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Explore #21b (second revisit): Theme Park, Suffolk – December 2013

January 4, 2014

High Stuff, Leisure Sites, United Kingdom

This was my third explore of this local theme park, following my two earlier visits. The target this time was the largest rollercoaster in the park – the “Wipeout”, measuring 935 feet in length, with 3 inversions and a maximum G force of 5.2. But we were most interested in its height – 116.5 feet might not sound an awful lot, but trust me on a dark and windy night it felt plenty high enough! According to its entry in…

Explore #21 and #21a (revisit): Theme Park, Suffolk – November and December 2013

December 15, 2013

Adam X

High Stuff, Leisure Sites, United Kingdom

And now for something a bit different – a theme park! A group of intrepid explorers recently met up for a covert visit to this amazing location on a dark and cold winter’s night. Some of us, myself included, had not been here since summer holidays back in our childhoods! The site is still operational, but currently closed for the winter. It was so much fun that I also paid a pre-dawn revisit with Unexposed Exploration. Both visits were fairly…

Explore #19: Thorpe Le Soken Maltings and King Edward VII pub, Essex – November 2013

December 13, 2013

Adam X

High Stuff, Industrial & Commercial Sites, United Kingdom

After explores at Severalls (busted) and the former Wardle Storeys Industrial site, there was just time to give this site a flying visit before sunset. We were only intending on exploring the Maltings, but upon arrival the façade of the former King Edward VII pub also caught our attention – although internal access sadly evaded us. King Edward VII pub This pub was built in 1901, and was so named to commemorate the King’s coronation year. My cursory googling hasn’t…