Having just looked at some of the photos from here from seven ish years ago it's quite incredible how much it's changed! From a relatively un-decayed building full of stuff to a cleared out but very nicely decayed structure, although sadly a lot of twerps with spraycans have also gotten in and made a fair mess of a large part of it.
I had been planning on going here the day after the meet in Bristol all week, but it was whilst I was sat in the pub on the Saturday evening that I had a brainwave. I asked @Zotez whether he'd mind just going straight there from when I arrived back in Oxford and he agreed...so a silly plan was formed. Landie dropped me back in Oxford at about 12.30am and after a quick 'comfort break' at home and making sure to pack the torch I'd forgotten to take with me on the Saturday, I rolled out the house to meet my other friend at about 1am or thereabouts. It all seemed like a grand idea on paper, get to the hospital nice and early, have a little kip and spend the early morning light exploring the site.
I think I had underestimated how utterly shattered I was, however! We pulled up outside at around 4.15am, a whole hour before sunrise and I went for a little recce to see what the state of play was. I remembered what @Brewtal had told me earlier in the week about access so I made sure to check both possibilities, by which time it was around 4.45am and we were getting impatient. We decided to just do it, the light was slowly increasing enough to be able to see almost well enough and we made our entry before having a little chill in the front reception room until it got light enough to start shooting. I think @Zotez actually fell asleep whilst I just sat there in a sleep-deprived daze listening to the building.
Anyway we had a good couple of hours of shooting in here in total peace as the sun came up, it was nice to explore a large British hospital again as it's been a while since I last did a sizeable one over here.
@Brewtal covered the history nice and succinctly in his recent post so I'll just get on with some photos.
Thanks for looking
I had been planning on going here the day after the meet in Bristol all week, but it was whilst I was sat in the pub on the Saturday evening that I had a brainwave. I asked @Zotez whether he'd mind just going straight there from when I arrived back in Oxford and he agreed...so a silly plan was formed. Landie dropped me back in Oxford at about 12.30am and after a quick 'comfort break' at home and making sure to pack the torch I'd forgotten to take with me on the Saturday, I rolled out the house to meet my other friend at about 1am or thereabouts. It all seemed like a grand idea on paper, get to the hospital nice and early, have a little kip and spend the early morning light exploring the site.
I think I had underestimated how utterly shattered I was, however! We pulled up outside at around 4.15am, a whole hour before sunrise and I went for a little recce to see what the state of play was. I remembered what @Brewtal had told me earlier in the week about access so I made sure to check both possibilities, by which time it was around 4.45am and we were getting impatient. We decided to just do it, the light was slowly increasing enough to be able to see almost well enough and we made our entry before having a little chill in the front reception room until it got light enough to start shooting. I think @Zotez actually fell asleep whilst I just sat there in a sleep-deprived daze listening to the building.
Anyway we had a good couple of hours of shooting in here in total peace as the sun came up, it was nice to explore a large British hospital again as it's been a while since I last did a sizeable one over here.
@Brewtal covered the history nice and succinctly in his recent post so I'll just get on with some photos.
Thanks for looking
