Visited this place on the way back from the asylum in north Wales (report to come soon), after driving back from the north Wales asylum, I had the burning desire to stay there for a night time visit, but luckily coming here satisfied my need for exploration!
Getting in was easy enough, I was being inconspicuous by walking up and down the road (publicly accessible) and taking photos of the outside as I'd noticed a guy in a blue van driving up and down and slowing down as he was going past me. My suspicious were confirmed when I saw a couple climb over the fence out of the hospital, I stopped to have a chat with them, when the guy in the van pulled up and shouted at them 'What are you doing in our buildings you bastards!'
ah that cracked me up.
I walked up and down, still just looking like I was just going to stay on the outside when blue van man pulled up next to me and started complaining about the couple. I just said I can't blame them for wanting to go inside due to natural curiosity of which he then exclaimed that they must be bloody mad! Safe to say he probably assumed I would try to get in. He started sealing the fence where the couple jumped over, I waited for him to leave and found another ingress further down the road. I can confirm other reports where he has smothered sheep crap over the open windows, but luckily for me, I found another way in.
I can understand why they don't want people going in due to the decrepit nature of the building, so I avoided any second floor due to most of it crumbling away.
Inside I was treated to long dark corridors being taken over by vegetation, ceilings and walls decayed and crumbling and windows covered in vines that were very photogenic. The complex itself was larger than I thought when looking from the outside, so it took me a good couple hours of having a ganders around whilst getting some photos. Ran into no trouble whilst inside and I made a stealthy exit when leaving. There's no original equipment left but I still got a nice feeling of what it once was inside, even though most of it was falling to pieces!
I'm just getting back into photography after many years away (I've only a Nikon D3100 but she does the job), so I apologise for some poorly exposed shots and deliberately grainy ones (I wanted to make them feel spooky). Also, I didn't get any full shots from the outside, as I've only got a 35mm prime lens which is no good for any wide shots, I need a wide angle lens...one day!
Getting in was easy enough, I was being inconspicuous by walking up and down the road (publicly accessible) and taking photos of the outside as I'd noticed a guy in a blue van driving up and down and slowing down as he was going past me. My suspicious were confirmed when I saw a couple climb over the fence out of the hospital, I stopped to have a chat with them, when the guy in the van pulled up and shouted at them 'What are you doing in our buildings you bastards!'
ah that cracked me up.I walked up and down, still just looking like I was just going to stay on the outside when blue van man pulled up next to me and started complaining about the couple. I just said I can't blame them for wanting to go inside due to natural curiosity of which he then exclaimed that they must be bloody mad! Safe to say he probably assumed I would try to get in. He started sealing the fence where the couple jumped over, I waited for him to leave and found another ingress further down the road. I can confirm other reports where he has smothered sheep crap over the open windows, but luckily for me, I found another way in.
I can understand why they don't want people going in due to the decrepit nature of the building, so I avoided any second floor due to most of it crumbling away.
Inside I was treated to long dark corridors being taken over by vegetation, ceilings and walls decayed and crumbling and windows covered in vines that were very photogenic. The complex itself was larger than I thought when looking from the outside, so it took me a good couple hours of having a ganders around whilst getting some photos. Ran into no trouble whilst inside and I made a stealthy exit when leaving. There's no original equipment left but I still got a nice feeling of what it once was inside, even though most of it was falling to pieces!
I'm just getting back into photography after many years away (I've only a Nikon D3100 but she does the job), so I apologise for some poorly exposed shots and deliberately grainy ones (I wanted to make them feel spooky). Also, I didn't get any full shots from the outside, as I've only got a 35mm prime lens which is no good for any wide shots, I need a wide angle lens...one day!
the way nature is reclaiming these buildings is fantastic
