Getting a little headstart on the traditional 'year in review' posts because even though 2021 has just under two weeks left I don't think I'm going to be getting out any time soon.

2021 was in many ways a total clusterfuck, both for me exploring and things generally. I didn't get out properly until March thanks to the imposition of Lockdown 2.5 at the start of January which lasted until the end of March, my general enthusiasm for exploring took a nosedive again with me being unable to travel to the States and with the lack of places in England I wanted to bother to see, and in general I found myself going out much less - and actually enjoying some proper 'days off' for once rather than constantly chasing places to explore. I explored far fewer places this year than I have done in recent years - I have to go back to 2014 to find a comparable year numbers-wise. Conversely I spent far more time exploring stuff in Wales this year than I ever have before, and more than a quarter of my total number of locations this year was made up of Welsh chapels.

Anyway, here's hoping 2022 will be better than whatever this mess was.

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Thanks for looking!

You had a wonderful year! My faves are 13 for the most rusty and peeling decay and 13 for the most moldy conditions ~ Awesome! Have a great and safe 2022

Amazing, as always. #38 is killllerrrr.

Happy Holidays and New Year!

Posted by MisUnderstood! You had a wonderful year! My faves are 13 for the most rusty and peeling decay and 13 for the most moldy conditions ~ Awesome! Have a great and safe 2022

I love 13's decay as well. Thank you for your efforts!

Looks like you had a great year. So many churches! The one that caught my eye the most is that soggy bed in #23.

Great set as always. And great job rebounding despite the lockdown. I'm glad you were able to get around and see some new places. I was wondering who was going to drop the year in review first!

Looks like an awesome year to me! Loving all of the churches, such a rare sight where I live, gotta track some down next year.

Absolutely mad with envy

These are fantastic <3

Nice year Mooks.

Looks like a pretty good year to me! Thanks for posting

Looks like a decent year from here, and some good shooting! Those little churches are killer.

Lovely set man, looking forward to seeing ya again soon.

3,9,11,12,48!! FTW!!

I always try to get comfy when I sit down to check out your year-end threads, because I know I'll be in for a ride. You don't disappoint this year either, despite all of the obstacles. Great work!

Happy new year Mooks!
looking forward to what you bring in 2022

Cheers all - fingers crossed 2022 is more fruitful in many ways, although I did enjoy my outings this year.

Because I like to keep track of stuff I did an end-of-year count and the really scary thing is I'll be passing my 1000th documented explore milestone very soon indeed, probably within the first couple of months of this year.