No it’s not a W124. But you missed it just by one. It is a W 123.
If I recall it correctly, there were two options, the 230 C/CE and the 280 C/CE.
Beautiful cars. At least if you see them uncrashed.
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A few edits from this morning…left later than usual and decided to just take photos of “things” with no real intent, just practicing. The garage door was inspired by @paperdigits actually…I’ve been meaning to step back from locations requiring driving and went out to take some photos in the neighborhood.
I do have some more but have yet to edit them…but I may add a couple to the PlayRaw.
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If you want abandoned structures around Pitlochry, try these:
Abandoned building, supposedly a croft. At Badyo, on the road between Pitlochry and Kirkmichael
Wooden structure in the woods, near the medical centre
Or this ruined house on the edge of Dalshian.
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These are great. There’s a book project there somewhere if it hasn’t been done already
Hmm, a book called something like Abandoned Scotland.…
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What a great, though sad, series!
That was obviously inevitable
I don’t want to get (too) political. The area (north of Manchester) was never particularly prosperous. Back in the '80s, the policy was to put all the country’s effort into service industries, but little was done to transition these areas. As a result, they became even poorer. The decline of the town centres has been exacerbated by out-of-town shopping centres and online shopping. The following were taken in Hyde, the town nearest to where I used to live.
EDITED TO ADD: There is a worry here in Scotland, that a similar fate will fall upon the oil and gas industry. While most would accept that there must be move to renewables, there is concern to ensure that there must be a just transition, and oil workers and their communities must not simply be abandoned.
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@epeeist, wow. Quite powerful imagery.
To slightly change the scenery, while maybe retaining a darker mood, however, I went to a place called Shute Beacon this morning. The beacon was pretty dull - it’s just a stone hut that’s obviously been largely rebuilt in more recent times (although the beacon site dates back centuries apparently) but the forest around is quite scenic.
I had my old Olympus E-400… possibly not the best choice given the dynamic range under these trees 
but we gave it a go! I ended up leaning into the contrast of the lighting, rather than fighting it.
It/I also seem to be having focus issues… that last shot should have been easy but the camera near-focused. A lot. And I didn’t notice at the time, although I had seen it happen earlier in the day.
Oh well. It’s 18 years old. And I’m even older… 
Somehow these images all feel a bit sad to me. Not quite sure why.
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The 2nd and 3rd one really have something in their grain/graphical quality that fit the subject in my opinion, well done 
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Sad view … maybe not beyond repair though, if the main frame is not bent. I own 2 W124 (240d wagon, the face is really similar) to restore, this one would be a nice addition to my workshop waiting list .
Beautiful
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