Tales of the Urban Explorer: 'Kartmans'

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“Well that was handy, wasn’t it?”

A lay-by possibly 100 yards from our target was a pleasant surprise. Parking close to Time Capsules was usually a proverbial pain in the arse.

Rural ones tend to be the worst, just off narrow country lanes where you know damn well Farmer Giles is going to appear and scuttle you off the road, as well as giving you suspicious looks.

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Kartmans' was looking promising at least from our view. Tucked away, tree-lined, roof intact and with a name, I had no idea about.

All we had to do was scramble through all that course bush and we would be there.

Within moments we knew something was wrong. Why was there a cabin down there, tractors, the grounds full of mud and did I spot some movement?

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For fuck sake, this was looking like a renovation.

We had travelled the best part of fifty miles and this Time Capsule was looking past its expiry date. If it was a local we would have left, but all that way? We were going to have a look regardless.

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Finding a snaking passage through the undergrowth we approached the house noting the new windows resting across the front area.

The rain clouds were descending on my mood fast, and I wondered if there would be anything left in Kartmans'.

I sniffed at the air. I couldn't see BuilderDude but could sense him in the immediate vicinity. We would need to be careful or be automatically accused as windows stealers, chased up the embankment and pursued.

There is to be no innocent until proven guilty. Here it is the laws of Scotland.

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What was that, a large tea urn for BuilderDude? It is common knowledge that English builders do little work and spend approximately 97% of their time drinking tea but this was deepest Wales.

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Creeping through this blue door my willy was wilting by the second. Any more of these demoralising renovation sights and my member would be walnut-sized just like when on a serious speed session.

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“Oh fuck, there’s nothing left”

@anidiotexplores had disappeared from view and I was mulling whether to turn around or not. BuilderDude was either in his cabin drinking tea or quite deaf.

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I made for the stairs hoping to see anything, even a 'vintage newspaper' from 2019 would have sufficed.

This was one strange house as I found a bathroom and nothing else. You live downstairs and go up there just for a crap, great!

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I peered through the cracked window and spotted BuilderDude pottering around outside. One glance up and he would notice a dark sinister shadow on the upper floor.

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Lovely tiles, I thought descending.

@anidiotexplores emerged noisily from another door leading to the front side of the house
yelling my name.

Shhhhhhhhh...., I hissed, raising my arms in a striking pose. It seemed to work and silence reigned down upon us.

“We need to get the fuck out of here man”, I said quietly. Figuring out we were not alone he nodded silently.

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I figured he had noticed him and once again blessed our luck that BuilderDude indeed was quite deaf.

Once back on the roadside I wasn’t going to leave without a few tree-blocked shots of ‘Kartmans’.

This was the first of several Time Capsules that day that had gone sour. @grindle had supplied them but obviously wasn’t to know.

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Like any locations that are given to you, the moral is, 'Don't fart around too long". They could be renovated or worse demolished.

'Kartmans' is another once prime Time Capsule that is now permanently off the Urban Exploration radar. This is what it used to look like, article courtesy of @grindle.

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Interesting place. Builder dude has a lot of work to do on that house. Damn. Glad you weren't caught!

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If it's just him, given the amount of Tea they drink.., about 15 years might be par for course.

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Wao! This is s nice one and a nice walk.. this is indeed a good moral lesson at the end.

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this is indeed a good moral lesson at the end.

Nothing to see, some of the items that were inside were scattered around in the yard. We would have been seen if we'd have looked around there.

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Well, that's all true you said tho.. but it was still a good one and wasn't a waste of time I guess

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Tiles are so damn good!

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How dare people actually do up these old houses! Well you know I always say it's a shame when they are left to rot.

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How dare people actually do up these old houses!

Quite unbelievable, they should remain forever in a gradual rotting state 😀

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Another nice urban exploration as usual.. You really like trespassing a place 😅. I guess it will be renovated because of the new glass window... You guys are brave..

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You really like trespassing a place

They won't let us in unless we trespass, it wouldn't be as much fun to be invited in.

