnethan House - windows, walls and blue sky

Crawford Priory Revisited: abandoned ruins and golf balls

A return visit to the enigmatic ruins of Crawford Priory yields family memories, new secrets and golf balls.

April 17, 2017 in Psychogeography, Scotland.
Two red brick pillars in front of a tunnel underneath a railway line

New Year / Old Year: Remains of an abandoned industrial estate

Urban exploration: wandering the remains of an abandoned industrial estate in search of graffiti art.

January 3, 2017 in Glasgow, Psychogeography, Scotland.

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