Isobel slurps a cappucino in the Black Cat Café
Cambridge Bins and Little Chef Dereliction, Kentford, Suffolk - 21st January 2006
After a Friday night out on the beer in Cambridge, in a Qualcomm Cambridge Beer-related Social Club inaugral session, Nosher crashes over in Isobel's penthouse pad. Following breakfast at the Black Cat Café on Mill Road, it's time to head off back home. On the A14, near Kentford in Suffolk, is the decaying remains of an abandoned Little Chef which had been the subject of a previous visit last September. The place has been significantly trashed since then - the old Kentford Filling Station North shop is just about a frame, and the interior of the Little Chef, which previously still had standing furniture and a ceiling, has been completely wrecked. As Francis "f-dude" from work said: "Nice entropy!". It's endlessly fascinating that places like this can just be left behind to rot away into the ground, seemingly without any interest or intervention from the original owners. But at least Anglian Water should make an appearance to turn the water off after reporting that someone seems to have trashed the water main as well.
next album: Closing Down: Viva La Revolution Records, Diss, Norfolk - 21st January 2006
previous album: Dom in da Chapel, Safeway Chickens and Evil Supermarkets, Harleston and Grimston - 15th January 2006
Cambridge's back streets are all wheelie bins
Ross Street in Cambridge
A very full skip on Ross Street, Cambridge
Ross Street wheelie bin
The derelict petrol station at Kentford
A large pile of broken tiles
The remains of Kentford Filling Station North
Not much is left of the petrol station shop
Smashed glass
A trashed shop
The Little Chef bin still says 'help'
Somewhat useless lighting panel
More broken wiring
A dustbin pleads for help
Kentford Filling Station on a sunny day
The flooded interior at the back of the Little Chef
Floodwaters on the floor
Detritus around the back door
The completely-mashed interior
Broken safety glass around the entrance door
A hole has been hacked through safety glass
The destroyed interior
All the ceiling panels have been pulled down
The windows have been broken from the inside
Another view of the trashed interior
The front of the Little Chef has fared better
More piles of rubble
Wider view of the site from the edge of the A14
Lines of trees at Finningham, Suffolk
Looking up a tree
Another straight line of trees
Footbridge over a stream, Finningham
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Isobel slurps a cappucino in the Black Cat Café
Isobel slurps a cappucino in the Black Cat Café
Cambridge's back streets are all wheelie bins
Ross Street in Cambridge
A very full skip on Ross Street, Cambridge
Ross Street wheelie bin
The derelict petrol station at Kentford
A large pile of broken tiles
The remains of Kentford Filling Station North
Not much is left of the petrol station shop
Smashed glass
A trashed shop
The Little Chef bin still says 'help'
Somewhat useless lighting panel
More broken wiring
A dustbin pleads for help
Kentford Filling Station on a sunny day
The flooded interior at the back of the Little Chef
Floodwaters on the floor
Detritus around the back door
The completely-mashed interior
Broken safety glass around the entrance door
A hole has been hacked through safety glass
The destroyed interior
All the ceiling panels have been pulled down
The windows have been broken from the inside
Another view of the trashed interior
The front of the Little Chef has fared better
More piles of rubble
Wider view of the site from the edge of the A14
Lines of trees at Finningham, Suffolk
Looking up a tree
Another straight line of trees
Footbridge over a stream, Finningham