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Oh!! They ruined it with the reno! :) I went back and looked at it from @grindle post. What a looker! I love the icebox and the jazzy carpet on the stairs.

You are so lucky to slip by the renovator like that. Builderdude has got to be deaf. Or afraid to admit he heard you. Ignorance is bliss. Ha!

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You are so lucky to slip by the renovator like that. Builderdude has got to be deaf.

I was half-expecting to be caught. We might have been able to talk him down before getting our blocks knocked off. One can hope.

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Hehe! Maybe. You are lucky! Has anyone ever tried to assault you for strolling through? I would probably ignore you and hope you went away on your own.

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Not assault, but we have been yelled at several times. They always try and get some video content of us 'trouble-makers'. We should smile and pose for all the good it do them. Most people are unware of the trespass laws.

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I see that trespassing is not a real crime over there and is rarely if ever prosecuted. That sure makes things a lot easier. Here they may throw you in the can.

I would truly do a show for them. :) Smile! You are on Candid Camera.

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What an amazing place this is!!

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grrr so annoying!! I still like the flash of purple peeling paint and the whacky bathroom 😁

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That day would get worse before ending well. Bloody expiry dates!

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Its a shame the time capsule was gone, but nice that the building is being restored. Better luck next time !

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Nice place , it was good that you din’t got caught ! The place feels explorable!

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Don't fart too long... this one is to remember. Pretty bad looking crib today !LOLZ

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A mantra to be repeated just before sleep every evening.

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The footer scares me, haha glad that place was restored

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Wow what a great content that was weird the BuilderDude was not observant or alert enough that is not good at all apart from this spooky house one needs to be very sensitive around their environment.

It is common knowledge that English builders do little work and spend approximately 97% of their time drinking tea.

How true is these and if it was true then those builders are lazy and might not achieve a lot.

@slobberchops when you saw the builderdude from the broken window were you not sacred he would see you, when @anidiotexplores emerged nosily how was your reaction at that time?

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when you saw the builderdude from the broken window were you not sacred he would see you

He was quite far away, and we would have talked him down anyway. Safety in numbers.

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Girdle's post sure captures the quirks of the old house; but on the plus side, this looks like it has all the hallmarks of a beautiful renovation.

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It's gonna cost a lot, it was stripped.

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Just means it'll get put back together real nice ;)

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what a difference, what a shame, did you do Cooks at the same time?

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We tried, Cooks was sealed. All the goodies are still inside, we peeked through the dusty windows.

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ahhhh! you missed a treat, has to be in my top 5 UK capsules

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That builder dude will be there for a while I'd say . Would it be better to just knock it and build on site ?

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BuilderDude was either in his cabin drinking tea or quite deaf.

Or maybe he just didn't want to bother with chasing you guys down 🤣

Looks like a pretty exciting yet empty explore...

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Looks like a pretty exciting yet empty explore...

Yeah, more story than pictures.

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I swear the suspense in these explorations is getting more and more palpable each edition and I felt quite tense on your behalf reading this. I'm glad that you weren't discovered, but what a very long way to go for next to no exploration. At least you got the bog and some nice tiles in I guess.

They seem to fix the windows first because of the broken window theory, I'm sure you've heard of it?

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At least you got the bog and some nice tiles in I guess.

The bog.. lol, you speak my language!

They seem to fix the windows first because of the broken window theory, I'm sure you've heard of it?

Only to keep us out! It generally doesn't work.

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I do indeed, I have never found a house that only has a loo on the top floor, that's so bizarre!

Well yes, it's just a pity it's been stripped off your list now. I'll go have a look through @grindle's post though so I can catch up on what was.

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He got it when it was good, just like the next few I will be posting.

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Ooh yay! Looking forward to them already. Hope that they aren't as anxiety filled as this one was lol.

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You left that info on the table way too long, @grindle to the spoils spotting it in June 2020, yup early worm....

Bright blue banister, bathroom yikes no, all kinds of wrong builder dude must be deaf and colour blind to put that into an old cottage, unless they owners are going for the look of Greece in Wales.

!BEER

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