#drakelow

May 20th - Another late afternoon ride on a bad stomach - but this time, an absolute blast. Out mid afternoon through Wall, Whittington, Harlaston, Clifton, Overseal, Woodville, Hartshorne, Foremark Reservior, then back via Bretby, Swadlincote, Burton and Catton. 

The derelict cooling towers still loom over the remarkable Willington landscape, including the fascinating undulations in the farmland around; those towers were supposed to be demolished a year ago, but remain, a monument to a lost temple of power, as the station they were part of was demolished two decades ago.

Drakelow at sunset was similarly desolate, with very little evidence except a forest of pylons to ever say it existed. It’s now site of a very large solar farm.

Graban el fantasma de un trabajador muerto en túnel subterráneo en Inglaterra

Graban el fantasma de un trabajador muerto en un túnel subterráneo en Inglaterra Anthony Mark se encontraba visitando los túneles embrujados Drakelow, cerca de la ciudad inglesa de Kidderminster, Worcestershire, para explorar los refugios subterráneos usados durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la Guerra Fría, cuando logró grabar una escena realmente aterradora. Anthony, que dirige el grupo de…

Spirit Searchers - Shadow Figures Ghost caught on film - Could this be a Spirit of Drakelow Tunnels?

Published on 8 Apr 2016

Some of you may be more than familiar with Infiltration Airsoft. We have been to several of their events over the 18 months - one of our members is yet to miss one and there is good reason. They simply never fail to show what can be done at a decent Airsoft event if you properly think about it. Gone are the days when all players care about is loud bangs and more people to shoot at than you know what to do with. We need more than that.

Well yesterday saw their final event of 2015 (we are told there will be one in the early months of 2016), and what an event it was. Held in some old WW2 tunnels just outside Kidderminster, the event had been one of the main talking points of the UK community for months. Who’s going, what are you taking, who’s afraid of the dark and so on. With a 4 strong Alpha team, we were excited.

The venue? Well this was a special one. Drakelow Tunnels is rarely seen by events companies, apart from Zombie events for stag and birthday groups. Just imagine miles of underground tunnels, some with 20 foot ceilings and wide enough to easily fit vehicles down. Cool right? Well now turn all the lights off and fill it full of smoke. Scared yet? Now try and shine your torch down them. You get the same effect when trying to drive with full beams through fog. Absolutely pointless. Lasers and light sticks came into their own here. Guiding in fire with a simple laser dot was more than enough to assist with those close range engagements down the dark tunnels.

As I’m sure some of you already know, the Infiltration crew work very hard to keep the story line true to form with each event picking up exactly where the last one left off. Obviously taking into account which team won and whether they completed a series of side missions along the way. Yes they are Milsim events, but with a technological twist. Hacking units, death counters, hell you can even check out how many deaths you had on their website after an event.

There is of course now a core group of followers who you’ll always see at every event, but it always gives you a warm feeling inside to see so many new players now turning up to the events. Means they must be doing something right to attract so many new players still. Just by having a 10 minute chat with Harry and his team, you’ll know exactly how they do it. They listen to all of their players and react accordingly. A rarity in the Airsoft events world right now (in the UK that is).