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| schiehallion |
Polphail, the ghost village at Portavadie, Argyll
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| cybers |
I see they have removed the asbestos notices from there !
Great set of images all the same schiehallion. It still reminds me of Boghall Bathgate on a saturday night though. 
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| Scary |
Cheers schiehallion 
They look a bit ramshackle almost GKC with the concrete/ brick / timber theme and falling down like lot of their projects. |
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| katimac |
Re: Polphail, the ghost village at Portavadie, Argyll
Is that a dead sheep?  Looks like a leg sticking out the bottom.
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| schiehallion |
Re: Polphail, the ghost village at Portavadie, Argyll
Aye it was a dead sheep in a room. I was creeping along an empty corridor when a door burst open and a sheep and its' lamb came hurtling out in panic. I screamed like a big lassie. |
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| katimac |
Re: Polphail, the ghost village at Portavadie, Argyll
 Looks like an interesting place to visit though, great pictures!
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| cheesylion |
I'd love a wee nosy about there, wee mental note made for a future day out. | ||
| schiehallion |
Great wee day out - go the scenic route - take the car over Wemyss Bay to Rothesay then drive up to Rhubodach and go across the Kyles Of Bute to Colintraive then round by Tighnabruaich to Portavadie. Or go Gourock-Dunoon. Top it off with a foot passenger return trip Portavadie to Tarbert and a cone out the wee cafe. | ||
| Saltmarketeer |
Cracking pics Schiehallion.
Is that the village which was built by a Local Council for shipping business that never came? Occupied or abandoned; the place just looks grim and creepy to me. |
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| schiehallion |
Aye it was built for the oil rig construction industry but never inhabited. |
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| dickyhart |
wow, nice find, love to visit it one day. | ||
| Stuball |
Guess where I've been 
P.S. I've moved this thread from 'Been Somewhere Good' to 'The Universe and beyond...' |
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| cybers |
Erm is it cumberland square
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| Stuball |
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| cybers |
Cmon you enough with the rationing get thum postit 
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| Stuball |
Patience is a virtue... The best can be worth waiting for... Just haud yer weesht! |
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| Stuball |
Coin-op machines that have never span a cycle.... but still someones forced open the coin box
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| Stuball |
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| cybers |
Think this place needs a heavy duty invasion before it's gone.
Great photo's Stu |
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| cheesylion |
I really fancy a wee trip up here!! |
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| cybers |
Anyone Else willing to get it organised ?
Will chip in with the usual 3 - 4 seats at a nominal fee for derv. |
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| Scary |
I`m up for a wee trip there
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| wee minx |
Waow, that's a long run , but I'm up for that , i would be a driver , as I would deffo get sick along that road, it's nearly at Machrahanish . Up dead early, good long run, loads to see...sounds good  .
Looks like something that would have to be short notice to be best chance of reasonable weather. |
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| cybers |
Sounds like the start of a plan.... | ||
| Saltmarketeer |
Macrahanish eh?
I'm sure there's a rather funky runway up that neck of the woods too. One of the longest in Europe and alleged testing runway of the fabled Mach 6 Aurora black jet project.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_%28aircraft%29 |
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| cybers |
Dunno bout that but it's a;so the alleged Testing ground of the old Stealth when it was in hiding
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| dickyhart |
can i come? | ||
| wee minx |
Auch....awrite then 
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| Scary |
Can we get this organised soon, I`m ok for this weekend and most after. | ||
| Scary |
Jeezo, don`t all rush at once
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| Stuball |
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| wee minx |
Stop teasing, you
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| Stuball |
I'm sure I've drank in worse looking places than this...
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| cybers |
i think i might have caused a few watering holes to look like this 
Though not this one as there is no puddle of puke |
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| Stuball |
No puke... but all the brown stuff on the floor? Thats sheep sh!t | ||
| cybers |
Aye but that was probably from when that boozer was still open...
Maaaa - Maaaa
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| dickyhart |
pub was called "the rams head! | ||