Author: Bradley L Garrett

Croesor Rhosydd Slate Mine

Croesor Rhosydd Slate Mine

Posted by | Jan 5, 2015 | , , , |

I’ve always wanted to do the Croesor-Rhosydd Slate Mine through trip in Snowdonia. It’s by many accounts one of the toughest mine explorations in Britain, requiring specialized equipment (like pulleys), solid SRT (Single Rope Technique) knowledge and a fair amount of physical strength and stamina to make it through the grueling 6-hour journey from Croesor to Rhosydd. On the way, you have to negotiate a bridge of death, a zipline, a broken bridge and a lake in a ghost boat. To make it even more interesting, we planned to go underground in 2014 and emerging on the other side in 2015. It worked, and we had...

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The Hobbit House

The Hobbit House

Posted by | Nov 29, 2014 | |

The other day my good friend Darmon Richter stopped by Southampton to visit and told me he was headed to a Hobbit House on some farmland in Somerset. The back story was that a local farmer, in the 1980s, built a house for his sheep of stacked stone and, well, got carried away, eventually quarrying it out of the ground to continue building. Curiosity piqued, I tagged along on the exploration and was actually blown away by the level of detail in the construction. Apparently the shepherd used to sleep in here with the sheep and I was surprised to find...

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Alice’s Derives in Devonshire

Alice’s Derives in Devonshire

Posted by | Nov 19, 2014 | , , |

Triarchy Press has just published Phil Smith’s new book Alice’s Derives in Devonshire. I wrote the forward and thought I might put it here for anyone interested, along with the raw text for ease of sharing. Foreword to Alice’s Dérives by Phil Smith Bradley L Garrett When we think about the spaces around us, the spaces that we inhabit, the spaces we care about, the spaces that matter, we begin to think of them as places rather than spaces. It’s a slimy, smudged, shattered line between space and place, one that can be affected by our own thoughts, experiences and attachments...

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2014 Events

2014 Events

Posted by | Jul 19, 2014 | , , |

My event schedule for 2014 is just about full – I’m listing upcoming events here for those interested in attending or disrupting them. I’m particularly interested in unsolicited collaborations. August 2014 Place hacking the city, Melbourne Writer’s Festival, Melbourne, Australia, 29th August, 7:30pm. **This event is now over** Place hacking the city, Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia, 30th 11:00am-12:00pm August. **This event is now over – here’s the video.** Living dangerously panel discussion with Lydia Cacho and Masha Gessen, Sydney, Australia, 31st August 3:45-4:45pm. **This event is now over** September 2014 Tales of urban exploration, Inspire: Exploration panel, Brisbane Writers Festival, Brisbane, Australia, 6th September. **This event is now over** Exploring...

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