Finally the winter said goodbye and the new exploration season has already started in a very eventful way. After the latest visits of Chambre du Commerce and Chateau du Loup I went together with my fellow urbex companions Andy, Simone and Ben to a electrical power station known by the pseudonym ECVB. This building complex is large enough to stay there the whole day. Unfortunately the weather was really awful yesterday, so I could not take advantage of the amazing outside views I had from the upper floors and the roof of the building. But it is probably not the last time I visited this place because we had not enough time to visit everything.
Up to now I have only processed the first picture I have uploaded in the gallery ECVB Power Station in the Industrial Gallery. I have still to process a lot of pictures from this location and also from the locations I visited the last week. So, as always, don't forget to get back recently to see the latest additions for ECVB.
And finally, I did some industrial speleology this saturday. Unfortunately the mine I intended to visit in Moulaine has been closed very well and I could not take new shots of some pictures that failed the last time I was there. But I was not very sad to see this mine closed because it is one of the most beautiful mines to visit in the whole region and the fact that it has been closed is a way to protect it from thieves too. So we decided to visit another mine. But I will not disclose the name of the mine we have visited and pictures are only accessible to registered/trusted spelunkers. But I have made the pictures of Moulaine publicly available because the mine is not accessible anymore.
Yesterday was a very long exploration day. I left Luxembourg together with Gennaro at 8 o'clock. We had 3 locations on our list, Chambre du Commerce, Chateau du Loup and ECVB. It is nearly impossible to do those 3 locations in one day if you intend to take good photographs and not only snapshots (this kind of evidences to tell the others that you were there too ). So we decided to start with Chambre du Commerce because this is the most difficult and dangerous location of those three. I was very lucky because I have met Suspiciousminds, NeQo and Christophe in front of the building and we managed to get in all together. The three fellow urbexer did not stay very long into the building because there is a very high risk to get seen and arrested there. I have heard multiple stories of Urbexers that have been caught there these last days. I stayed there for more than one hour and after Gennaro has seen a security guard, we have decided to leave this hot place before being caught. Even the neighbors call the police if they see intruders in the building. But I think I have done some very nice pictures that can be found in the Chambre du Commerce Gallery under Public Infrastructure.
As the reconversion of Chateau du Loup has now just started, we decided to continue to this castle and to keep ECVB for another day. It is the second time I went there but this time I could gain access to the building and I think, both of us have made some very nice pictures from this location and we made the acquaintance of two very nice explorers that went there the same time as we did.. The pictures can be found under Chateau du Loup under Residential.
I was back at home at 8 o'clock PM and I quickly sorted out the best pictures. Now I am still processing the pictures and I will add pictures in both galleries as soon as I have processed them. So don't forget to come back regularly to check for new additions.
Although I have planned to do less explorations and to enlarge my photographic horizon by experimenting in other directions, I always get back to urban exploration. And the more I try to change my habits, the more explorations I do. Urbex is a strange little addiction.
So, this Sunday I went back for the third time to the university to visit the next building of the campus. I am still processing my pictures but I have already uploaded the first in the University gallery under public infrastructure. And again, Andy, Simone and Gennaro were my companions for that day.
Today I made a little trip through Luxembourg and I have visited four abandoned houses together with Misch. We have seen some farming houses and some small abandoned family houses. The highlight of the day was the Maison Thiry. I have already uploaded the first two pictures under Others in the residential galleries.
Be sure to come back regularly because I have still to process a lot of pictures concerning both locations.
As planned we went back to the abandoned university together with Andy, Simone and Gennaro to continue our exploation. This time we explored another building of the campus. This building is a little more trashed than the first one we visited two weeks ago, but I could manage to make some nice pictures too. The first processed picture has already been uploaded and I still have 3 or 4 others that are worth to be shown on Luxurbex. The new picture, a crusty auditorium, can be found in the new gallery University under Public Infrastructure.
And again, one of my pictures has been chosen for Quintin Jardine's latest novel called A Rush of Blood. Quintin Jardine is a Scottish author of two series of crime novels, featuring the characters Bob Skinner and Oz Blackstone. This is the twentieth and latest of the Bob Skinner novels and will be published June, 2010. (Quintin Jardine's Official Homepage - Quintin Jardine on Wikipedia). The book can be preordered at both amazon.co.uk and amazon.de with this cover.
Yesterday, I went together with some fellow urbexers, Andy, Simone and Gennaro to an abandoned university. The exploration was quite adventurous and I think that all of us made some nice pictures although we have visited only one of the four buildings thoroughly. This means that we will have to go back to continue our exploration very soon because the place is really huge and I am sure the other buildings contain some more amazing architectural treasures.
I am still processing my pictures but I have already started to upload a couple of them. You may find the pictures under Public -> University.
Don't forget to come back regularly to check for new pictures of the University and Black Darling.
This is a heavy loaded week-end, although it is still very cold. Yesterday I visited with some friends, Andy, Simone, Ben, Pascal and Holger, a 'not so really' abandoned coking plant in France. We had to play cat and mouse very often with the security guards but we managed to get in and out without too many problems. You can imagine that the name Black Darling has been born in our imagination because we want to keep this place secret. I will try to put some information about the plant itself without going too much into details. I think we were the first explorers to visit it. The pictures can be found under Industry - Others.
Today is another day of exploration and I am sure I'll take a lot more pictures today than yesterday. There were only silos, coking ovens and conveyor belts at the coking plant. So, don't forget to come back regularly because there will be new pictures over the next few days.
I am happy to announce that one of my pictures has been chosen for the latest edition of Quintin Jardine's novel called Skinner's Ordeal. Quintin Jardine is a Scottish author of two series of crime novels, featuring the characters Bob Skinner and Oz Blackstone. This is the fifth of the Bob Skinner novels originally written in 1995. (Quintin Jardine's Official Homepage - Quintin Jardine on Wikipedia). The book can be preordered at amazon.co.uk with the new cover.
Yesterday I went together with Andy and Simone to visit an abandoned Castle in Belgium, the Chateau du Loup. But, because we could not manage to get in at the time we were there, we decided to change our plans and to visit the Transfo. Days are short, but we left at 7 o'clock in the morning, so we had still time to change our plans. I think it was a good idea to change the plans because one part of this power plant is being destroyed and the most beautiful part is being reconverted as a museum and cultural center. I created a new menu for Transfo because I have made enough pictures to dedicate it a whole page. Actually there are only 4 pictures but many more will come at the beginning of the next week. So, don't forget to come back recently for updates. The pictures can be found under Transfo in the industrial gallery.
Edit: All pictures have been posted today (29/12/09)
I have just realized that I forgot to make the pictures of the mine in Hussigny-Godbrange publicly available when I created the public section for Industrial Speleology. This old iron ore mine has been reconverted to a museum and can be visited on demand. I encourage people who really want to see without risks what an iron ore mine is and how our grand fathers used to work decades ago, to visit this mine. I have uploaded a PDF Information Flyer which can be found here.
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). So we decided to start with Chambre du Commerce because this is the most difficult and dangerous location of those three. I was very lucky because I have met 
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