I’m a naturally curious nosy person and I love old things. Any time I get a chance to have a good peek around an old derelict building I will. My imagination runs riot; I can picture the people who used to walk the hallways, sitting in the rooms drinking their cups of tea reading the paper, trying to keep warm by the long-abandoned fireplace.
There’s an abandoned croft house not too far from where I live and I took these photos the last time we were there. I love the colours of the peeling paint on the back door, bird poo and all. The cooking pot in the window is an interesting scene too – I suspect it’s there to keep nosy curious people like me from crawling through the window!
Inside birds were nesting in the corners of the living room; a plate and a spoon were left on the kitchen table just like someone was going to come back to it any minute, like they’d just nipped out to the shop for milk.
Linking up with PODcast’s #alphabetphoto challenge.
Mum of three, daydream adventurer, OU Life Sciences graduate, occasional crafter, ex-pat Canadian & quite possibly Britain's most northerly food blogger.
sustainablemum says
What lovely pictures, derelict buildings are so tempting and interesting aren’t they. I remember one that was near a great aunt my whole extended family would visit every Easter. It was a wonderful adventure to explore the building knowing that we really weren’t meant to be in it!
Charly Dove says
Just love derelict buildings, so pretty to photograph. I’ve not managed to find one that’s accessible but I do hope I do. This one sounds fascinating. Lovely image too, thank you so much for sharing with #alphabetphoto
Elizabeth says
Me too. There’s a few more around here I’ve been meaning to have a hawk about in! I hear there’s a gorgeous kirk not too far away which is simply stunning inside. Maybe that will be ‘K’ 🙂
Kriss MacDonald says
Simple but stunning captures. I love the colours of the peeling paint and the pot on the window sill which makes one wonder.
Jess @ Catch A Single Thought says
Lovely capture, the colours are so vibrant. I like making up back stories too when we visit old, rundown places…it’s amazing to think that some might have been vital once upon a time! #alphabetphoto
Shay Noble says
Beautiful pictures. I love finding and looking at derelict buildings, they are so interesting and stunning #alphabetphoto
Holly Nelson says
Ha – you will love this. When I was in the Shetlands I went on a Leask tour (Rob Leask actually said I could live in one of his croft houses if ever I chose to move to the Shetlands – he was so nice, went miles out of up his way on his big tour bus to drive me back to my hotel), I sat in front of two Americans. One of them, pointing to a pig sty, enquiries ‘so is that where they would have lived in the old days? I had to try so hard not to laugh at the idea of the shetlanders living in a pig sty with corrugated iron roofing. Then again, I guess in some ways it makes a little sense – some of the other structures, the broths etc do not look like humans would have built them for a rational purpose!