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Rank Hovis Mill Ramsgate (Visited Feb 2012) - 2013

The Urban Adventurer

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There is an excessive amount of pipe porn in this report and some mild HDR ..the external shots have been spruced up to convey the full horror of the weather !

Well…the weather..the pigeons and the infamous metal recyclers were going to be against us today..after a rather silly way of getting in (yep should have hopped over the front gate!) we had a good mooch about this place. A lot of the machinery has been stripped out but there are the occasional bits still in place. Pigeons have taken over!

Views from the roof would have been amazing if the dam sky had been blue, as it was the overcast dull grey sky did kind of put a cramp in the day…especially after the big ladder climb onto the roof !

The Rank Hovis Flour Mill was built in 1865 and was designed by Edward Welby Pugin. It closed in 2005. The mill survived two world wars, but sustained heavy bombing during World War 2. There are actually air raid tunnels underneath the site.

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who broke the window

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first pipe porn shot..

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if only this would have started !

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I dare you to enter the bin !

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in the top of the silo..

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a little more pipe porn for ya !

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over the edge..

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on top of the silos

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a little bit of blue pipe porn

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through the square window..

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the big red machine

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ye olde mill

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convey me to the roof..

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up and down the wooden stairs we climbed

Well that's it..would love to go back on a nice sunny day to get some more pics of the view from the silo towers and roof !

 

Shush

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I wondered what that place was like, and its very nice. Nice shots chap :D

 

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Nice set of pics TUA, looks a decent place to get out of the horrible weather!

 

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Nice shots as per, and looks an interesting place to mooch about in :jump

 

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Location looks ace mate , pictures are spot on lovely .thanks for sharing (y)

 

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Cheers for the feedback guys...i believe the place is a little bit more secure these days but there is always a way in..often wanted to go back at night for some shots from that roof...you can see miles!

 

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Another great set of write up and pics & nothing wrong with pipe porn or mild HDR.

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Its a nice splore this cheers for the share

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Nice report mate shame it had the secuirty in there for a while..well more like pikeys with vans and hard hats its totaly destroyed even more than it was a few years ago!

 

Nelly

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I do love this place, plenty of machinery left for the togs :)

 

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how'd i miss this !? loooovely as always !

 
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