Tour Report: Farmhouse "Biker's Heaven"

Our first location that day had been a complete success, and after discovering the beautiful VW Beetle in that old barn, we didn't think this place could be topped by any other.
As it turned out, we were wrong.

I had heard about another farm house in the same area that allegedly had a lot of motorcycles in and around it. To put it this way was completely understating the facts.

But let's start from the top.

After finishing the first exploration, we took a quick coffee break at the car and checked our map for possibilities in the area. There were quite a few spots that we hadn't seen yet, but the "Motorcycle Farm" caught our attention, because it sounded like there really was a lot to see.

It was only about twenty kilometers away, so it didn't take long for us to get there. 

The property was on a country road with several farmsteads, but we couldn't see anyone there, so we parked more or less directly at the driveway. A path about 200 meters long led from the driveway past the almost completely overgrown property to the house. Directly on this path was a trailer with a yacht, and opposite, between a few trees, we spotted a Mercedes-Benz T2 bus in surprisingly good condition.

But that wasn't all. When we reached the house at the end of the path, we could hardly believe our eyes. The entire property was full of vehicles - mainly motorcycles, but also cars and trucks. We even found motorcycles in the house itself. In total, we found fifteen motorcycles in various stages of disrepair. Most of them were Hondas, but we also found a Yamaha Virago in the hallway.

The buildings themselves were in very poor condition. The furnishings were in disarray or destroyed, some of them had fire damage, and some of the roofs and walls had already collapsed.

However, the vehicles more than made up for this.

At the end of our exploration, we took photos of the yacht and the bus. When we got back to our car, a man approached us and asked if we owned the property, which we of course denied. We explained what we had done there and he then told us that he was the owner of a nearby campsite.

According to him, he was very interested in buying some of the vehicles, partly to use them, and partly to use them as decorative objects. He said that he had already asked all the neighbors, but no one knew who owned the yard - so he had high hopes that we could help him. However, we had to disappoint him.

In any case, it was a fantastic tour with two great locations and really beautiful photo opportunities.

Pictures taken later, which I saw online, showed that many of the motorcycles - especially the intact ones - had been removed within a year of our visit. This was then confirmed to me by my contacts in Denmark. I can only hope that these beautiful bikes have ended up in good hands.

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Tour Report: The Princess & the Cat [DK]

We had finished exploring the second of two abandoned farmhouses that day, and we were ready for the next spot. This next spot however was bad news in two ways. First, it was in use again, andsecond,  we had to conduct some unexpected "repairs" on Dan's car...
No matter, we drove on to the next spot. It was an old house outside a small village in a rural area of the island of Fyn. We didn't have any information regarding the place, but it looked promising at the first look while driving by. We parked a bit down the road and just walked up to the place. The house seemed to belong to some company, and it was definitely abandoned.
But there was no way in. We sneaked around the building about three times, checking every possible access. Doors, windows...no chance, evrything was locked tightly. And it had looked so promising. Lots of furniture, decay - but no vandalism. We were a bit disappointed and started leaving when my wife pointed out the barn. She just said, "Look!".
There was an old headlight kind of peeking around the barn door, almost looking right at us. It belonged to a beautiful old car that we didn't know the type of. And as if that wasn't enough, there was a second old car standing right next to it. I instantly knew that this was an old Jaguar.
It was the first time that I'd discovered real "vintage" cars. Of course, I've seen some cars in the locations that I explored, but never classics such as these two.
The Jaguar was quickly identified - a Mk VII built in the early 1950s. The second one took a bit longer to find out, but we managed. It was a Vanden Plas Princess 4 Litre R which was built in the middle of the 1960s.
So in spite of the initial disappointment, the spot held a very cool surprise for us - and I'm sure that we'll get to explore the house as well :)


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Tour Report: The Farm of Cars

This place was the second and final spot of our X-Mas Exploration in 2016. After successfully exploring the old chalk pit, we drove for about 45 minutes until we got to this place.
I had gotten a tip that there were old cars to be discovered, so we had decided to check it out.
We parked a little down the road, yet far enough from the neighbors' house as not to attract any attention. The wind blew fierce, so we hurried to get into the house, and we quickly found an open door by the side of the main building.
The house itself was pretty ramshackle and had been vandalized, so there weren't too many shots to be taken there. But the barn and the back yard did hold some automotive tresures for us, so to speak. Nothing spectacular, but nice to look at, and the red 1955 Peugeot 403 was really nice to look at.

As we were packing our stuff back into the car when we were done, a little girl (probably the neighbor's daughter) approached us and asked what we were doing. We told her that we were taking photos of the old building because we are fascinated by "old stuff". She asked more questions in a way that made the questions feel kind suspicious. We suspected that she was sent by the neighbor - possibly the owner of the place - to check if we were looking for criminal things such as illegal waste disposal or something...
Anyway, after this short episode, we drove home and were back just in time for coffee :)


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