24-05-01 (Thursday, Ascentionday (hemelvaartsdag))
Most pictures you've already seen were really shot on this expedition.

A message on the mailinglist gave me the idea to go exploring on the early morning. You can be pretty sure most people are asleep, while you have the benefit of daylight. Only the idea of getting up early I didn't like, so I just stayed up late.
I left at about 4:30 AM for Glanerbrug. The bicycle trip was quite pleasant, nice sunny weather, birds singing and almost no people about. I entered the grounds of the textilefactory the same way as last time. I skipped the places I had been already for now.
I checked out some holes in the ground, probably for unloading coal or other stuff from traincars.
I found a new sliding door. The padlock had almost rusted away, but quite a large birch tree blocked the way. This door hasn't been opened for at least 20 years or so.
I went around the corner of the building and found some more probably locked doors but I got scared when I heard barking dogs.
I went back a little and checked out a platform on top of a small basement. The basement itself is not very interesting, just small, damp, dark and dirty. On top of it against the wall of the neighboring small building is a metal frame (mentioned earlier) which one can use to climb to a small flat roof. This is a dead end however. The adjoining roof of asbestos plates did not seem safe at all, it bent a lot when I put just one foot on it. Some more drastic explorers tried to enter the building by bending away the wiremesh and destroying the reinforced glass. It was to no avail obviously, as there were metal bars beneath it blocking the way.
I had another look at the chimney and noticed a plank was now placed against it. [Pling!] It was now easy to reach the ladder and climb the chimney. First step on a low wall, second on the ridge of the foundation of the chimney, third on the plank placed diagonally against the chimney and I was on the ladder. I climbed to about 5 meters high. Though the ladder didn't look to rusty, I didn't trust it either.

Picture taken from the chimney.

Our practical explorer (the one of the plank), also opened a large door which I thought locked or blocked the last time I was here. It made clambering through the window unnecessary. Inside the metal door was still locked. Lock picking it wouldn't be easy as someone tried to pull the cylinder out with pliers and damaged it in the process. I tried to make a snapshot through a crack the door, where the door had been bent away a little. Looked like some car wrecks on the other side, the rooms probably still in use by the company now using the intact parts of the factory ("Leo Olde Daalhuis schadeauto's").
I climbed back over the wall again and walked around the factory to take a look at the western side of the factory. Using some remnants of the demolished part of the factory I could climb up to a small hole in the wall, which gave me a look at this part of the factory. The roofs here had largely collapsed and small trees and shrubs were growing everywhere.
It's strange that some parts of the factory are almost completely destroyed by time and nature while other parts even have most of the windows intact. The multistory building, which I haven't even got close to yet, is in the best condition.
I walked around the factory to the other side and found that the dogs were in a kennel belonging to a house in the neighborhood and not on the factory grounds.
I decided it was time for bed and went home.

It would be a while before I visited again.

Cracks in the walls of this shed