Been meaning to make the effort and get over to Eastry for months now, after the recent fire I thought that I wouldn't get a chance, but fortunately this afternoon I found myself having a look around the former asylum.
Histoy pinched from 2wid's report:
The explore itself was a bit laboured. I was massively hungover to start off with, had a hellish train journey. I took my bike to cycle to Eastry, and had memorised the route. After about five miles I realised that something wasn't right, and worked out I was well over half way to Deal, and needed to go back. I was dying by the time I got to my destination. Anywho, I was pleasantly surprised to see how big what's left of the place is, and cracked on.
I believe the building on the left was where the recent fire took place, although it didn't appear to be too badly damaged.
The first hole in the wall that I wasn't connected to the rest of the building it turned out.
These photos are from the building that's the furthest to the East, next to the fire station.
Bath time?
The final building I went in turned out to be the main one, and had a lot of hospital-related equipment around, unlike my recent trip to St. Augustines.
Had a few disagreements with the floor on the way in to this room, fortunately I didn't make the hole any bigger.
Found the above in the basement.
Time was starting to become an issue at this point, so I rushed around the rest of the building
I had a quick look around the chapel before I left, didn't see anything obvious though 🙁 Then set off for the much-easier cycle ride back.
Quite a cool site in all, shame about the floor in places though. Seriously spooked myself at one point, got to stop doing solo explores!
SJP
Histoy pinched from 2wid's report:
The explore itself was a bit laboured. I was massively hungover to start off with, had a hellish train journey. I took my bike to cycle to Eastry, and had memorised the route. After about five miles I realised that something wasn't right, and worked out I was well over half way to Deal, and needed to go back. I was dying by the time I got to my destination. Anywho, I was pleasantly surprised to see how big what's left of the place is, and cracked on.
I believe the building on the left was where the recent fire took place, although it didn't appear to be too badly damaged.
The first hole in the wall that I wasn't connected to the rest of the building it turned out.
These photos are from the building that's the furthest to the East, next to the fire station.
Bath time?
The final building I went in turned out to be the main one, and had a lot of hospital-related equipment around, unlike my recent trip to St. Augustines.
Had a few disagreements with the floor on the way in to this room, fortunately I didn't make the hole any bigger.
Found the above in the basement.
Time was starting to become an issue at this point, so I rushed around the rest of the building
I had a quick look around the chapel before I left, didn't see anything obvious though 🙁 Then set off for the much-easier cycle ride back.
Quite a cool site in all, shame about the floor in places though. Seriously spooked myself at one point, got to stop doing solo explores!
SJP
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