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Wallpaper room windows Chateau Colimacon Spiral France Urbex Adam X Urban Exploration 2015 Abandoned decay lost forgotten derelict

Explore #146: Chateau Colimaçon, France – October 2015

July 3, 2016

Explore #4 of ‘The Royal Variety Tour’ Next up was this beautiful decaying old Castle with a rather special staircase… History Formerly a manor house built just before 1900, over time it was extended to a large mansion. Apparently the present owner is a wealthy engineer who now lives abroad whilst his chateau crumbles. The castle is nicknamed Colimaçon (which is French for ‘Spiral’) due to its incongruous but amazing back staircase which provides access to all floors from the…

Foot Factory Textile Stockings France Urbex Adam X Urban Exploration 2015 Abandoned decay lost forgotten derelict

Explore #145: “The Foot Factory”, France – October 2015

June 30, 2016

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France, Industrial & Commercial Sites

Explore #3 of ‘The Royal Variety Tour’ The next stop on our France and Belgium trip was this abandoned textile factory which specialised in manufacturing stockings and hosiery. We really enjoyed the colours, decay, and old machinery still left behind – and of course had to use the mannequin legs left behind for a rather special group shot! 😛 As always, click on a photo to VIEW LARGE …and I’ll leave you with this rather ace group shot – exploring…

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Explore #143: Reims-Gueux Race Track, France – October 2015

June 16, 2016

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Derps and Miscellaneous, France, Leisure Sites

Explore #1 of ‘The Royal Variety Tour’ This was a great long weekend of exploring in France and Belgium. After rendezvousing on the outskirts of London, our gang (comprising my usual exploring buddy James and his girlfriend Jade, and our friend Mark from t’North) cruised down to the Eurotunnel around midnight after work on Friday night, and then continued the long drive through the night into France… …at about 2am we broke up the journey by stopping over at the…