Subject: Crete Rd Reservoir and the hills reservoir 17/11/2010 Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:05 am
Right a visit has been long over due..crete road the facts as is written are these
Construction work on the reservoir was completed on 2nd July 1866 and was used to supply a nearby soft drink factory in Folkestone with water. There are two tanks, each approximately 88ft long and lined with cement.
The second thing we came Across behind a big steel door in near by woodlands ive done a quick scour of the net and i nelieve its called the hills reservoir..if im wrong please feel free to inform me..i believe its about 600 yeards long and i think was built around 1953 and atthe far end is valves and various pipes etc and a ladder leading into a room ,with a locked gate at top of ladder so thats as far as we got..
crete rd it self i didnt faff around with effects or playing around with lighting i was cold wet and glad i didnt slip 14 odd foot of the metal beam to my cameras death so i got some pics.. Visited with uncle B and nite walker
Right crete road first whic ive been told and now realise would have been so much nicer during the day to find and explore
Not a huge amount of pics you can get from inside this place unless you have the time to play with some different coloured lighting or maybe play with some things that burn which funnily enuff i didnt bring...
Right onto the Hills reservoir or at least the tunnel leading up to the pumping room which was locked tight!!
Right not the most epic of adventures,but crete road has been in mind for a while and the second part behind the big door was a bonus..cheers to obs for the nod about said door..
Canute
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Subject: Re: Crete Rd Reservoir and the hills reservoir 17/11/2010 Thu Nov 18, 2010 8:38 am
Very nicely lit pictures - and that other site was a real bonus
Obscurity Admin
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Subject: Re: Crete Rd Reservoir and the hills reservoir 17/11/2010 Fri Nov 19, 2010 7:38 am
nice one dude, these are defo some of your best pictures yet. Evenly lit and exposed It may have take a few phone calls and a load of texts but ya got round everything in the end. Good effort
Subject: Re: Crete Rd Reservoir and the hills reservoir 17/11/2010 Fri Nov 19, 2010 7:54 am
Obscurity wrote:
nice one dude, these are defo some of your best pictures yet. Evenly lit and exposed It may have take a few phone calls and a load of texts but ya got round everything in the end. Good effort
Its the curse of the night time explorer who doesnt wanna spend half the night wandering around ..your the fone a friend soption
Mr Fro
Posts: 69 Join date: 2010-07-22 Location: Thanet
Subject: Re: Crete Rd Reservoir and the hills reservoir 17/11/2010 Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:01 pm
Good stuff Wevs, Quality place and cracking photos!
Subject: Re: Crete Rd Reservoir and the hills reservoir 17/11/2010 Mon Nov 22, 2010 11:21 am
Canute wrote:
It's one I'm planning to do in the next few weeks (the Victorian part anyway) but I'm not looking forward to walking across that beam
chris i was worryng bout that i dont have the best of balance due to my 2nd fav hobby ..beer!!you can hold both sides of the wall and once over the first bit theres a ladder down really was a doddle
Canute
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Subject: Re: Crete Rd Reservoir and the hills reservoir 17/11/2010 Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:01 pm
Cheers mate. Have you done Grain Battery yet? There's a bit there where you cross from the Martello tower to the accommodation block - if you're cool you walk across a concrete plank - er ... I crawled
Subject: Re: Crete Rd Reservoir and the hills reservoir 17/11/2010 Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:02 pm
Canute wrote:
Cheers mate. Have you done Grain Battery yet? There's a bit there where you cross from the Martello tower to the accommodation block - if you're cool you walk across a concrete plank - er ... I crawled
nope not yet mate its a tad of a drive for a night time one with me and uncle b
Crete Rd Reservoir and the hills reservoir 17/11/2010
Subject: Crete Rd Reservoir and the hills reservoir 17/11/2010 
Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:05 am
but ya got round everything in the end. 
