Welcome to Rob's Urban Exploring. I am an urban explorer with an interest in abandoned places or anything of historical interest. Such as bunkers, abandoned buildings, historical sites and disused military places ranging from old to the present day. Also on the odd occasion a trip into the wilderness.
My first time gokarting was here I know the place is now demolished and currently being built on still remember it even had a few artworks of drivers including the late Colin McRae
My first time gokarting was here I know the place is now demolished and currently being built on still remember it even had a few artworks of drivers including the late Colin McRae
Hello, my camera flash suddenly stopped working and I ordered a new flash but after installing the new flash the flash option from the camera menu can not be activated and it does not matter if I choose a manual, auto or any other option. The flash can not be activated. Do you have any suggestions ? I will very highly appreciate your help. Thank you so much for your help
Hi that's a strange issue, is the cable connected properly inside, have you tried the broken one to see if it pops up. It's possible that the new one could be faulty. Is the spring put back in place for it as that might cause an issue too. Apart from that I'm not sure. I don't think they are like mobile phones as they aren't programmed to the camera 🤔
My great grandfather lived in this house, with his family, at one time. He was definitely there in 1910. According to the Valuation records, he owned the House in 1903
It seems to me, that a town or city will never really get any better when grand old buildings like this are allowed to be demolished by useless town planners, in favour of a ‘Starbucks’. Where’s the sense in these people?? Is it back handers or what?
Yeah I fully agree, on one hand I do like how nature takes over places when we just leave them but when decay has been forced by people thrashing places is quite saddening
Hi unfortunately I don't have access to the camera but from what I can remember there's a small spring that makes it pop up when you push the button. It might have come off inside or gotten stuck. You will have to take it apart to find out. After you open it there's a little cover holding the spring in place on the side of the camera. Be careful when removing this as you could lose the spring. Hope this solves your issue 🤞
Nice video rhanks for uploading. What I didn't know was how big the site was (dispersed site) with a gas cleansing station hidden in the woods, a utility building down by the Blackadder, foundations in lots of locations. And the graves of young airmen in Fogo churchyard.
Ooo I didn't know about the gas cleansing station. I might have to look that up if I get time. Yeah it is quite a big site and it's nice to see the runway still exists too
The gas cleansing bldg has the remains of the shower system inside it. You've probably seen the book, The Charterhall Story? Doesn't go into much depth about the site, but has an illegible map of the whole layout, not just the airfield
Hi thanks for your question. Looking at them I would say it would be a similar process as they almost look identical. You may find some screws might be in different places but as long as you remember where they all came from will help. Try taking photos on a phone if that helps. If it's the front of the lense that needs cleaning then it should be exactly the same.
Out of curiosity… do you remember seeing a basement or anything that would indicate a basement? I was walking on the demolition site last week and distinctly realised I was walking on floorboards, then noticed gaps which opened to something below
Hi Iain I vaguely remember when walking along the front of the building there were steps down from the outside to a lower level about half way along. So it's highly possible there might be something underneath, possibly a boiler room. That's why walking inside was quite tricky as the floor was very unsafe in places and had collapsed right through. I think you can see near the start of my video. It's the bit where you can see the floor above had fallen all the way through into a possible basement or larger crawl space. Same with the part where all the radiators were in the corridor made into a walkway.
@@RobsUrbanExploringPossibly the area on the left at 1:34 ? It’s hard to estimate where I was since I was walking on bare, open foundations but I definitely ended up walking on a floor of some description with holes and got quite a fright! I tried to look down with a torch but I couldn’t see how far it went or how big the area was
@@RobsUrbanExploringOr it could well be the area you mention where an upper level fell through, I do remember it was slightly higher by maybe half a foot than the surrounding foundation and it was outlined by cinderblock walls. All very irrelevant stuff but I find these places very interesting even when it’s just a possible basement left amongst a demolished hospital
I visited this site last year and couldn’t get inside the building despite climbing the fence. Just attempted to revisit it today and found it demolished. Really shocked a building like this could be levelled with no preservation at all but so be it. I just hope a similar fate doesn’t occur for cairndhu house, which is a remarkably similar looking building in Northern Ireland, although its interior is utterly ruined.
