The Castle and the Asylum

I don't normally mash two locations into one, but the castle was so close and I only got 10 shots out of the trip, so I made it a preamble to the asylum gallery...

The castle was open to the public and a little touristy, but pretty cool in the fact you could roam around without being supervised. Seeing the North Wales Hospital from atop the castle wall was an incredible experience; it is one of those moments I will never forget.

It was a dash to make it over and scout the facility before the sun set behind the rolling hills... luck was with us as it only took a few minutes to finalize a plan. The local inn was charging an exorbitant amount to stay, and there didn't seem to be much in the dark roads surrounding the town, so we managed to catch 30 minutes of sleep before the sun slowly rose once again.

We explored the hospital as much as we could without missing things, pushing ourselves through the exhaustion of not sleeping for two nights and constantly driving and exploring asylums for 3 days. After checking out what seemed to be the most of the main building, we proceeded to the mortuary, which was sealed tight, and the chapel which was completely gutted. Security drove by, and we thought it would be a good time to leave while we were ahead... so it was time to make our escape, eat some more gas station food and head to the east coast to the next abandoned psychiatric hospital...