I pass by this old house each time I drive to Newmarket to visit my family. The house is on the outskirts of Bradford, on a hill, across the road from the Husky Truck Stop. This time I brought my digital camera and took pictures. I started just at the wooden fence surrounding the place. I couldn't see an easy way around it. After a few minutes I crawled under the fence in the driveway. I wish I had gone inside the house too, but I was alone so that didn't seem like a good idea. Not that anyone was there, there were no recent tracks in the snow other than my own. An abandoned house isn't safe and this one has been empty a long time.
The funniest thing that happened was losing my car keys. I had stuck them in my bra cause I had no pockets. At some point they had fallen out and I only noticed when I was back at the car, ready to unlock it and go.
My favourite picture is that one with the broken piece of chair. I love the house though, the look of it and how it sits on the hill.
So there's my little adventure and my first use of the digital camera. They turned out better than I expected. It was cold and my hands were a bit shaky but none of the photos are blurred or out of focus. I don't think they would have turned out so well if I had used my 35mm camera.
2 comments:
I like the pictures. And I just love old buildings, abandoned or not.
Unless they are haunted.
Hope you didn't have too much trouble finding your keys, ha,ha..
The keys weren't far from the fence I crawled under. Likely they fell out of my bra when I was making the undigified crawl under there. Luckily no one was there to take my picture.
I love old buildings, houses and etc. The abandoned ones are kind of sad but easier to access and explore, once you crawl under a fence.
They call it urban exploration, there are all kinds of websites from groups who explore derelict buildings and other buildings which people aren't supposed to explore. A lot of the boys like to go through strom drains, I guess it would be interesting and have history too, but it doesn't really appeal to me. I prefer the buildings. :)
Glad you liked the pictures. I have a bunch more. I'm looking for the best way to stick them up online. The files are ginormous from the digital camera. Blogger cried when I first tried to load them, as is. :D
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