by battles » Sun Jan 26, 2003 10:35 am
Scott/mbf,
How you doing?
Nice to find friendlies in a new board.
There are loads of locations in Edinburgh (other towns/cities, too) that I like going to, but I don't think they'd hold the same appeal for a visitor. Mostly, they're only interesting to me because I've spent years seeing and walking by them every day.
Having a look at the Uni campus that used to be a madhouse shouldn't be a problem, it's easy to bluff the rent-a-cop security guards.
More interesting, in terms of the challenge and the site, is the old Gogarburn Hospital. It was a mental health treatment unit intil 1999. It's in pretty bad shape, but access is quite easy and I've only been challenged once while visiting. It's used as a pass through by cyclists and dog walkers.
There are some reasonably freaky sights around the site. An annexe that looks like it was a nursery because of the multi-coloured hand painting on the windows. But then I noticed that the hand prints were bigger than mine. Some of the art, probably by the inmates, in the recreation centre is quite disturbing.
Overall, the place has the look of a disaster film, where the people all ran away suddenly.
There are lots of reasons to come and visit Scotland, UE might be a small part of it.
Cheers,
Battles