Meh, I'm feeling too lazy to write more about Sudbury. Needless to say it wasn't all that exciting. A lot of driving, and walking around in tailings pond which provided the photos I've been posting the past few days. The one mine that ended up being do-able was kind of boring. Empty buildings. I need stuff in places I go. Though, there was a pair of generators in the pump house that had some nice light on them. Still need to bring in the film to get processed to find out if what I shot turned out ok. Not much else to say, really. It snowed (!) and rained during Sunday and we basically just said "f it" and decided to come home a day earlier than planned.

This past weekend, Teri and I were interviewed by Hal Niedzviecki for an upcoming cbc radio show focusing on urban exploration. I wasn't expecting to have to talk for an hour and a half, and I was a bit nervous, but I think it went ok. Teri helped things out quite a bit. It always makes things better when you have someone else to help finish your sentences for you. The following day, Jim, Michael and I took Hal and the show's producer Lindsay through the first kilometer of Toronto's Westview Greenbelt drain. I let veteran drainers Jim and Michael do the talking (and in some cases singing) for this one. I didn't feel so comfortable talking about an element of this hobby that I'm still fairly new to. As a result "Sometimes you see raccoons" was probably the extent of my insight. I hope they don't use that. Yet, at the same time, I hope they do.

Spent Saturday night at Lakeview Generating Station taking exterior photos around its four stacks before they come tumbling down on June 16th. Might make a couple more trips before then since I'm pretty sure my film's going to come back underexposed. Was using up a roll of Velvia as well. Not exactly the best film to use when shooting in low light conditions.

Lately I've become a little bit interested in the University of Toronto's network of steam tunnels. I never really gave them much thought, but then Teri and I recently passed by a manhole at Spadina Crescent that had the words "UofT Steam Tunnel" spray painted in front of it and I suddenly got the urge to go down and have a look. Went back last night with a pair of pliers (the poor man's t-lifter), popped the lid and sure enough, a tunnel. Well, sort of. It was tiny and not the sort of thing that you could squeeze through easily. Them pipes seemed pretty hot, too.

Decided to walk around part of the campus and see what else I could find. Came across a series of other larger, well-sealed lids marked as "steam" complete with markings on the road indicating which direction things run. Couldn't tell if this stuff was tagged by students (who tend to explore such things) or by personelle working for the university. Either way, it's the sort of stuff that comes in handy and gives me something to look out for the next time I happen to be cutting across campus, or you know, when I have nothing else better to do in the middle of the night.