
Anyone tried a bivvy here?
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Re: Anyone tried a bivvy here?
Intriguing. A couple of hours along the canal from my house.
Old mental hospital though, could be spooky!
Could be a good Halloween night out
Old mental hospital though, could be spooky!
Could be a good Halloween night out
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Re: Anyone tried a bivvy here?
Think that Lennox castle. Not far from my house.
There's fencing round it but gaps you can get in if you're keen. Not bivvied there and a little too urban for me.
There's fencing round it but gaps you can get in if you're keen. Not bivvied there and a little too urban for me.
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This disused monastery is 8km from home, next to a mineral water bottling plant, also disused. Lots of lurid tales locally about it's history 

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Re: Anyone tried a bivvy here?
Can't place the first one. I'd be more freaked out kipping there than in the middle of a dark and stormy wood... Mainly fear of Glesca Keelus rather than spooks and monsters mind!
There a couple of old estate lodges up past Glenlivet that are empty, furnished and abandoned; which I've fancied a bivvy in.
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There a couple of old estate lodges up past Glenlivet that are empty, furnished and abandoned; which I've fancied a bivvy in.
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Re: Anyone tried a bivvy here?
I’d love to arrange an outing with boners there. Anyone fancy it next year?
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A good friend of mine (I'm sure a handful of people on here will know him too) is one of those urban explorers that visit and 'gain access to' abandoned or derelict buildings all over Europe to take photos; indeed he earns money from his photos. Very good photographer. Infuriatingly good mountain biker too



We go out into the hills to lose ourselves, not to get lost. You are only lost if you need to be somewhere else and if you really need to be somewhere else then you're probably in the wrong place to begin with.
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I'm sure one of those will turn on Grand Designs, sooner or later
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Re: Anyone tried a bivvy here?
One for John?

or maybe you fancy a French trip?


or maybe you fancy a French trip?

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I would Allen!Escape Goat wrote: ↑Mon Oct 03, 2022 10:36 pm I’d love to arrange an outing with boners there. Anyone fancy it next year?
DNF BB2020
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Sweet!! I’ll have a think.
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Here's another potential - no idea where it is though.


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Watched 'Hidden Wales: Last Chance to Save' last night, interesting programme about abandoned buildings
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0014zsh
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0014zsh
Re: Anyone tried a bivvy here?
Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Fri Oct 21, 2022 8:42 am Here's another potential - no idea where it is though.
Hřensko, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic.
I'll try to get a couple of pics up at the weekend that would be perfect for Boners, as I've forgotten my flickr login and how to upload pics
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PeterC wrote: ↑Fri Oct 21, 2022 9:28 amHello Péter - If you know of any on the Hungarian Divide route - Feel free to include them!Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Fri Oct 21, 2022 8:42 am Here's another potential - no idea where it is though.
Hřensko, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic.
I'll try to get a couple of pics up at the weekend that would be perfect for Boners, as I've forgotten my flickr login and how to upload pics![]()
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Re: Anyone tried a bivvy here?
PeterC wrote: ↑Fri Oct 21, 2022 9:28 amCan't imagine that place will get much sunshine!Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Fri Oct 21, 2022 8:42 am Here's another potential - no idea where it is though.
Hřensko, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic.
I'll try to get a couple of pics up at the weekend that would be perfect for Boners, as I've forgotten my flickr login and how to upload pics![]()
Looks like a cool gaff though