Blackpool Tower (Scaffolding) - 02/08/10
 

After spotting scaffolding on Blackpool Tower, myself and DocP agreed it had to be climbed. We gathered up the balls to do it, and up we went.

Ok it's not the full job to the top, but we went as high as we could with the ladders etc. We got up to the top floor of proper scaffolding (where the red lights are above the tarpaulin), and then proceeded to climb the ladders inside the south-west leg of the tower. I think we climbed four ladders before the next one was blocked off with tied on tarpaulin, and it didn't seem safe to try and work around it. so we went round towards the north side and climbed another short ladder onto a small platform which was the highest point we reached. I've marked on the picture below where I think we reached, assuming that every ladder's platform we climbed inside the leg is on level with the horizontal struts. (Please correct me if I'm wrong). I'm going to go back maybe this weekend with my binoculars and try to work out properly where we got to in the daylight.

Anyway excellent explore, absolutely awesome up there :)

This is where I think we got to
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/a..._2344arrow.jpg

At the top of the main scaffolding strucure
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/IMG_2317.jpg

You can see the first ladder we climbed inside the strut
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/IMG_2319.jpg

From our highest point
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/IMG_2323.jpg

http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/IMG_2326.jpg

North Pier
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/IMG_2328.jpg

Looking down - the white lights are the scaffolding structure around the tower
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/IMG_2330.jpg

Looking South
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/IMG_2332.jpg

Looking up - sorry blind shot :blush
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/IMG_2333.jpg

From the 2nd ladder platform inside the leg strut, on our descent
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/IMG_2334.jpg

And again
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/IMG_2338.jpg

http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/IMG_2344.jpg

Thanks for looking

Excellent work lads, not a chance you would find me up there!

well done! i'm another one who you wouldnt find up there, balls to climbing an old rusty, sea water battered pile of iron.

Lovely stuff chaps and well done. They made such a fuss over SL and scott doing it I thought they might have made an effort to stop it happeneing again - glad theyre on the ball as ever :D :thumbs

Fantastic work lads, very well done! I eagerly await your Rock Radio interview!

Ha ha brilliant, views are amazing way more balls than I will ever have!!

Gibbo will be pleased to hear that :p :D

Sickk, Well done :)

Well in!! :D Lovely pictures!

Superb lads, takes a big pair of gonads to take on the tower:thumbs