After a 6hr drive up and being greeted by Wales with torrential rain, I finally made it to the asylum. Driving past for the first time I realised how no pictures can do this place justice, the scale and grandiose appearance of the buildings really took my breath away; I was going to wait until the next morning to investigate but I just couldn't hang about after seeing it in person.
As I made my way to the asylum, it was pissing it down but seeing as I was adequately prepared, I thought the rain would help conceal my entry and any noise made trying to get in. Took the long way around, hopped over some fences and I was in. No security cameras at all and no sensors (even though there were signs to say it was being monitored), but I still sided with being cautious as I didn't want anything to ruin this experience.
After about 20 minutes of walking around the grounds, the rain subsided and gave way to sunshine and calm weather, which allowed me to finally start taking some photos. I expected the place to feel quite eerie but instead it was the complete opposite, I felt very relaxed and in awe of the structure that stood before me, I only wished I could have seen it before the vandalism and fires caused by youths over the years. It's a shame that this has happened, as I can only imagine what it must have looked like in its hay-day.
Mostly kept to the ground floor levels as a lot of the ceilings/floors were falling apart and would be too dodgy to risk walking around on them. Found some sub-levels and got spooked by a wheelchair, but the scariest thing of all was a bloody pigeon flying into some metal which almost made me crap myself
I ended up hiding in a hole for a while as I'd heard some voices which I thought could be security or police (only a few moments earlier, I spotted a guy in a high vis walking around outside the grounds). After the voices disappeared, I quietly walked around again, listening for any other signs of life. Ran into a few other explorers after a couple hours and after having a chat with them, it turned out that we were doing the same thing, we each thought that the other was security! We parted ways and I carried on. Must have been walking around there for around 6 hours, so once I thought I'd seen it all, I headed back to the car for a much needed coffee!
Thoroughly knackered, I found a nice layby, read a book and then feel asleep ready for the next day of driving down to Talgarth hospital (posted a report on this earlier). All in all, definitely going back to Wales as there is just so much to explore and I need more than 3 days for all of it.
As I made my way to the asylum, it was pissing it down but seeing as I was adequately prepared, I thought the rain would help conceal my entry and any noise made trying to get in. Took the long way around, hopped over some fences and I was in. No security cameras at all and no sensors (even though there were signs to say it was being monitored), but I still sided with being cautious as I didn't want anything to ruin this experience.
After about 20 minutes of walking around the grounds, the rain subsided and gave way to sunshine and calm weather, which allowed me to finally start taking some photos. I expected the place to feel quite eerie but instead it was the complete opposite, I felt very relaxed and in awe of the structure that stood before me, I only wished I could have seen it before the vandalism and fires caused by youths over the years. It's a shame that this has happened, as I can only imagine what it must have looked like in its hay-day.
Mostly kept to the ground floor levels as a lot of the ceilings/floors were falling apart and would be too dodgy to risk walking around on them. Found some sub-levels and got spooked by a wheelchair, but the scariest thing of all was a bloody pigeon flying into some metal which almost made me crap myself
I ended up hiding in a hole for a while as I'd heard some voices which I thought could be security or police (only a few moments earlier, I spotted a guy in a high vis walking around outside the grounds). After the voices disappeared, I quietly walked around again, listening for any other signs of life. Ran into a few other explorers after a couple hours and after having a chat with them, it turned out that we were doing the same thing, we each thought that the other was security! We parted ways and I carried on. Must have been walking around there for around 6 hours, so once I thought I'd seen it all, I headed back to the car for a much needed coffee!
Thoroughly knackered, I found a nice layby, read a book and then feel asleep ready for the next day of driving down to Talgarth hospital (posted a report on this earlier). All in all, definitely going back to Wales as there is just so much to explore and I need more than 3 days for all of it.
