Second expedition to get to the viewing point abandoned in dispair:-(
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The starting point is about 500 metres from my house and it is marked red. My route is marked in green ink and I traveled anti-clock wise.The starting point on this map is in Maryon Road where the bus only access road is. My son walked with me in case I got stuck.
http://static.flickr.com/69/165029514_782bcb01b2_b.jpg This is the first obstacle just inside Ravenswood estate. I had to continue some way further into Ravenswood and turn up by the school to the place I entered by yesterday which is hardly visible from the road. http://static.flickr.com/63/164254532_ac09cc2639_b.jpg This is where I got in again with great difficulty as the first 10 metres is overgrown probably to put folks like me off using it. http://static.flickr.com/50/165029517_28e15e93f3_b.jpg This is similar to the murderous contraption I used yesterday. It is very dangerous using this while in a power chair as you can get crushed and if your controls are in the same place as mine your fingers are in danger of being mashed. IBC will eventually be sued over someone getting injured in one of these. I traveled the complete perimenter of the old west end of the airport but I couldn't get to the viewing point as the total perimeter is lined with felled trees as below. Hundeds of felled trees. http://static.flickr.com/53/112978704_b76a7962ff_b.jpg This pic is taken from a different part of Bridgewood which isn't quite so overgrown and abandoned. I came to the old tarmac lane north of the A14 but I was on the wrong side of this.
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So I traveled back along the lane towards the bridge over the A14 and that was when I was glad my son was with me as I couldn't get from this lane to this without my sons help. http://static.flickr.com/50/126557029_f66d8861be_b.jpg At the A14 side of this lane http://static.flickr.com/46/137066036_66377a8d1d_b.jpg and I decided to travel down the lane beside the old airport while my son jogged home to get a truck as he was sure my battery was failing. However I managed it without help and traveled down Nacton Road and I was home within two hours of leaving on my adventure. I do not recommend this journey to any other crip in a powerchair as the whole place is overgrown and only suitable for the lads there on motor cycles. The paths are all overgrown and obviously have not been maintained for yonks. To be honest it is a disgrace. And that wheel chair users are barred from the viewing point just as people with buggies are because the place is overgrown isn also a disgrace. Only fit young men can get there and those on motorcycles of course. It really seems someones plans have gone astray as only motorcyclist can access the site with ease despite all the nonsense gates and fences that have been erected to keep them out. Hundreds of thousands of pounds have been wasted on fences and gates and someone should be fired over it and soon too. peterturtill@hotmail.com more pics http://www.flickr.com/photos/ipswich/