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There are millions of abandoned restaurant, but this one was set up in a train cart.
It was located in catskill mountains - almost in the middle of nowhere. The train cart, and the bar attached to it, was abandoned due to the flood damage.
The information above was from a local police. He stopped and chatted with me a little bit when I was shooting the exterior of this place.
Also, he definitely know what trespassing and urbex is. I tried to pretend that I was just a regular tourist, while he said:
"Isn't it unique? I always love abandoned stuff."
Some history: This medieval fortress was erected in the 15th century. It was the most westerly stronhold of the powerful Norman family, named Barry, who held vast areas of County Cork.
In 1602 the castle was surrendered to British Elizabethan forces and was sold to Arthur Freke in 1641. The castle was beseiged in 1642 by a force of Irish led by the McCarthy clan. The siege lasted for ten months! after which the Frekes had to leave. (being besieged for 10 months is rather tiresome, one would need a vacation....)
The Frekes returned in due course, and bought the nearby port town of Baltimore in 1703 for £1,809! (today, that would just about get you a good weekend in Baltimore wink emoticon )
The Frekes thus became one of the most powerful families and largest landowners in the county. In 1910 the castle was destroyed by fire but was rebuilt and a new wing added in the following five years.
During the War of Independence (1919-1921), John Evens Freke flew the Irish Tricolour over Castlefreke, in support of the Irish rebellion against British rule. He became a pioneer in the new science of aviation and, in the summer of 1913 and 1914, gave many exhibitions of aeroplane flying and aerobatics, and had served during World War I in the Royal Flying Corps. When the War was over, he purchased lands in Kenya, as did many British officers. He left Ireland c.1926 and went to live in South Africa. He died in Johannesburg, 24th December 1970.
Castlefreke estate of about 1,000 acres was taken over by Irish Land Commission and divided up between neighboring small farmers and the Irish Forestry Commission. In recent years forest walks and picnic areas have been open to the public.
So the focal length my fisheye lens is kind of broken but it allows me to take close up shots so I thought that I might as well use it for lego shots.
EDIT: I took apart my fisheye and fixed the issue, therefore it no longer is able to take shots this close up.
Before I took my hike on Mount Etna, Shirley and I visited and did the normal tourist exploration. That involved a trip up on the cable car at Etna Sud followed by a local hike. Such events arn't really my cup of tea but it did give Shirl a good degree of an intro into the terrain and environment.
This photo was taken a few hundred feet lower than one of the small volcanic cones (Cisternazza I think) close to the top of the summit gondola station. It clearly shows a party making their way along the edge of a cone. Of course the cloud swirling around adds nicely to the atmosphere.
One of the new LEGO astronauts is exploring an unknown planet where she discovers an unusual green rock :-)
This shot was inspired by the new geode pieces from the LEGO Space sets. I couldn't wait to use a @Brickstuff LED to make it glow :-)
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I spent around 2 hours here just exploring the desert - love it!
Painted Desert, Arizona
“What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? - it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.” - Jack Kerouac