Tales of the Urban Explorer: Tetrosyl Ltd.

I wish I had an amazing view of Tetrosyl but this one is going to have to do.

We could hardly walk through the front gates which were heavily guarded and besides, the premises were full of demolition blokes tearing it down with diggers.

This is one of the tensest explores I have done to date. I figured I had done my homework well using a combination of past YouTube videos to navigate our way in.

Shuffling past the security fence, down a steep embankment, and then crossing a shallow river with lots of moss-covered slippery stones we spotted our target in the distance but were not expecting company.

Tetrosyl is an enormous chemical company that moved premises in Summer 2019, and just a few weeks before we managed to visit the new site by mistake.

As we approached the nearest portacabin, we hoped none of the security would be on this side of the site and slipped into what looked like an old laboratory.

The dates in the notepad go up to September 2019. That must have been the evacuation date.

Not being familiar with poisons I don’t know what these tubes contain. They made for a decent photograph though.

Propan-1-ol, Toluene, and Ethyl. I had to check at least one of them out.

Propanol is thought to be similar to ethanol in its effects on the human body, but 2–4 times more potent. It is metabolized into propionic acid. Effects include alcoholic intoxication and high anion gap metabolic acidosis.

Hmmm, so we could technically get pissed drinking this stuff. It was not going to happen and I would not be drinking any strange liquids that day.

Why do they leave what looks like expensive gear behind like this?

I didn’t rifle through the files on this occasion as there was far too much to look at.

How much does this equipment cost? Surely they are going to rescue this before the bulldozers attack the cabin.

@enforcer48 works in a laboratory. Maybe he can tell me what all these chemicals do. Chemistry was a lesson I avoided at school, as well as all the other lessons.

We snuck out of the Laboratory and peered around the corner. The coast was clear for now.

The building across was not as interesting but did contain some official-looking clothing. There was no doubt, this was Tetrosyl.

Heading away from all the noise of the demolition we hoped the portacabin that possibly had some workers in having a cup of tea was deserted (@dizzydiscovery loitering about).

This part of Tetrosyl looked like something from the apocalypse and getting down there was a slow process through an old mill.

I am well versed in walking through mills. Avoid the bits of flooring that are green, brown, and black unless you want to die.

If you see a yellow caution tape, be cautious but otherwise don’t take a lot of notice.

There are times when you need to jump over holes in the floor. Make sure the other side looks at least a little solid.

Avoid stairways that look like this one. There’s generally another one if you look hard enough.

...'see what I mean?'...

This did look like something from Fallout 3. The piled-up bricks and dereliction told me that even when Tetrosyl was operational, this part had not been used in decades.

Doubling back past the blue portacabin we made our way to the newer areas of the site which was a little too close to those demolition blokes.

At every corner, we had to stop, listen, and sneakily look around. The silence was eerie and all we could hear was a solitary digger whirring away on the other side of the building.

Quickly we ran into the newer style building hoping they were all hard at work and not taking a coffee break in the same area we were heading to.

At one point we climbed some stairs only for @dizzydiscovery to whisper, 'We need to go back… noises and voices this way'.

…'we guessed the workforce took their breaks here. It was time to leave and sharpish'…

We made our way down this corridor like stealthy ninjas, stopping now and again to pick up on noises and sounds.

The dirty window showed us the cars of the people knocking the place down we were in!

They had not emptied the storerooms very well. Lots of stuff left behind.

This box contains rock; the sweet hard stuff that breaks your teeth. I resisted the urge to grab one and immediately ruin my teeth though it was extremely difficult.

This was like a sales display shelf. At last, I could see what Tetrosyl produced and likely still does.

More technology left behind. Is it worthless or something?

A drinks dispenser and lots of those sachets scattered about. I mean LOTS!

I think they had thrown a leaving party and not washed the glasses.

While we were at the other end of this building a digger came very close. Talk about scaring the shit out of us. We had to duck to avoid being seen.

This was not this building they were demolishing that day thankfully.

We made our way back through the 'streets', past the Laboratory, and left the way we came.

Tetrosyl was exciting and tense at the same time, and one I am thankful is now crossed off our list.

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