That's terrible, I think they do it on purpose. If they leave it long enough so it's beyond financial repair they are able to knock it down due to a safety risk. It was bad enough when I was there. It's the only place I've had to watch what's above my head and where I'm putting my feet at the same time. The original plan was for the collage to use it as a halls of residence.
Thanks, not really much to see but definitely worth a wander about if you get bored. It would have been a really big airfield at one time. Sadly the main road was built where the runway used to be.
I spent 5 days there in 1989/ 1990 with my P7 class. Amazing trip, my dad was also a teacher on the residential visit. St Mark's Primary in Irvine ❤️ happy days!
Apologies for the late reply, I'm pleased you found my video useful. I didn't actually clean the gear. I had to extend the lens fully so it would re align itself. The camera was dropped on the lense and it had jumped some teeth, the motor didn't know how far in or out it was. Hope that makes sense. If you did want to clean it I would just use some IPA and a toothbrush and then re greece after but be careful you don't get any on the sensor 🙂
it's really difficult to remove those glue of all the five positions. Is there any easier way to remove those ? because it's not that you just detach the glue from the lens and you are good to go ! NO YOU HAVE COMPLETELY REMOVE THE GLUE SO THAT YOU CAN ROTATE THE LENS TO REMOVE IT.
Thanks for your question, yeah it's quite hard to remove. I used a small flat head screwdriver an gouged at it. Once it starts to budge it came out in a small lump. Watch you don't slip an slice your finger tho. I used b7000 glue as it's easy to remove if you need to do it again.
@@pritambiswas4185 o dear, my small screw driver is only about 1mm wide. You could always try rubbing alcohol if you have any. It might help to soften it.
@@CalumRaasay yea me too it's definitely the best one I've been in. If your passing it's worth a quick look just incase. It defo wasn't shut as it was raised up unfortunately I only had my fingers to try an lift it open.
Hi Carl I'm good thanks, hope you're keeping well too. i started a new job last year editing photos. Unfortunately this takes up most of my time so I haven't been able to get out exploring much 😭. Il have to pop over to Lewis's chanel an check his video out 😊
Sad to see this. I'm 44 , went here with the school for a week when in primary 7. Great memorys. Days out adventuring ayrshire. Guy called hendry was our guide. Took us to wanlockhead mining village and into the hills in the snow , found some fools gold. Great intro to the outdoors of scotland for a kid. The dormitory I was in was middle right when facing the building , can remember looking out the window. Truly saddened. I'll never forget the place. Thanks for video
Thanks for your lovely memory Howard. It sounds like you had lots of fun doing different activities. It's such a shame this facility was closed for these school trips ☹️
Yeah it's such a shame it was knocked down especially to be replaced by a Starbucks. Gala doesn't need anymore places selling coffee, especially overpriced ones ☹️
Wow, it’s a amazing seeing it like this. It’s so depressing now someone has tried to set fires and has destroyed the beautiful banister including the church. It’s scarily haunted in there just so sad to see it now
Hi Katie that's such a shame 😢, I've only been past it at night recently an noticed the big security fences around the place. I've not been in since I made the video.
I spent 5 days in Glaisnock house in 1977.. I was 12 years old and this was my final primary school trip. I have great memories of my school mates and of our experience there . Glaisnock was an absolutely magnificent building , a really special house that had an atmosphere and a presence that few buildings can match..To see it like this is truly shocking . I truly hope that one day it will be restored to it's former magnificence .
Thanks for sharing your memories, even in its current condition I could see it once was a magnificent building. I'm pleased my video braught back memories for you an I agree I hope they do something with the building soon before it's too late to save 😊
Hi Jade thanks for your comment. You are party right. I put the full history in the description. It was originally built as a mansion in 1833 but it didn't become a school until 1952 when the council took it over. Either way its still a fascinating building 😊
Just viewed your video, thanks, enjoyed it very much. I took some photos from the outside a while back. My 3x great grandparents ran the inn in the bigger of the 2 buildings around 1860. There are some stories about it and the immediate area on the internet.
Hi Ian sorry for the late reply, I'm pleased you enjoyed my video. I was tempted to go back for another visit to see if there had been any changes. Thank you for the historical insight, I hadn't realised it was as old as that or the fact it was an inn 😊