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Explore #225: Abandoned Trains, Waterside nr. Dunaskin, Scotland – September 2018

Explore #3 of the ‘North of The Wall’ Tour This was just a quick stopover to stretch our legs and have a look at some nice old abandoned trains, which would have once served a nearby former ironworks and brickworks which eventually closed in 1976. A heritage centre operated on that site from the late 1990s until funding was withdrawn in 2005. Thanks for steaming past. Adam X

Explore #224: Elvanfoot Parish Church aka Hoarders’ Church, Scotland – September 2018

March 4, 2019

Adam X

Churches and religious, United Kingdom

Explore #2 of the ‘North of The Wall’ Tour Tim and I met Mark at his house, and after an excellent and much needed home-cooked breakfast (cheers mate!) we headed north into Scotland. Our first stop was a crumbling church, crammed full with children’s toys, books, dolls, ornaments and other knick knacks… History Elvanfoot Parish Church was built in the with early 20th Century, with high pitched slate roofs and a tower with a pyramidical roof. It is thought that…